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Sham Shui Po District is one of 18
districts of Hong Kong The districts of Hong Kong are the 18 political areas of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, that are geographically and administratively divided. Each district has a district council, formerly dist ...
. It is the poorest district in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants from mainland China. It also saw the birth of
public housing in Hong Kong Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the populat ...
, as the government sought to resettle those displaced by a devastating fire in its slums. Sham Shui Po also hosted a Vietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The district covers the Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Tsai, So Uk, , and Yau Yat Chuen
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s of
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, and Stonecutters Island of
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.


Administration

Sham Shui Po District administers: * Cheung Sha Wan 長沙灣 – Between Tonkin Street and
Kom Tsun Street Kom or KOM may refer to: Ethnic groups * Kom people (Afghanistan), a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan * Kom people (Cameroon), an ethnic group of northwest Cameroon * Kom people (India) a subgroup of the Kuki in north-eastern India * ...
/ Butterfly Valley Road. **
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stations:
Cheung Sha Wan station Cheung Sha Wan () is an underground station located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District on the of Hong Kong MTR, between and . It was opened on 17 May 1982. The station's colour is Yellow brown. The station was origina ...
, Lai Chi Kok station *Western Part of
Kowloon Tong Kowloon Tong () is an area of Hong Kong located in Kowloon. The majority of the area is in the Kowloon City District. Its exaclocationis south of the Lion Rock, north of Boundary Street, east of the East Rail line and west of Grampian Road. It ...
九龍塘 – West of the route of
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, north of Boundary Street and east of Tai Hang Tung Road, where
Yau Yat Tsuen Yau Yat Tsuen or Yau Yat Chuen () is one of the very few low density upscale neighbourhoods in the central urban area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located in North Kowloon, at the foot of Beacon Hill. An electoral constituency of Sham Shui Po Di ...
又一村 and
Tai Hang Tung Estate Tai Hang Tung Estate () is a public housing estate in Kowloon Tong, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located near the Tai Hang Sai and Nam Shan Estates as well as Shek Kip Mei station. The Tai Hang Tung Estate was a resettlement estat ...
are situated. **
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station: Kowloon Tong station (East Rail) * Lai Chi Kok 荔枝角 – West of
Kom Tsun Street Kom or KOM may refer to: Ethnic groups * Kom people (Afghanistan), a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan * Kom people (Cameroon), an ethnic group of northwest Cameroon * Kom people (India) a subgroup of the Kuki in north-eastern India * ...
/ Butterfly Valley Road to east of
Lai King Lai King, or Lai King Hill, is the colloquial name for a residential area including a number of private housing and public housing estates, located on Mo Shek Shan (), east of Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is centred on Lai King Est ...
, Kwai Chung. **
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station: Mei Foo station * Sham Shui Po 深水埗 – Between Tonkin Street and Boundary Street **
MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
stations: Sham Shui Po station,
Nam Cheong station Nam Cheong is a MTR interchange station located at ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong opposite the Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung and Tuen Ma lines and provides cross-platform interchan ...
* Shek Kip Mei 石硤尾 – East of Tai Po Road, North of Boundary Street, west of Tai Hang Tung Road, where Eastern part of Kowloon Tsai (Nam Shan Estate) is situated. **
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station:
Shek Kip Mei station Shek Kip Mei () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR . It is located in Shek Kip Mei. History The station served as a terminus Terminus may refer to: * Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination * Terminal train station or termi ...
* So Uk 蘇屋 – Between
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and Ching Cheung Road/ Tai Po Road. * Stonecutters Island 昂船洲 – Excluding the reclaimed lands for Container Terminal 8 which is located in north of Hing Wah Street West and Ngong Shuen Chau Viaduct.


Demographics and housing

Sham Shui Po was already a densely populated district in the 1950s and 1960s. It is poverty-stricken, having the lowest median monthly domestic household income among the 18 districts. It has the highest percentage of elderly people over 65 years. The percentage of new immigrants is also very high. Living conditions of grass-roots families in this district remain a social issue.
Mei Foo Sun Chuen Mei Foo Sun Chuen or simply Mei Foo is a large private housing estate in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Mei Foo Sun Chuen was the first large scale private housing estate in Hong Kong and at the time of completion, the 99-tower complex w ...
in Lai Chi Kok, built in 1968 - 1978, was Hong Kong's first large-scale private housing estate. It comprises eight phases with a total of 99 blocks.


Public Housing

There are 18 public housing estates in the Sham Shui Po District, divided into sub-districts: * Cheung Sha Wan ** Cheung Sha Wan Estate ** Fortune Estate ** Hoi Lai Estate ** Hoi Ying Estate ** Lai Tsui Court ** Lei Cheng Uk Estate ** So Uk Estate ** Un Chau Estate * Sham Shui Po **
Cronin Garden The following is an overview of public housing estates in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History The site where Sham S ...
**
Fu Cheong Estate Fu Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, built on the reclaimed land of the southwest of Sham Shui Po near MTR Nam Cheong station. Built in 2001, the estate was constructed on the former site of the Sha ...
** Lai Kok Estate ** Lai On Estate **
Nam Cheong Estate Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It c ...
**
Wing Cheong Estate Wing Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It composes two Y-shaped residential blocks completed in 2013, between Fu Cheong Estate and the West Kowloon Corridor, on Sai Chuen Road. It provides about 150 ...
* Shek Kip Mei **
Chak On Estate Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei are public housing in an area originally known as Kap Shek Mi in New Kowloon on the North Eastern Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. History Hong Kong's public housing program was initiated by Governor Alexa ...
**
Nam Shan Estate Nam Shan Estate is a public housing estate in Shek Kip Mei,Pak Tin Estate Pak Tin Estate () is a public housing estate in Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Shek Kip Mei Estate and Chak On Estate. Background Before redevelopment, Pak Tin Estate consisted of 17 residential blocks in total, ...
** Shek Kip Mei Estate **
Tai Hang Tung Estate Tai Hang Tung Estate () is a public housing estate in Kowloon Tong, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located near the Tai Hang Sai and Nam Shan Estates as well as Shek Kip Mei station. The Tai Hang Tung Estate was a resettlement estat ...
**
Tai Hang Sai Estate Tai Hang Sai Estate () is a private housing estate in Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located between Shek Kip Mei Estate and Tai Hang Tung Estate, near MTR Shek Kip Mei station. It consists of 8 residential buildings which were built ...


Education

The main campus of
City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a world-class public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently, CityU is ...
, was located in Tat Chee Avenue, Sham Shui Po District.


Transport

There are four railway lines serving Sham Shui Po District:


MTR

* Kwun Tong line: Shek Kip Mei * Tsuen Wan line: Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Mei Foo. * Tung Chung line: Nam Cheong. *
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 o ...
: Mei Foo, Nam Cheong.


Buses

There are also various bus routes serving the district. Most of them are operated by
Kowloon Motor Bus The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes. It is a subsidiary of Transport International. ...
, and some by New World First Bus and Citybus. These three companies also jointly operate some routes, most of these crossing the
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to the
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. *
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: 2, 2A, 2B, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2X, 6, 6C, 6D, 6F, 6X, 12, 12A, 12P, 13P, 18, 30, 30X, 31B, 32, 33, 33A, 33B, 35A, 35X, 36A, 36B, 36X, 37, 38, 38A, 38P, 40, 40A, 40P, 41, 42, 42A, 42C, 43C, 44, 45, 46, 46X, 52X, 58X, 59X, 60X, 61X, 62P, 62X, 63X, 66X, 67X, 68X, 69C, 69X, 72, 81, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D, 87E, 98C, 98S, 203C, 203S, 214, 214P, 230X, 234C, 234D, 234X, 238X, 240X, 242X, 252X, 258A, 258D, 258P, 258S, 259C, 259D, 265B, 268A, 268C, 269C, 270B, 270D, 272E, 272P, 281A, 286C, 286P, 286X, 290, 290A, 290B, 290X, 296C, 296P, N214, N273, N241, N252, N260, N269, N290, X6C, X42C * New World First Bus: 701, 701A, 701S, 702, 702A, 702B, 702S, 795P, 795X, 796C, 796E * Citybus: 50, 55, 79X, A20, A21, A26, A26P, A29, A29P, E21, E21A, E21C, E22, E22A, E22C, E22P, E22S, E22X, N21, N21A, N26, N29, NA20, NA29 *Cross Harbour Tunnel: 102, 102P, 102R, 104, 112, 117, 118, 118P, 171, 171A, 171P, 904, 905, 905A, 905P, 914, 914P, 914X, 936, 936A, 970, 970X, 971, N118, N122, N171, N368, X970


See also

* Politics of Hong Kong *
Sham Shui Po SA Sham Shui Po Sports Association () are a Hong Kong professional football club based in Sham Shui Po District which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. History In the 2011–12 season, the club was promoted to the top-tier Hong Kon ...


References


External links


Sham Shui Po District Council

List and map of electoral constituencies
{{Districts of Hong Kong Kowloon New Kowloon Sham Shui Po