Shek Yam Estate
Shek Yam Estate
General information
Location120 Lei Muk Road, North Kwai Chung
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°22′20″N 114°08′22″E / 22.372125°N 114.139447°E / 22.372125; 114.139447
StatusCompleted
CategoryPublic rental housing
Population8,657[1] (2016)
No. of blocks4[2]
No. of units2,331[2]
Construction
Constructed1968 (1968) (Before reconstruction)
2000 (2000) (After reconstruction)
AuthorityHong Kong Housing Authority

Shek Yam Estate (Chinese: 石蔭邨) is a public housing estate in North Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was the first Government Low Cost Housing Scheme estate in Kwai Chung. It had 8 blocks built in 1968, which were all demolished in the 1990s and 2000s.[2]

Ning Fung Court (Chinese: 寧峰苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in North Kwai Chung, near Shek Yam Estate and Shek Yam East Estate. It has 4 blocks built in 2001.[3]

Background

The estate was redeveloped into 4 phases. Phase 2 consists of three rental residential blocks, a car park podium and a shopping centre which were completed in 2000.[4] Phase 3 consists of four HOS concord-typed blocks, Ning Fung Court.[5] Phase 1 and Phase 4 were handed over to Leisure and Cultural Services Department to construct a park, Sham Yam Lei Muk Road Park.[6] Phase 5 was the old site of Shek Yam Community Hall and a HOS building, but it was renamed Lai Shek House and changed to rental use.

Houses

Shek Yam Estate

Name[2]Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
Chi Shek House智石樓Harmony 12000
Yan Shek House仁石樓
Yung Shek House勇石樓Single Aspect Building
Lai Shek House禮石樓Non-standard2005

Ning Fung Court

Name[3]Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
Ching Fung House晴峰閣Concord 12001
Long Fung House朗峰閣
Ting Fung House庭峰閣
Yun Fung House潤峰閣

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Shek Yam Estate had a population of 8,657 while Ning Fung Court had a population of 3,816. Altogether the population amounts to 12,473.[1]

Politics

Shek Yam Estate and Ning Fung Court are located in Shek Yam constituency of the Kwai Tsing District Council.[7] It was formerly represented by Andrew Wan Siu-kin, who was elected in the 2019 elections until May 2021.[8]

Education

Shek Yam is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 64, which includes multiple aided schools (schools operated independently of the government but funded with government money); none of the schools in the net are government schools.[9]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Shek Yam Estate Phase 2" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Shek Yam Estate Phase 3". The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Shek Yam Lei Muk Road Park". Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Kwai Tsing District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kwai Tsing District Council - Kwai Tsing DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "POA School Net 64" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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