Sham Shui Po 深水埗區 | |
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| Sham Shui Po District | |
 Day view of the Sham Shui Po District skyline | |
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 Location of Sham Shui Po within Hong Kong | |
| Coordinates:22°19′51″N114°09′44″E / 22.33074°N 114.16220°E /22.33074; 114.16220 | |
| Statutorily-defined area | Kowloon (Stonecutters' Island),New Kowloon (mainland) |
| Region | Hong Kong (special administrative region) |
| Country | China |
| Constituencies | 21 |
| Government | |
| • District Council chairman | Chum Tak Shing[needs update] (ADPL) |
| • District Council Vice-chairwoman | Janet Ng |
| • District Officer | Damian Kwok-hung Lee |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2016[1]) | |
• Total | 405,869 |
| • Density | 42,800/km2 (111,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
| Largest neighbourhood by population | Sham Shui Po (60,161 – 2016 est)[2] |
| Location of district office and district council | 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po |
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| Traditional Chinese | 深水埗區 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 深水埗区 | ||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Shāmshéuibóu kēui | ||||||||||||||
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Sham Shui Po District is one of 18districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts.[3] Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants fromChina. It also saw the birth ofpublic housing in Hong Kong, as the government sought to resettle those displaced bya devastating fire in its slums. Sham Shui Po also hosted aVietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
The district covers theShek Kip Mei,Sham Shui Po,Cheung Sha Wan,Lai Chi Kok,Kowloon Tsai,[clarify]So Uk,Un Chau [yue],Tai Wo Ping [yue] andYau Yat Chuenareas ofNew Kowloon, andStonecutters Island ofKowloon.
Sham Shui Po District administers:
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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.[4]
Mei Foo Sun Chuen inLai 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.[5]
There are 18 public housing estates in the Sham Shui Po District, divided into sub-districts:
The main campus ofCity University of Hong Kong, was located in Tat Chee Avenue,[6] Sham Shui Po District.[7]
Hong Kong Public Libraries has five libraries in the district: Lai Chi Kok, Po On Road, Sham Shui Po, Shek Kip Mei, and Un Chau Street.[8]
There are four railway lines serving Sham Shui Po District:
There are also variousbus routes serving the district. Most of them are operated byKowloon Motor Bus, and some byCitybus. These two companies also jointly operate some routes, most of these crossing theharbour to theHong Kong Island.
Places adjacent to Sham Shui Po District | |
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| Hong Kong Island | |
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| Kowloon andNew Kowloon | |
| New Territories (excluding New Kowloon) | |
Urban areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories | |||||||||||
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| MHong Kong1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |  | ||||||||||
| MOld KowloonKL,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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| MNew KowloonNKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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| New Territories |
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Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government ofHong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" ofLands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" ofRating and Valuation Department. M：Narrow meaning of urban areas KL:Kowloon Peninsula at the south ofBoundary Street NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south ofLion Rock 1: Common definition (1) 2: Common definition (2) 3: Common definition (3) 4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right ofindigenous inhabitants 5: Jurisdiction area of formerUrban Council 6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" ofPlanning Department 7: Jurisdiction area ofUrban Renewal Authority 8: Unique operating area ofurban taxis 9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined byHong Kong Housing Authority 10: Definition of Urbanrates 11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 13: Regions having 999-year land lease 14:Geographical Constituency inHong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 15:Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 16:Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon | |||||||||||
