Siu Lek Yuen (Chinese:小瀝源) is an area inSha Tin District,New Territories East. Located to the east ofYuen Chau Kok, the area is surrounded on three sides by theMa On Shan Country Park. Nowadays it is a residential area.
The name means the origin of small river in Chinese. It is so named because the area situated originally between two rivers.[1]
Siu Lek Yuen lies at a hill that locates at the east side ofShing Mun River. Therefore, unlike most of the Sha Tin New Town, the land does not come fromreclamation.
Siu Lek Yuen was originally aford ofTide Cove (沙田海), which was reclaimed for the development ofSha Tin New Town. At a result, onlySiu Lek Yuen Nullah (小瀝源渠), a smallnullah of theShing Mun River remained. As part of the New Town, Siu Lek Yuen also underwent a vast change in the years. Originally it was one of the nine districts of Sha Tin (沙田九約), namely, Siu Lek Yuen District (小瀝源約), where 14Hakka villages were there. After the development of Sha Tin New Town, public and private housing estates and factories were built here.
Siu Lek Yuen Village is a recognized village under theNew TerritoriesSmall House Policy.[2] At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Siu Lek Yuen Village was 174. The number of males was 73.[3]
Kwong Yuen Estate (廣源邨), a large public housing estate, is at the centre of Siu Lek Yuen. It comprises 6 blocks. Kwong Lam Court (廣林苑) and Hong Lam Court (康林苑) are theHome Ownership Scheme courts within Kwong Yuen Estate. Two blocks of Hong Lam Court are used as Government Quarters (政府宿舍).Castello (帝堡城) is a private housing estate at the north side of Kwong Yuen Estate.
Siu Lek Yuen 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.[4]
The north entrance ofTate's Cairn Tunnel (大老山隧道) lies at the southern side of Siu Lek Yuen, making the transportation between Siu Lek Yuen to the East Kowloon much easier.
There are two bus termini in the area: Kwong Yuen Bus Terminus (廣源巴士總站) and Wong Nai Tau Public Transport Interchange (黃泥頭公共運輸交匯處).
It is a 15–20 minutes walk from the area toCity One MTR station orShek Mun MTR station.
Owing to the decreased demand of industrial lands in Hong Kong, the government plans to re-develop the Siu Lek Yuen Industrial Area. There are plans to convert the factories into office.[6] Hotels are also being built on former industrial area.[7][8]
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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 | |||||||||||
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