Fanling-Sheung Shui

New Town New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** New (Paul McCartney song), "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * New (EP), ''New'' (EP), ...

was developed from the traditional

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

s (

Luen Wo Hui Luen Wo Hui or Luen Wo Market is a market town east of Fanling in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located northeast of Fanling station. Politics For electoral purposes, Luen Wo Hui is part of the Luen Wo Hui constituency of the No ...

and

Shek Wu Hui Shek Wu Hui () is a non-administrative subdivision (neighbourhood) and former Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories, indigenous market town located in Sheung Shui in the North District, Hong Kong, North District of Hong Kong. The place na ...

) and villages around

Fanling Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling is ...

and

Sheung Shui Sheung Shui (, literally "Above-water") is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District, Hong Kong, North District of Hong Kong. Fanli ...

, within the present-day North District in the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. It was primarily developed in the mid 1980s. Connecting Fanling and Sheung Shui is an U-shaped main road called Ma Sik Road. The new town presently has a population of 247,000, with an ultimate capacity of 264,000 upon full development. The total development area is about which includes residential, commercial, industrial, social, community and recreation facilities.

Housing

Fanling Town

Sheung Shui Town

Community

*North District Town Hall *North District Park

Schools

*Fanling Public School *Lee Chi Tat Memorial School

Hospitals

North District Hospital North District Hospital () or NDH is a district general hospital serving the population of the New Territories East Cluster. It has now 683 in-patient beds,NTEC Bed Inventory, Hospital Authority 24-hour Accident & Emergency service, specialist ...

* Hong Chi Fanling Integrative Rehabilitation Complex (C&A Home) (formerly Fanling Hospital)

Shopping centres

Landmark North Landmark North () is an office tower-and-shopping centre complex in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. It was developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and is located in the commercial centre of Sheung Shui. Location Landmark North is situated at 39 Lung Sum ...

*Metropolis Plaza

Transport

Sheung Shui Station Platform mainlanders 201503

The new town is served by the

, and

stations of the

MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of the ten lines that form MTR, the rapid transit, mass transit system in Hong Kong. The railway line starts at Lo Wu station, Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau station, Lok Ma Chau, both of which are Border checkpoint, b ...

, which connects the new town with

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

and the border with

mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

Lo Wu Lo Wu () is an area in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China, specifically the Luohu District of Shenzhen in mainland China. The area is most notable as the location of the most ...

. The

Fanling Highway Fanling Highway () is a part of Route 9 in Hong Kong. It connects the new town of Tai Po and San Tin Highway, passing through Sheung Shui and Fanling on its way. The three lane expressway was constructed between 1983 and 1987. Alignment The ...

is a part of Route 9. Other major roads include the

Jockey Club Road A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...

and San Wan Road.

External links

Fanling-Sheung Shui New TownSatellite image of the new town of Fanling-Sheung Shui and its vicinity by Google Maps
Planned communities in Hong Kong North District, Hong Kong Planned communities established in the 1980s {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub