Wah Fu Estate

Wah Fu Estate (Chinese: 華富邨) is a public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District. It was built on a new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate (華富(一)邨) and Wah Fu (II) Estate (華富(二)邨), the whole estate has a total of 18 residential blocks completed between 1967 and 1978.[1]

Wah Fu (I) Estate
Wah Fu (II) Estate
Wah Ching House, Wah Fu Estate
Wah Fu (I)Shopping Centre
Wah Fu (II) Commercial Complex
Wah Fu Bus Terminus

There are several primary and secondary schools in the estate, including Pui Ying Secondary School, SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School and Caritas Chong Yut Ming Secondary School. They provide education to children in the estate and the surrounding areas. Fortuna Theatre is the only cinema on the estate.

Houses
NameTypeCompletion
Wah On HouseOld SlabNovember 1967
Wah Lok HouseFebruary 1968
Wah Chun HouseMarch 1968 - September 1968
Wah Hong House
Wah Kwong House
Wah Mei House
Wah Kee HouseOctober 1968 - February 1969
Wah Shun House
Wah Yu House
Wah Ching House
Wah Ming House
Wah Kin House
Wah Cheung HouseTwin TowerJuly 1970 - June 1971
Wah Sang House
Wah Hing House
Wah Tai House
Wah Chui House1978
Wah King House

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Redevelopment

Announced in the chief executive's 2014 Policy Address, Wah Fu Estate will be redeveloped. The new estate will be built nearby. It is planned that after the Wah Fu residents have moved to the new estates, Wah Fu will be redeveloped starting from 2024.[5]

Education

Wah Fu Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18.[6] Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School (香港南區官立小學).[7]

Notable residents

Legal

Media and entertainment

References
  1. Wah Fu Estate
  2. 華富邨 (Chinese)
  3. Wah Fu (I) Estate
  4. Wah Fu (II) Estate
  5. "2016 Pokfulam Report". District Councillor Paul Zimmerman. 12 December 2016.
  6. "POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage". Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  7. "POA School Net 18" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
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