The new town presently has a population of 247,000, with an ultimate capacity of 264,000 upon full development. The total development area is about 780 hectares (7.8 square kilometres; 3.0 square miles) which includes residential, commercial, industrial, social, community and recreation facilities.
fanling, sheung, shui, town, fanling, sheung, shui, town, developed, from, traditional, market, towns, luen, shek, villages, around, fanling, sheung, shui, within, present, north, district, territories, hong, kong, primarily, developed, 1980s, connecting, fanl. Fanling Sheung Shui New Town was developed from the traditional market towns Luen Wo Hui and Shek Wu Hui and villages around Fanling and Sheung Shui within the present day North District in the New Territories of Hong Kong It was primarily developed in the mid 1980s Connecting Fanling and Sheung Shui is an U shaped main road called Ma Sik Road Fanling Sheung Shui New Town 粉嶺 上水新市鎮Nickname Fanling Sheung ShuiCountryChinaSARHong KongRegionNew TerritoriesDistrictNorth DistrictArea Total7 8 km2 3 0 sq mi Population 2012 Total255 000 Density33 000 km2 85 000 sq mi Mean solar time UTC 08Fanling Sheung Shui New TownTraditional Chinese粉嶺 上水新市鎮TranscriptionsYue CantoneseYale RomanizationFan lehng seuhng seui san sih janJyutpingFan2 leng5 soeng6 soei2 san1 si5 yan3The new town presently has a population of 247 000 with an ultimate capacity of 264 000 upon full development The total development area is about 780 hectares 7 8 square kilometres 3 0 square miles which includes residential commercial industrial social community and recreation facilities Contents 1 Housing 1 1 Fanling Town 1 2 Sheung Shui Town 2 Community 2 1 Schools 2 2 Hospitals 2 3 Shopping centres 3 Transport 4 See also 5 External linksHousing editFanling Town edit Main article Public housing estates in Fanling Name Type Inaug No Blocks No UnitsCheung Wah Estate 祥華邨 TPS 1984 10 2 471Ka Fuk Estate 嘉福邨 Public 1994 3 2 045Wah Ming Estate 華明邨 Public 1990 7 2 476Wah Sum Estate 華心邨 Public 1995 2 1 481Yung Shing Court 雍盛苑 TPS 2000 2 1 729Sheung Shui Town edit Main article Public housing estates in Sheung Shui Name Type Inaug No Blocks No Units NotesChing Ho Estate 清河邨 Public 2006 3 2 397Choi Yuen Estate 彩園邨 Public 1982 6 5 076Tai Ping Estate 太平邨 TPS 1989 4 424Tin Ping Estate 天平邨 TPS 1986 7 1 522Community edit nbsp North District Park nbsp Fanling Public SchoolNorth District Town Hall 22 30 06 N 114 07 44 E 22 50166 N 114 12895 E 22 50166 114 12895 North District Park 22 29 54 N 114 08 03 E 22 49830 N 114 13423 E 22 49830 114 13423Schools edit Fanling Public School Lee Chi Tat Memorial SchoolHospitals edit North District Hospital 22 29 49 N 114 07 28 E 22 49684 N 114 12443 E 22 49684 114 12443 Hong Chi Fanling Integrative Rehabilitation Complex C amp A Home formerly Fanling Hospital 22 30 02 N 114 08 14 E 22 50064 N 114 13718 E 22 50064 114 13718Shopping centres edit Landmark North Metropolis PlazaTransport edit nbsp Sheung Shui stationThe new town is served by the Fanling and Sheung Shui stations of the MTR East Rail line which connects the new town with Kowloon and the border with mainland China at Lo Wu The Fanling Highway is a part of Route 9 Other major roads include the Jockey Club Road and San Wan Road See also editList of buildings sites and areas in Hong KongExternal links editFanling Sheung Shui New Town Satellite image of the new town of Fanling Sheung Shui and its vicinity by Google Maps nbsp This Hong Kong location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fanling Sheung Shui New Town amp oldid 1159318720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
