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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.
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 ...
Sheung Shui Wai (上水圍), also known as Sheung Shui Heung (上水鄉), is one of the very few rural settlements having retained its original moat which was built in 1646. Characterized by its magnificent moat and landscape setting, the walled village is the core of the Liu clan , of which ancestors came originally from Fujian during the Yuan ...
Due to the establishment of Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town, new shopping malls were built in other places in Sheung Shui to compete with Shek Wu Hui. In the 1990s, the wet market was relocated to Shek Wu Hui Complex Building . The building itself was located within Sheung Shui, but not within Shek Wu Hui.
Tin Shui Wai New Town. The Hong Kong government started developing new towns in the 1950s to accommodate Hong Kong's booming population.During the first phase of development, the newly developed towns were called "satellite towns", a concept borrowed from the United Kingdom, of which Hong Kong was a colony.
The Northern Metropolis (Chinese: 北部都會區) is a planning area, consisting of two district administration areas, including North District and Yuen Long District in the northern New Territories in Hong Kong. [1]
Choi Yuen Estate (Chinese: 彩園邨) is a public estate located near Sheung Shui station and Landmark North in Sheung Shui Town. [11] [12] It is the first public housing estate in North District, [13] which consists of 6 residential blocks built between 1981 and 1983.
Tin Shui Wai New Town - 268,800; Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town - 244,700; Yuen Long New Town - 141,900; North Lantau New Town - 71,900; See also. Districts of Hong Kong;