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Shek Mun () is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City,

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. Shek Mun lies just east of the

Shing Mun River The Shing Mun River or Shing Mun River Channel is a river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. History The original Shing Mun River began at Needle Hill, and flowed into the former Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi), a shallow bay. In the 1970s, Tide Cove was recla ...

, and northeast of the

City One City One Shatin () is a residential precinct in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The estate occupies approximately of land. The estate was named City One as it is on Lot 1, Shatin Town. It has a census area population of 24,758 people. C ...

apartment and shopping complex.

Housing

Shek Mun Estate A picul or tam is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". History The word ''picul'' appeared as early as the mid 9th century in Javanese. Following Spanish, Portuguese, British and m ...

is a

public housing estate Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

in Shek Mun, completed in 2009.

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in Shek Mun include:

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(),

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() and

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().

Other features

Several educational facilities are located in Shek Mun including International Christian School and the

Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School ( zh, 香港浸會大學附屬學校王錦輝中小學; abbreviated as HKBUAS or HKBU WKFS) is a Direct Subsidy school in Shek Mun, Sha Tin, Hong Kong. It is ...

. A branch of the

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

, as well as local public elementary and secondary schools which are run by the university. Shek Mun is also home to some light industry and manufacturing. Shek Mun will be the location of the Jockey Club Kitchee Centre, which is dedicated to youth football development and was scheduled to open in 2014.

Transport

Shek Mun is served by the

Shek Mun station Shek Mun () is a station on the of Hong Kong. To the west, it serves the Shek Mun Industrial Area and northeastern portion of City One, including Siu Lek Yuen Playground. A new campus of the Hong Kong Baptist University (including a primary ...

on the

Tuen Ma line The Tuen Ma line () is a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map, the Tuen Ma line is in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of ...

of the MTR rapid transit railway system.

Education

Shek Mun is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 91. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net.

References

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