District 18 News
Written by: Lu Ningmin
2021-03-28 17:52
Last update date: 2021-03-28 17:52
Lok Shan Tang Primary School in Kowloon City was founded in 1949 and has a history of 70 years. The school ceased operation in 2019. The running group Kowloon Lok Shan Tang implemented the Lok House project and converted it into a transitional social housing for 51 grassroots families to live in. Improve the living environment.
The school-sponsoring organization stated that the Longjin stone plaque built in the 13th year of Tongzhi was retained during the reconstruction, as well as the school badge with historical value and written "Benevolence, Love, Diligence, and Honesty", and the names of the good people who sponsored the expansion of the school building were listed Of the stele.
The Longjin plaque built in the Tongzhi period is embedded in the lintel of the back door of the school, and it is still intact after wind and rain.
(Photo from Government News Network)
Liu Aishi, Director-General of Kowloon Leshantang, mentioned in an interview with "Government News.com" that during the reconstruction period, Kowloon Leshantang kept a number of historical relics in the school, including the Longjin stone plaque built in the 13th year of Tongzhi, as well as historical value, The school badge with "Benevolence, Love, Diligence, and Honesty" written on it, as well as the stone stele with the names of the good people who sponsored the expansion of the school building in the past, try to maintain the original structure.
Liu Aishi pointed out that the building standards of the school buildings are far from those of the new schools completed in recent years. The responsible team needs to adapt to the situation of each room. Fortunately, most of the classrooms and activity rooms of the school buildings have large windows with sufficient light and air circulation, which are suitable for remodeling. Residence.
The places with insufficient daylight are converted into shared spaces such as laundry room, library, game room and family counseling room to make the best use of it.
Maximum unit 420 feet
Liu Aishi also pointed out that based on the concept that everyone has a suitable living space, the per capita living area of Le House residents is at least 70 feet. The school's 26 classrooms and activity rooms are converted into 51 units with an area of 260 feet to 420 feet, which can accommodate 2 to 3 people. And live in a family of 4 to 5 people.
In order to add separate bathrooms and kitchens, the responsible team has also worked hard on pipes, adding water pumps, water tanks, water pipes, etc. to the school’s covered playground. In order to avoid oily smoke in the open kitchen and water vapor in the bathroom, each unit has been installed. Vents.
And considering that the children staying in need space to play, the team also retained a spacious basketball court.
Kowloon Le Shan Tang said that the project has now been occupied and the neighborhood has gradually formed a small community. One of the residents, Ms. Shi, described that she used to live in Mong Kok. There was a bar downstairs and the sanitary environment was poor. In addition, the place was small and she lived with her son. Don't like staying at home.
Since moving to Le House in early December last year, the situation has improved greatly. Not only is the place comfortable and the air is fresh, it is also convenient for my son to play basketball on the court downstairs.
Another resident, Ms. Huang, also said that she was satisfied with the living environment of Le House.
She has a son and a daughter. She used to live in the tin house in Xia Zhu Che, Sha Tin. She had to walk a rugged mountain road every day when she returned home. Moreover, because the house was small, there was no place for the whole family to sit together after the table was opened. Eating at the table describes that even if you want a family of three to eat on the same table at night, it is a luxury.
After moving to the music house, there are still vacant seats after opening the big table, and children can move around freely.
Lok Sin Tong converted the building of Lok Sin Tong Primary School in Kowloon City into a "transitional social housing".
(Data Picture/Photo by Yu Junliang)
Lok Shan Tang in Kowloon said that families living in Lok House need to meet two conditions. One is the poor living environment or the urgent need for community support; the other is the waiting list for public housing for three years or more, and the CSSA family or income is lower than the monthly income of the households. Families with a figure of 55% are preferred.
The lease term of Lok House is not less than two years. Due to the enthusiastic response, Lok Sin Tong, Kowloon has launched another Lok House project on Song Wong Toi Road and To Kwa Wan Road, providing 100 units, and plans to launch other projects to increase the number of transitional housing supply.
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Kowloon City Lok Sin Tong Primary School plans to apply for a project fee of 13 million yuan from the Community Care Fund
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The District Council approves the conversion of Leshantang Primary School to transitional housing, which is expected to be available for occupation in 2020
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