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Kwong Fuk
Kwong Fuk Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tai Po, built at the reclaimed land at the east of Tai Po Old Market near Yuen Chau Tsai. The estate consists of eight residential buildings completed in 1983. Wang Fuk Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing in Hong Kong, public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing wit ... court in Tai Po, near Kwong Fuk Estate. It consists of eight residential buildings offering 1,987 units built in 1983. Houses Kwong Fuk Estate Wang Fuk Court Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Kwong Fuk Estate had a population of 16,939 while Wang Fuk Court had a population of 4,789. Altogether the population amounts to 21,728. Politics For the 2019 District Council election, the estat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Po
Tai Po is an List of areas of Hong Kong, area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsuen River and the Tai Po Hui (the current Tai Po Market; historically Tai Wo Shi, literally ''Tai Wo market'') on Fu Shin Street on the south of the Lam Tsuen River, near the old Tai Po Market railway station of the East Rail line, Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section). Both market towns became part of the Tai Po New Town in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In present-day usage, "Tai Po" may refer to the area around the original market towns, the Tai Po New Town (), or the entire Tai Po District. Etymology In Chinese, the place, Tai Po (), was formerly written as . Treating the Chinese characters separately, the pronunciation of Po in the third tone () in Cantonese are shared with many words, not only Po in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
