Lok Fu

The only village in this area in the 19th century was Ta Ku Ling or Ta Kwu Ling ({{zh|t=打鼓嶺}}), not to be confused with the other two villages of the same name in Hong Kong (Ta Ku Ling in Sai Kung district and Ta Kwu Ling in North district). It is recorded on an 1866 map and was part of an alliance of seven nearby villages led by Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen.{{cite web |title=Historical cum Social Study on Kowloon City district in connection with Kai Tak area |url=https://www.heritage.gov.hk/en/doc/conserve/kowlooncityfinalreport.pdf |website=Conserve and revitalise Hong Kong heritage |access-date=20 February 2021 |pages=16–19 |date=December 2009}} It was located where Morse Park is now.

In the 1940s many refugees arrived in the area, which was then known as Lo Fu Ngam ({{zh|t=老虎岩|cy=Lóuh Fú Ngàahm}}, literally "Tiger's Den" in Chinese). There were many squatter huts on the hillsides.{{cite web |title=Lo Fu Ngam |url=https://www.grs.gov.hk/ws/online/utsr/part2/en/j.htm#ad-image-0 |website=Government records service |access-date=20 February 2021}} After the construction of the public housing estate started in 1957 with the first resettlement blocks being built, Lo Fu Ngam was renamed as Lok Fu which literally means "Happiness and Wealth" in Chinese.[http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/wts_d/text_english/dchighlights.htm District Highlights - Wong Tai Sin District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205060714/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/wts_d/text_english/dchighlights.htm |date=2008-12-05 }}[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,41499 HK Street names]{{cite journal |last1= Myers|first1= John T. |year= 1975|title=A Hong Kong Spirit-Medium Temple|journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 15|pages= 16–27|url= https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/34c8af470f36939a6b045664ab07c287.pdf|issn= 1991-7295}} 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 of Hong Kong City Hall) & W.N. Chung (architect of the 1971 (now replaced) Peak Tower).{{cite web |title=Slides, Wang Tau Hom complex (now part of Lok Fu Estate) (1985), Kowloon, Hong Kong |url=https://collections.mplus.org.hk/en/objects/slides-wang-tau-hom-complex-now-part-of-lok-fu-estate-1985-kowloon-hong-kong-ca10-2-12 |website=M+ Collections |access-date=20 February 2021}}

The centre of Lok Fu contains the Lok Fu Place shopping centre. The shopping mall was renovated in 2008-9{{cite web |title=Renovation Works for Lok Fu Shopping Centre Phase 2, Wang Tau Hom |url=https://www.chunwo.com/Page/ProjectDetail.aspx?id=89 |website=Chun Wo development holdings |access-date=20 February 2021}} while the market was renovated in 2013.{{cite web |title=A taste of the evolution of Kowloon |url=https://www.chamber.org.hk/en/events/whatson_detail.aspx?e_code=M191115JY |website=Hong Kong general chamber of commerce |access-date=20 February 2021}} The anchor tenant of the shopping mall is the Japanese department store UNY.{{cite web |title=Japanese store UNY (HK) Co Ltd in retail expansion mode (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201006/05/P201006040207_print.htm |website=The government of the Hong Kong SAR Press Releases |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=5 June 2010}}

Besides the shopping mall, Lok Fu primarily consists of public housing estates:

• Lok Fu Estate
• Wang Tau Hom Estate

The Lok Fu area has many parks:

• Morse Park sections 3 and 4 separate Lok Fu from, respectively, Wong Tai Sin and Tung Tau Estate
• Junction Road Park ({{zh|t=聯合道公園|labels=no}}) - 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{{cite web |title=Tennis Courts |url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/clpss/en/webApp/Facility/Details.do?ftid=42&did=4 |website=Leisure and cultural services department |access-date=20 February 2021}}
• Lok Fu Park ({{zh|t=樂富公園|labels=no}}) - a wooded, hilly area between Junction Road Park and Kowloon Tsai Park
• Lok Fu Service Reservoir Rest Garden ({{zh|t=樂富配水庫休憩花園|labels=no}}) - a large lawn located on a hill, adjacent to Lok Fu Park and Kowloon Tsai Park;{{cite web |title=Lok Fu Service Reservoir Rest Garden |url=https://www.fso-createhk.gov.hk/en/locations_search_details.php?File_No=01792&search_type=1& |website=Film Services office |access-date=20 February 2021}} to the south of the garden is Checkerboard Hill
• Lok Fu Recreation Ground ({{zh|t=樂富遊樂場|labels=no}}) - with an 11-a-side soccer/hockey pitch

Other places of interest in Lok Fu include:

• Lok Fu Tin Hau Temple ({{zh|t=慈德社天后古廟|labels=no}} or {{zh|t=老虎岩(樂富)天后聖母古廟|labels=no}})
• Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church
• Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital

Lok Fu is served by Lok Fu station on the MTR's Kwun Tong line.

Junction Road passes through Lok Fu.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-43b.pdf|title=POA School Net 43|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}

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