Lok Fu
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Lok Fu(Chinese:Nhạc phú;Cantonese Yale:Lohk Fu) is a place inWong Tai Sin District,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is located to the east ofKowloon Tsai,the west ofWong Tai Sinand the north ofKowloon City.It geographically includes nearbyWang Tau Hom.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The only village in this area in the 19th century was Ta Ku Ling or Ta Kwu Ling (Chinese:Đả cổ lĩnh), not to be confused with the other two villages of the same name in Hong Kong (Ta Ku Lingin Sai Kung district andTa Kwu Lingin North district). It is recorded onan 1866 mapand was part of an alliance of seven nearby villages led byNga Tsin Wai Tsuen.[1]It was located whereMorse Parkis now.
In the 1940s many refugees arrived in the area, which was then known asLo Fu Ngam(Chinese:Lão hổ nham;Cantonese Yale:Lóuh Fú Ngàahm,literally "Tiger's Den" inChinese). There were many squatter huts on the hillsides.[2]After the construction of thepublic housing estatestarted in 1957 with the firstresettlementblocks being built, Lo Fu Ngam was renamed asLok Fuwhich literally means "Happiness and Wealth" in Chinese.[3][4][5]All the housing estates were rebuilt in the 1980s and 1990s. Wang Tau Hom complex (now Lok Fu Place), built in 1985, was designed by the architects Alan Fitch (architect ofHong Kong City Hall) & W.N. Chung (architect of the 1971 (now replaced)Peak Tower).[6]
Features
[edit]The centre of Lok Fu contains the Lok Fu Place shopping centre. The shopping mall was renovated in 2008-9[7]while the market was renovated in 2013.[8]The anchor tenant of the shopping mall is the Japanese department storeUny.[9]
Besides the shopping mall, Lok Fu primarily consists of public housing estates:
The Lok Fu area has many parks:
- Morse Parksections 3 and 4 separate Lok Fu from, respectively,Wong Tai SinandTung Tau Estate
- Junction Road Park (Liên hợp đạo công viên) - housing 6 tennis courts, a 7-a-side soccer pitch, 2 basketball courts, jogging track, pebble walking trail, children's playground and fitness equipment for the elderly[10]
- Lok Fu Park (Nhạc phú công viên) - a wooded, hilly area between Junction Road Park and Kowloon Tsai Park
- Lok Fu Service Reservoir Rest Garden (Nhạc phú phối thủy khố hưu khế hoa viên) - a large lawn located on a hill, adjacent to Lok Fu Park andKowloon Tsai Park;[11]to the south of the garden isCheckerboard Hill
- Lok Fu Recreation Ground (Nhạc phú du nhạc tràng) - with an 11-a-side soccer/hockey pitch
Other places of interest in Lok Fu include:
- Lok FuTin Hau Temple(Từ đức xã thiên hậu cổ miếuorLão hổ nham ( nhạc phú ) thiên hậu thánh mẫu cổ miếu)
- Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church
- Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital
Transport
[edit]Lok Fu is served byLok Fu stationon the MTR'sKwun Tong line.
Junction Roadpasses through Lok Fu.
Education
[edit]Lok Fu is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 43. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Wong Tai Sin Government Primary School.[12]
References
[edit]- ^"Historical cum Social Study on Kowloon City district in connection with Kai Tak area"(PDF).Conserve and revitalise Hong Kong heritage.December 2009. pp. 16–19.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"Lo Fu Ngam".Government records service.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^District Highlights - Wong Tai Sin DistrictArchived2008-12-05 at theWayback Machine
- ^HK Street names
- ^Myers, John T. (1975)."A Hong Kong Spirit-Medium Temple"(PDF).Journal of theRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch.15:16–27.ISSN1991-7295.
- ^"Slides, Wang Tau Hom complex (now part of Lok Fu Estate) (1985), Kowloon, Hong Kong".M+ Collections.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"Renovation Works for Lok Fu Shopping Centre Phase 2, Wang Tau Hom".Chun Wo development holdings.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"A taste of the evolution of Kowloon".Hong Kong general chamber of commerce.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"Japanese store UNY (HK) Co Ltd in retail expansion mode (with photos)".The government of the Hong Kong SAR Press Releases.5 June 2010.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"Tennis Courts".Leisure and cultural services department.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"Lok Fu Service Reservoir Rest Garden".Film Services office.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^"POA School Net 43"(PDF).Education Bureau.Retrieved2022-09-12.
