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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Walk through history at soon-to-be-demolished Hong Kong sea-view public estate
On a Saturday afternoon, a vintage double-decker bus rolled into Hong Kong's Wah Fu Estate, dubbed the 'luxury residence for ordinary people', piquing the curiosity of residents. The beige and red Leyland Fleetline bus was carrying members of a walking tour organised by Henry Chai Man-hon, who served as the district councillor for the estate from 2004 to 2019, and community group Wah Fu Hub. The public housing estate will soon join the bus and become a relic of old Hong Kong as it will be demolished and redeveloped between 2027 and 2035. Chai, who started the walking tours last year, said that he wished to tell the stories of Wah Fu Estate and allow people to look into the lives of its residents. Artist Swing Lam takes a photo with the former route 45 bus at the estate. Photo: Dickson Lee He collaborated with artist Swing Lam Siu-wing this time and arranged the vintage bus, which once served on the now-defunct route 45 between Wah Fu and Robinson Road in Mid-Levels.
South China Morning Post
11-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
When a teenager was stabbed to death with a fork … over an alleged stare
'A plastics factory worker, Chan Wai-tak, was stabbed to death and his friend seriously injured when they were attacked by a group of youths in Wah Fu Estate, Aberdeen , last night,' reported the South China Morning Post on May 10, 1980. 'The injured youth, Lee Man-ching (18), told detectives from his Queen Mary Hospital bed that he and Chan (15 ½), were standing near a building chatting when a group of youths passed by and accused the two of staring at them. 'A plastics factory worker, Chan Wai-tak, was stabbed to death and his friend seriously injured when they were attacked by a group of youths in Wah Fu Estate, Aberdeen, last night,' reported the South China Morning Post on May 10, 1980. Photo: SCMP Archives 'He said there was an exchange of words and then they were suddenly set upon by the group. The group fled after the attack and he and Chan ran to a nearby shopping centre for help. He said Chan collapsed in the corridor on the fifth floor of the shopping centre. Police have seized a bent barbecue fork believed to have been used in the attack on the two.' Advertisement On January 17, 1986, the Post followed up, writing that 'a theatre usher who was involved in a fight 5 ½ years ago which resulted in the death of a teenager was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail'. Police officers investigating at a crime scene where Chan Wai-tak was stabbed to death and his friend Lee Man-ching seriously injured when they were attacked by a group of youths in Wah Fu Estate, Aberdeen. Photo: SCMP Archives 'Chan Kam-kei, 23, pleaded guilty before Mr Justice Barnes to one count of manslaughter and one of wounding with intent. He was sentenced to 12 months for killing Chan Wai-tak, 16, and three months for wounding Mr Li Man-ching, 18, on May 9, 1980. The sentences are to run concurrently. His counsel, Mr Andrew Macrae, submitted in mitigation that Chan came from a hard-working family. He was a man of good character marred with one minor offence of assault over a very trivial matter when he was only 19 […] Chan was now a hardworking and responsible young man and was no longer a member of a triad gang, he said.'
