Wah Fu estate

Wah Fu estate

Huafu estate is one of the most famous public housing estates in Hong Kong. It is located in waterfall Bay, Southern District of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to Beisha Bay, Chifu garden, chicken cage Bay, etc. Huafu estate was completed in five phases. The first phase was completed in November 1967. At the peak, the population was 50000, and now it is only half of the peak.

In 1963, the Hong Kong Housing Authority (now the Hong Kong Housing Authority) announced the construction of Wah Fu estate, one of the 10 low rent housing estates planned at that time.

On September 27, 1968, the then governor of Hong Kong, Sir David, officiated at the opening ceremony of Wah Fu estate. It was also to celebrate the completion of the society's 25000th unit on the ninth floor of Wah Fu Wah Mei house.

Estate planning

Wah Fu estate was the first estate in Hong Kong to appear in the form of a town with its own shopping malls. At that time, it was a pioneering undertaking. In addition to the facilities of markets, parking lots, schools and so on, there was also a library, the Pok Fu Lam public library, which was the second Hong Kong Public Library on Hong Kong Island after the city hall library at that time.

Building design

Huaxing building, Huasheng Building, Huatai Building and Huachang building, which were completed between 1970 and 1971, are the first "twin tower" buildings in Hong Kong, which are different from the former "central corridor" and "terrace connected" buildings. In Huafu estate, the buildings near the seaside are mainly low buildings, while the buildings far away from the seaside are double tower buildings with more than 20 floors. This design layout enables more residents to have sea view.

building

Building name, building type and completion time of Huafu (1) estate

Old long Hua'an building November 1967

Huale building, February 1968

Huazhen building, March September 1968

Huakang building

Huaguang building

Huamei building

Huaji building October 1968 February 1969

Huaxin Building

Huayu Building

Huaqing building

Hua Ming Lou

Hua Jianlou

Building name, building type and completion time of Wah Fu (2) estate

Double tower Huachang building July 1970 June 1971

Hua Shengyu

Hua Xing Lou

Huatai Building

Huacui building, 1978

Huajinglou

market

Huafu shopping mall

Huafu center with steel frame support (1968)

Huafu center belongs to the second phase project, which was completed in the same period as Huazhen building

Huafu (2) shopping mall (1978)

Huafu (2) shopping mall belongs to the fifth phase project, which was completed in the same period as Huajing building

deficiencies

At the beginning of its completion, Wah Fu estate did not attract many people to apply. The reason is that the estate is far away from the urban area and the traffic is inconvenient. In addition, the original site of the estate was a mass grave during the Japanese rule period in Hong Kong, which made many superstitious people unwilling to live in the estate. Later, the government wanted to make a publicity film called "Huafu new village" to attract some people to live in.

The 26 problematic public housing scandals exposed in the 1980s led the HA to discover that there were 577 problematic public housing units in Hong Kong, including many buildings in Wah Fu estate. Due to the substandard concrete, the buildings have structural problems. Huale building, Huakang building and Huachang building need to be supported by large steel frames. Some floors of these buildings need to be closed for giant steel frames, and large-scale maintenance works need to be carried out to replace steel and concrete.

Xinba

4 Huafu (South) < central (Connaught Road Central) (circular line) $5.30

4X Huafu (South) < central ferry terminal (circular line) $5.30

42 Huafu (South) < North Point pier $6.90

91A Huafu (South) < yalizhou $3.20

970 Cyberport < suwu (jinghuafu) $11.00

94A Huafu (middle) < Lidong $3.20

970x suwu Aberdeen (late night, early morning only) $11.00

N970 Aberdeen Suu UK (Festival service only)

N38 Zhifu (jinghuafu) < Causeway Bay $9.10

Citybus

41a Huafu (central) < North Point wharf $6.90

170 Sha Tin Station < Huafu (middle) $16.00

73 Cyberport < Stanley (jinghuafu) $5.80

N170 shatin city center < Huafu (central) $24.00

40 Huafu (North) < Wan Chai pier $5.30

40m Huafu (North) < Wan Chai pier $5.30

M47 Huafu (North) < central (Hong Kong Station) $5.10

A10 airport < Ap Lei Chau $48.00

48 Huafu (North) < huangzhukeng $3.00

N73 Huafu (North) < Stanley (Festival service only) $8.70

40p Wah Fu (North) Robinson road $5.30

7 Shek Pai Wan Central Pier (051505300545 per day from Shek Pai Wan estate via Wah Fu estate) $5.30

Public light bus

Minibus (via Wah Fu estate)

63 (Haiyi Peninsula - Mary Hospital)

31 (tin Wan estate to Causeway Bay)

(destination: Wah Fu estate)

63A (Aberdeen Centre - Wah Fu upper estate) (circular line)

23 (West Ring Houhe Street - Wah Fu Tsuen circular line)

red minibus

Wah Fu estate - Wan Chai Dayou shopping mall (TAM son Road) $7.00

Aberdeen Shek Tong Tsui business centre (circular line) $5.00

Aberdeen (via Wah Fu estate) - Mong Kok (Golden Rooster market, near MacPherson Stadium) $13.50 (24-hour service, after 2400 $15.80)

Aberdeen (via Wah Fu estate) - Yi on street, Kwun Tong (weekday peak hours only) $16.00

Address: Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island South

Longitude: 114.14099116117

Latitude: 22.25152314678

Ticket information: no ticket required.

Chinese PinYin : Hua Fu Cun