Kwong Fuk Estate () is a

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, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tai Po, built at the

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at the east of Tai Po Old Market near

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. The estate consists of eight residential buildings completed in 1983. Wang Fuk Court () is a

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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 estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Kwong Fuk & Plover Cove constituency, which was represented by Dalu Lin Kok-cheung until May 2021, while the remainder of the estate and Wang Fuk Court falls within the Wang Fuk constituency, which is represented by Herman Yiu Kwan-ho.

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