Public estates in Sheung ShuiThe busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu HuiNg Tung River, looking towards Sheung ShuiSiu Hang Tsuen, a village in Sheung ShuiLandmark North
Shek Wu Hui (石湖墟) used to be the marketplace of the Sheung Shui area, before the development of Sheung Shui Town. Bounded by Lung Sum Avenue (龍琛路), San Fung Avenue and Jockey Club Road, it was the main market in the Sheung Shui area from the 1930s onwards.[1] Today some private residences can be found towering over the old flats in the hui (market). The majority of the buildings still standing were repaired in the 1950s.
The Fung Kai No. 1 Secondary School [zh], located near Sheung Shui Wai and originally established by the Liu clan, is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong, in terms of area covered. More than one turfed football pitch can be found inside the school campus. Because of its green and ample campus, the school used to serve as a scene for local educational television programs.
Sheung Shui is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 80. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net.[3]
Transportedit
Sheung Shui Town and the rest of the Sheung Shui area is served by the Sheung Shui station of the East Rail line in the Sheung Shui's town centre. This line takes them into Kowloon within 40 minutes, and then onto surrounding areas through connections with other MTR lines.[4]
Taxi ranks are located around the town, including outside the MTR station, Landmark North shopping centre and on side roads branching off of San Fung Avenue. Ma Sik Road is a road connecting Sheung Shui and Fanling in Hong Kong. It is an U-shaped road.
North District Sportsground
Junction between Sheung Shui Centre and North District Town Hall
Cross-border activitiesedit
Parallel Traders outside Mannings in Landmark North
Due to their proximity to the Shenzhen border, towns in the northern parts of Hong Kong, notably Sheung Shui and Yuen Long, have become hubs for parallel traders who have been buying up large quantities of goods, forcing up local prices and disrupting the daily lives of local citizens.[5][6] Since 2012, there has been a vertiginous increase in mainland parallel traders arriving in the North District of Hong Kong to re-export infant formula and household products – goods popular with mainlanders – across the border to Shenzhen.[7] Trafficking caused chronic local shortages of milk powder in Hong Kong, forcing the government to impose restrictions on the amount of milk powder exports from Hong Kong.[8]
The first anti-parallel trading protest was started at Sheung Shui in September 2012.[9] As government efforts to limit the adverse impact of mainland trafficking were widely seen as inadequate, so there have been further subsequent protests in towns in the North District including Sheung Shui.[10][11]
^"近百名人到上水示威不滿內地水貨客". now.com. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^Ma, Mary (10 February 2015). "Parallel lines of concern need fixing". The Standard
^Jennifer, Ngo "Milk powder supplies still not meeting needs". South China Morning Post. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014
^"Import and Export (General)(Amendment) Regulation 2013 ( with effect from 1 March 2013 ) – Quantity of Powdered Formula for Persons Departing from Hong Kong". "Customs and Excise Department-- The Government of Hong Kong Special Administration Region". 13 March 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014
^Luk, Eddie (21 September 2012). "Seeing red (white and blue)" Archived 2015-03-11 at archive.today. The Standard
^Wong, Hilary; Cheng, Kevin (9 March 2015). "Targeting mainlanders ... young and old" 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. The Standard
^"Hong Kong Protests Against Day Trippers as China Eyes Action". Bloomberg L.P.
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Sheung Shui Chinese 上水 Jyutping soeng6 seoi2 literally Above water is an area in the New Territories Hong Kong Sheung Shui Town a part of this area is part of the Fanling Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong Fanling Town is to its southeast Sheung ShuiAerial view of Sheung ShuiChinese上水Literal meaningAbove the WaterTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShangshuǐHakkaRomanizationsong1 sui3Yue CantoneseJyutpingsoeng6 seoi2Public estates in Sheung ShuiThe busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu HuiNg Tung River looking towards Sheung ShuiSiu Hang Tsuen a village in Sheung ShuiLandmark North Contents 1 History 2 Housing estates in Sheung Shui Town 2 1 Public estates 2 2 Home Ownership Scheme Courts 2 3 Private estates 3 Villages in the Sheung Shui area 4 Shopping centres in Sheung Shui Town 5 Community facilities in Sheung Shui Town 6 Public services in Sheung Shui Town 7 Schools in Sheung Shui Town 8 Transport 9 Cross border activities 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory editShek Wu Hui 石湖墟 used to be the marketplace of the Sheung Shui area before the development of Sheung Shui Town Bounded by Lung Sum Avenue 龍琛路 San Fung Avenue and Jockey Club Road it was the main market in the Sheung Shui area from the 1930s onwards 1 Today some private residences can be found towering over the old flats in the hui market The majority of the buildings still standing were repaired in the 1950s Sheung Shui Wai 上水圍 originally lived in by the Liu 廖 clan 2 is a walled village The ancestral hall Liu Man Shek Tong 廖萬石堂 in the village is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong The Fung Kai No 1 Secondary School zh located near Sheung Shui Wai and originally established by the Liu clan is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong in terms of area covered More than one turfed football pitch can be found inside the school campus Because of its green and ample campus the school used to serve as a scene for local educational television programs Housing estates in Sheung Shui Town editPublic estates edit nbsp Ching Ho EstateChoi Yuen Estate 彩園邨 Tin Ping Estate 天平邨 Tai Ping Estate 太平邨 Ching Ho Estate 清河邨 Cheung Lung Wai Estate 祥龍圍邨 Po Shek Wu Estate 寶石湖邨 Home Ownership Scheme Courts edit nbsp The busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu HuiYuk Po Court 旭埔苑 Choi Po Court 彩蒲苑 On Shing Court 安盛苑 Sunningdale Garden 順欣花園 Tsui Lai Garden 翠麗花園 Private estates edit Lung Fung Garden 龍豐花園 Metropolis Plaza 新都廣場 Sheung Shui Centre 上水中心 Sheung Shui Town Centre 上水名都 Woodland Crest 奕翠園 Venice Garden 威尼斯花園 Noble Hill 皇府山 Royal Green 御皇庭 Royal Jubilee 海禧華庭 On Kwok Villa 安國新村 Pearl Vista 明珠華軒 Glorious Peak 顯峰 Villages in the Sheung Shui area editHakka Wai 客家圍 Tsung Pak Long Tsuen 松柏塱村 Tai Tau Leng 大頭嶺 Sheung Shui Wai 上水圍 Wai Loi Tsuen 圍內村 Man Kok Tsuen 文閣村 Ha Pak Tsuen 下北村 Sheung Pak Tsuen 上北村 Chung Sam Tsuen 中心村 Tai Yuen Tsuen 大元村 Hing Yan Tsuen 興仁村 Po Sheung Tsuen 莆上村 Mun Hau Tsuen 門口村 Fu Tei Au Tsuen 虎地拗村 Hung Kiu San Tsuen 紅橋新村 Wa Shan Tsuen 華山村 Tin Ping Shan Tsuen 天平山村 Wu Nga Lok Yeung 烏鴉落陽 Shek Wu San Tsuen 石湖新村 Ling Shan Tsuen 靈山村 Ng Uk Village 吳屋村 Siu Hang Tsuen 小坑村 Siu Hang San Tsuen 小坑新村 新界五大氏族The Great Five Clans in New Territories 侯氏 HAU Ho Sheung Heung 河上鄉 Yin Kong Tsuen 燕崗村 Kam Tsin Tsuen 金錢村 Ping Kong 丙崗 Shopping centres in Sheung Shui Town editLung Fung Garden 龍豐花園 Metropolis Plaza 新都廣場 Sheung Shui Centre 上水中心 Sheung Shui Town Centre 上水名都 Landmark North 上水廣場 Community facilities in Sheung Shui Town edit nbsp North District Park nbsp Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services BuildingLung Sum Avenue Sports Centre 龍琛路體育館 North District Park 北區公園 North District Sportsground 北區運動場 North District Town Hall 北區大會堂 Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building 石湖墟市政大廈 Shek Wu Hui Playground 石湖墟公園 Sheung Shui Public Library 上水公共圖書館 Sheung Shui Swimming Pool 上水游泳池 Tin Ping Sports Centre 天平體育館 Public services in Sheung Shui Town editNorth District Hospital 北區醫院 Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic 石湖墟賽馬會診所 Shek Wu Hui Post Office 石湖墟郵政局 Sheung Shui Fire Station 上水消防局 Sheung Shui LibrarySchools in Sheung Shui Town editHong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School 香港道教聯合會鄧顯紀念中學 Sheung Shui Government Secondary School 上水官立中學 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors College 東華三院甲寅年總理中學 Sheung Shui is in Primary One Admission POA School Net 80 Within the school net are multiple aided schools operated independently but funded with government money no government schools are in this net 3 Transport editSheung Shui Town and the rest of the Sheung Shui area is served by the Sheung Shui station of the East Rail line in the Sheung Shui s town centre This line takes them into Kowloon within 40 minutes and then onto surrounding areas through connections with other MTR lines 4 Many KMB routes and minibus routes serve Sheung Shui Residents can take buses to other parts of North District western New Territories including Yuen Long Town Tuen Mun new Town and Tsuen Wan new Town Tai Po newTown Sha Tin new Town most parts of Kowloon parts of northern Hong Kong Island and the Hong Kong International Airport The KMB bus terminus and the green minibus terminus are located by Landmark North in Sheung Shui Town Also a non schedule red minibus terminus is located at San Hong Street in Sheung Shui Town Taxi ranks are located around the town including outside the MTR station Landmark North shopping centre and on side roads branching off of San Fung Avenue Ma Sik Road is a road connecting Sheung Shui and Fanling in Hong Kong It is an U shaped road nbsp North District Sportsground nbsp Junction between Sheung Shui Centre and North District Town HallCross border activities edit nbsp Parallel Traders outside Mannings in Landmark NorthDue to their proximity to the Shenzhen border towns in the northern parts of Hong Kong notably Sheung Shui and Yuen Long have become hubs for parallel traders who have been buying up large quantities of goods forcing up local prices and disrupting the daily lives of local citizens 5 6 Since 2012 there has been a vertiginous increase in mainland parallel traders arriving in the North District of Hong Kong to re export infant formula and household products goods popular with mainlanders across the border to Shenzhen 7 Trafficking caused chronic local shortages of milk powder in Hong Kong forcing the government to impose restrictions on the amount of milk powder exports from Hong Kong 8 The first anti parallel trading protest was started at Sheung Shui in September 2012 9 As government efforts to limit the adverse impact of mainland trafficking were widely seen as inadequate so there have been further subsequent protests in towns in the North District including Sheung Shui 10 11 See also editFanling Long ValleyReferences edit North District Beating the Drum Archived 2011 07 16 at the Wayback Machine A Chinese Lineage Village Sheung Shui Stanford University Press pp 26 ISBN 978 0 8047 0670 4 POA School Net 80 PDF Education Bureau Retrieved 2022 09 12 Mass Transit Railway Hong Kong 近百名人到上水示威不滿內地水貨客 now com 15 September 2012 Retrieved 29 October 2014 Ma Mary 10 February 2015 Parallel lines of concern need fixing The Standard Jennifer Ngo Milk powder supplies still not meeting needs South China Morning Post 24 January 2014 Retrieved 29 October 2014 Import and Export General Amendment Regulation 2013 with effect from 1 March 2013 Quantity of Powdered Formula for Persons Departing from Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department The Government of Hong Kong Special Administration Region 13 March 2013 Retrieved 29 October 2014 Luk Eddie 21 September 2012 Seeing red white and blue Archived 2015 03 11 at archive today The Standard Wong Hilary Cheng Kevin 9 March 2015 Targeting mainlanders young and old Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine The Standard Hong Kong Protests Against Day Trippers as China Eyes Action Bloomberg L P 2007 2007 Hong Kong Map Easy Finder Ltd ISBN 962 8751 15 8External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sheung Shui Sheung Shui 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