Sham Shui Po District (深水埗區) is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It includes Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok of New Kowloon, and Stonecutter's Island of Kowloon. The district covers an area of about 10.47 km² with population about 372,200 as of 2000. The territory of Hong Kong is divided in 18 administrative districts (Population as of 2000) Hong Kong Island Central and Western (274,400) Eastern (620,800) Southern (282,400) Wan Chai (190,300) Kowloon (New Kowloon included) Kowloon City (406,000) Kwun Tong (564,700) Sham Shui Po (372,200... Jump to: navigation, search Skyline of Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po (Chinese: 深水埗; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: sam1 sui2 bo2, Yale: sam seuí bouh; Mandarin Pinyin: shen1 shui3 bu4; lit. ... Cheung Sha Wan (長沙灣) is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Lai Chi Kok (荔枝角) is an area in Sham Shui Po District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... New Kowloon (Chinese: 新九龍; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: san1 gau2 lung4, Mandarin Pinyin: XÄ«n JiÇ”lóng) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tates Cairn and Kowloon Peak. ... Stonecutters Island (昂船洲) is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÇ”lóng; lit. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...

Areas

• Cheung Sha Wan
• Kowloon Tong (west of the route of KCR East Rail)
• Lai Chi Kok
  • Mei Foo Sun Chuen
• Tai Hang Sai
• Tai Hang Tung
• Tai Wo Ping
• Sham Shui Po
• Shek Kip Mei
• So Uk
• Stonecutter's Island (excluding the reclaimed lands for Container Terminal 8)
• Yau Yat Tsuen

Cheung Sha Wan (長沙灣) is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Kowloon Tong (九龍塘; pinyin: jiu3 long2 tang2) is an area in Hong Kongs Kowloon peninsula, part of Kowloon City and Sham Shui Po districts. ... Opening Date 10 October 1911 Stations 14 Number of trains 37 Service Area North, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City The East Rail (東鐵) is one of the three lines of the KCR network in Hong Kong. ... Lai Chi Kok (荔枝角) is an area in Sham Shui Po District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Mei Foo Sun Chuen (美孚新邨, Jyutping: mei5 fu1 san1 cyun1; Cantonese IPA:  ; lit. ... Jump to: navigation, search Skyline of Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po (Chinese: 深水埗; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: sam1 sui2 bo2, Yale: sam seuí bouh; Mandarin Pinyin: shen1 shui3 bu4; lit. ... Shek Kip Mei (石硤尾) is an area in New Kowloon, the North Eastern Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. ... Stonecutters Island (昂船洲) is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. ...

Demographics and housing

Two old women having their lunch-box meals in masses of paper scraps. The common scenario in the streets indicates ageing is a burning problem to Sham Shui Po.

Sham Shui Po was already a densely populated district in 1950s and 1960s. It is most heavily poverty-stricken, having the lowest median monthly domestic household income among the 18 districts. It has the highest percentage of elderly over 65 years. The percentage of new immigrants is also very high. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1863 KB) Photoed by Jerry Crimson Mann 15:00, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1863 KB) Photoed by Jerry Crimson Mann 15:00, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Private housing Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok, which was built in 1966, was Hong Kong's first large-scale private housing estate, comprising 8 phases with a total of 99 blocks. The once largest owners' corporation with legal status in Hong Kong, The Incorporated Owners of Mei Foo Sun Chuen - Stage I, was formed in 1997. The promoter of the corporation, Yiu Chi-Wai, served as the Chairman of the Management Committee from 1997 to 2000. The other seven stages' owners' corporations were also formed during the period. Mei Foo Sun Chuen (美孚新邨, Jyutping: mei5 fu1 san1 cyun1; Cantonese IPA:  ; lit. ... Lai Chi Kok (荔枝角) is an area in Sham Shui Po District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Politics

Partly because of the large presence of the low-income group in Sham Shui Po, the area has bred many pro-grassroots politicians. The current chairman of the Sham Shui Po District Council, Mr Tam Kwok-kiu, is a veteran local politician fighting for the interests of public housing tenants for many years. The District Councils (區議會 and formerly District Boards) are district organizations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). ...

Sham Shui Po is the stronghold of Tam's political party, the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood. Of the 26 District Councillors in Sham Shui Po, nine belong to his group, including party chief Frederick Fung Kin-kee. Fung was returned to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2000 by direct election in the geographical constituency of Kowloon West, in which Sham Shui Po is the biggest area. The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and Peoples Livelihood (ADPL) (香港民主民生協進會/民協) is a pro-democracy political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Honourable Frederick Fung Kin Kee (馮檢基) (born March 17, 1953) is the chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and Peoples Livelihood (ADPL), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. ... Legislative Council Building The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (立法會, abbreviated LegCo) is the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍, Mandarin: Jiulong, lit. ...

However, Hong Kong's largest pro-government and pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), has gained a foothold in Sham Shui Po too. In 2000, Tsang Yok-sing, the then chairman of DAB and member of the Executive Council, Hong Kong SAR chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's inner cabinet, won a seat in the Legislative Council representing the Kowloon West constituency, which includes Sham Shui Po. Logo The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) (民主建港聯盟, 民建聯) is the largest pro-government political party in Hong Kong SAR of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Honourable Jasper Tsang Yok-sing GBS JP (曾鈺成) (born 1947) is the founding Chairman (1992-2003) of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ... The Executive Council (ExCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China is an organ in the Executive branch of the political structure of Hong Kong. ... The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 香港特別行政區行政長官 pinyin: Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū Xíngzhèng Zhangguān) is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China, and represents the Region. ... Tung Chee-hwa (Traditional Chinese: 董建華 Simplified Chinese: 董建华 Pinyin: Dǒng Jiànhuá) (born July 7, 1937, or the 29th day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar) is the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍, Mandarin: Jiulong, lit. ...

DAB members Chan Wai Ming, representative of So Uk, Fu Shu-wan, a representative of Lei Cheng Uk, and Cheung Man-to, a representative of Nam Cheong Central are District Councillors in Sham Shui Po.

The Democrats have been less successful at canvassing grass-roots support. Pro-Beijing politicans have won favour in Sham Shui Po by organizing such things as free banquets and tours to southern China.

Transport

There are four railway lines serving Sham Shui Po District:

MTR

People leaning against a fence in front of an MTR station.

• Kwun Tong Line: This oldest MTR line's original western terminus is at Shek Kip Mei Estate in this district.
• Tsuen Wan Line: Stopping at stations Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok and Mei Foo.
• Tung Chung Line: Having a stop at Nam Cheong.

Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1797 KB) Photoed by Jerry Crimson Mann 14:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1797 KB) Photoed by Jerry Crimson Mann 14:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC). ... The Kwun Tong Line is one of the six lines of the MTR network in Hong Kong. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... Shek Kip Mei (石硤尾, Jyutping: sek6 gip6 mei5, pinyin: ShíxiáwÄ›i) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. ... Tsuen Wan Line route map (with detailed interchanges) The Tsuen Wan Line is one of the six lines of the metro network in Hong Kong known as the MTR. It is indicated in red on the MTR map. ... A view of the station Shan Shui Po (深水) is an MTR station located in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. ... The Station platform Cheung Sha Wan station, located in Sham Shui Po district, is an underground station on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR, between stations Sham Shui Po and Lai Chi Kok. ... Lai Chi Kok station is on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR system, between stations Cheung Sha Wan and Mei Foo. ... For the KCRC station, see Mei Foo (KCRC). ... The Tung Chung Terminus The Tung Chung Line (東涌線) is one of the six lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. ... Nam Cheong is the southern terminus of the Hong Kong KCRC West Rail. ...

KCR

• West Rail: Having a terminus at Nam Cheong, its trains also call at Mei Foo. Both stations allow interchange with the MTR.

The KCR logo The Kowloon-Canton Railway, frequently abbreviated as the KCR, is the railway network providing intercity, suburban rapid transit and light rail passenger services in Hong Kong. ... Opening Date 20 December 2003 Stations 9 Number of trains 23 Service Area Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Sham Shui Po The West Rail is one of the three lines of the KCRC network in Hong Kong. ... Nam Cheong is the southern terminus of the Hong Kong KCRC West Rail. ... For the KCRC station, see Mei Foo (KCRC). ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ...

Buses

There are also various bus route serving the district. Most of them are operated by Kowloon Motor Bus, and some by New World First Bus and Citybus. These three companies also jointly operate some routes, most of these crossing the harbour to the Hong Kong Island. The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is the largest of the three franchaised bus operators in the urban area of Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately-owned public bus operators in the world. ... New World First Bus Services Limited (First Bus, or NWFB) was established in 1998, taking over China Motor Buss franchise in 1 September 1998 to provide bus services on Hong Kong Island together with Citybus. ... Citybus is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. ... Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour (Chinese: 維多利亞港, pinyin: Wei Duo Li Ya Gang) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, China. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ...

See also

• Politics of Hong Kong

On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ...

External link

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