Kwong Fuk Estate

Kwong Fuk Estate (Chinese: 廣福邨) 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.

Kwong Fuk Estate
Interactive map of Kwong Fuk Estate
General information
Location28 Plover Cove Road, Tai Po
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°26′55″N 114°10′29″E / 22.44873°N 114.17462°E / 22.44873; 114.17462
StatusCompleted
CategoryPublic rental housing
Population16,939 (2016)
No. of blocks8
No. of units6,189
Construction
Constructed1983; 42 years ago (1983)
AuthorityHong Kong Housing Authority
Kwong Fuk Estate
Traditional Chinese廣福邨
Simplified Chinese广福邨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuǎng Fú Cūn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggwong2 fuk1 cyun1

Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Po, near Kwong Fuk Estate. It consists of eight residential buildings offering 1,987 units built in 1983. A major fire broke out at the court on 26 November 2025, killing at least 160.

Houses

Kwong Fuk Estate

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Kwong Yan House 廣仁樓 Old Slab 1983
Kwong Wai House 廣惠樓 1984
Kwong Lai House 廣禮樓 Twin Tower 1983
Kwong Yee House 廣義樓
Kwong Yau House 廣祐樓
Kwong Ping House 廣平樓
Kwong Chi House 廣智樓 Trident 2 1985
Kwong Shung House 廣崇樓

Wang Fuk Court

The majority of the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex was involved in a major fire that broke out on 26 November 2025.

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Wang Yan House 宏仁閣 Flexi 2 1983
Wang Tao House 宏道閣
Wang Sun House 宏新閣
Wang Kin House 宏建閣
Wang Tai House 宏泰閣
Wang Cheong House 宏昌閣
Wang Shing House 宏盛閣
Wang Chi House 宏志閣

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.

Incidents

2025 Wang Fuk Court fire

On 26 November 2025, a fire broke out at Block F in Wang Fuk Court at 2:51 p.m., before spreading to six other blocks. The fire was caused by the inferior plastic net wrapped around the building. It is suspected to have mainly originated from workers smoking, as cigarette butts were found strewn on residents' window ledges, likely spreading to the flammable plastic net, then transferring to the entire building. All property windows and ventilation were also covered by highly flammable styrofoam boarding and thin wooden plates. Prior to the fire, residents already had suspicions of corruption around the renovation plans that led to the fire, citing fire hazards, a lack of transparency, and high costs. Authorities rated the fire as level 5, the most serious category, the first such incident since the Cornwall Court fire in 2008. At least 160 people were killed, including a firefighter; 79 others were injured, 4 of whom are in critical condition. 6 people remain missing.

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