Pok Fu Lam Public Library, Public library in Southern District, Hong Kong.
Pok Fu Lam Public Library occupies units 611-619 of Wah Chun House within Wah Fu Estate, serving the Southern District community. The facility holds book collections, study desks, and learning spaces designed for visitors of all ages.
Pok Fu Lam Public Library opened on 18 December 1970 with two floors, but was reduced to one when Aberdeen Public Library opened. On 10 December 1991 it closed for maintenance, and the Urban Council sent a mobile library to Wah Hong House in Wah Fu Estate. Because of the Wah Fu Estate redevelopment, the library is to move to a site in the Kai Lung Wan North reception estate, a project submitted to the Legislative Council public works subcommittee on 21 May 2025.
The library maintains separate collections for adults and children, reflecting how the community uses the space for learning at different life stages. Each section is designed with its own character to serve these distinct visitor groups.
The library occupies rooms 611-619 on the sixth floor of Wah Chun House in Wah Fu Estate, so visitors enter through the estate's residential block rather than a street-front door. It is one of the few Hong Kong public libraries housed inside a public housing estate. The branch is scheduled to move to the Kai Lung Wan North reception estate site under the Wah Fu Estate redevelopment plan.
It is the only small library in Hong Kong's public system that includes a students' study room, and it sits inside a public housing estate, in units 611-619 of Wah Chun House. In 2024 it recorded about 100,000 visits and lent roughly 120,000 items.
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