華富邨華生樓 Wah Sang House of Wah Fu Estate

香港仔華富邨華生樓的幾何立體主義風格採光井,屬一個政府資助的公共房屋。華富指富裕的華人,有50000多居民,1968年完工。是首個以新城市概念建造的公共屋邨。

香港仔華富邨華生樓的幾何立體主義風格採光井,屬一個政府資助的公共房屋。華富指富裕的華人,有50000多居民。它於1968年完工,以在1967暴動後為本地人提供廉租住房,並顯著改善社會福利。

華富邨是首個以新城市概念建造的公共屋邨,其基礎設施包括學校、街市、飯店和銀行。華富擁有香港第一個屋邨的公共圖書館,這是繼大會堂之後的第二座公共圖書館。它還有公共屋邨內第一個老人院和第一個停車場。

Wah Sang House of Wah Fu Estate in Aberdeen, seen from the geometric and cubist light well of the government-subsidised public housing. Wah Fu means wealthy Chinese and is home to more than 50,000 residents. It was completed in the 1968 to provide locals with affordable housing with significantly improved social welfare in the wake of the 1967 riots.

Wah Fu Estate was the first public housing estate built with a township concept, with infrastructures including schools, grocery stores, restaurants and banks. Wah Fu has Hong Kong’s first public library in a housing estate – the second public library after the one at the City Hall. It also has the first elderly home and first car park inside a public housing estate.

楊必興 P H Yang