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Sham Shui Po District

Field	Value
name	Sham Shui Po
official_name	Sham Shui Po District
native_name	深水埗區
native_name_lang	zh-hant
type	District
image_skyline	HK Sham Shui Po 2009.jpg
image_caption	Day view of the Sham Shui Po District skyline
blank_emblem_type	Official emblem
blank_emblem_size	60px
image_map
image_map1	Hong Kong Sham Shui Po District.svg
map_caption1	Location of Sham Shui Po within Hong Kong
coordinates
subdivision_type2	Country
subdivision_name2	China
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Hong Kong (special administrative region)
subdivision_type	Statutorily-defined area
subdivision_name	Kowloon (Stonecutters' Island), New Kowloon (mainland)
leader_title	District Council chairman
leader_name	Chum Tak Shing
leader_party	ADPL
leader_title2	District Council Vice-chairwoman
leader_name2	Janet Ng
leader_title3	District Officer
leader_name3	Damian Kwok-hung Lee
parts_type	Constituencies
parts_style	para
p1	21
area_total_km2	9.48
population_as_of	2016
population_total	405,869
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Hong Kong Time
utc_offset	+8
blank1_name_sec1	Largest neighbourhood by population
blank1_info_sec1	Sham Shui Po (60,161 – 2016 est)
blank1_name_sec2	Location of district office and district council
blank1_info_sec2	303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po

Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts 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. Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants from China. It also saw the birth of public housing in Hong Kong, 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 in the 1970s.

The district covers the Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, So Uk, , and Yau Yat Chuen areas of New Kowloon, and Stonecutters Island of Kowloon.

Administration

Sham Shui Po District administers:

Cheung Sha Wan – Between Tonkin Street and Kom Tsun Street / Butterfly Valley Road.
Western Part of Kowloon Tong – West of the route of East Rail line, north of Boundary Street and east of Tai Hang Tung Road
Sham Shui Po – Between Tonkin Street and Boundary Street
Shek Kip Mei – East of Tai Po Road, North of Boundary Street, west of Tai Hang Tung Road.
So Uk – Between Po On Road and Ching Cheung Road / Tai Po Road.
Stonecutters Island – 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

Fuk Wing Street, looking south east from Pei Ho Street

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 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

Main article: List of public housing estates in Hong Kong

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 Tat Estate
- Hoi Ying Estate
- Lai Tsui Court
- Lei Cheng Uk Estate
- So Uk Estate
- Un Chau Estate
Sham Shui Po
- Cronin Garden
- Fu Cheong Estate
- Lai Kok Estate
- Lai On Estate
- Nam Cheong Estate
- Wing Cheong Estate
Shek Kip Mei
- Chak On Estate
- Nam Shan Estate
- Pak Tin Estate
- Shek Kip Mei Estate
- Tai Hang Tung Estate
- Tai Hang Sai Estate

Education

The main campus of City University of Hong Kong, was located in Tat Chee Avenue, Sham Shui Po District.

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.

Transport

There are four railway lines serving Sham Shui Po District:

MTR

People outside Sham Shui Po MTR station.

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: Mei Foo, Nam Cheong.

Buses

There are also various bus routes serving the district. Most of them are operated by Kowloon Motor Bus, and some by Citybus. These two companies also jointly operate some routes, most of these crossing the harbour to the Hong Kong Island.

Kowloon Motor Bus: 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 2B, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2X, 6, 6C, 6D, 6F, 6P, 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, 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, 290E, 290X, 296C, 296P, 298X, N214, N273, N241, N252, N260, N269, N290, X6C, X42C
Citybus: 20, 20A, 50, 55, 79P, 79X, 701, 701A, 701S, 702, 702A, 702B, 702S, 793, 795, 795X, A20, A21, A23, A26, A28, A29, E21, E21A, E21B, E21C, E21D, E22, E22A, E22C, E22P, E22S, E22X, N21, N21A, N26, N29, N50, 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

References

(2016). "2016 Population Census: Summary Results Table A201a Population by District Council District and Year". Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government.
(8 December 2017). "District Profiles". Hong Kong Government.
[http://www.bycensus2006.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_962/06bc_dcd.pdf Basic Tables for District Council Districts: Hong Kong 2006 By-Census]
(2017-04-23). "Living conditions in city's poorest district getting worse".
"The birth of Hong Kong's middle class: Mei Foo Sun Chuen, the first private housing estate".
"City University of Hong Kong".
(January 2015). "District Council Constituency Boundaries - Sham Shui Po District". Electoral Affairs Commission.
"Sham Shui Po Libraries". [[Hong Kong Public Libraries]].

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