Everything about Sham Shui Po District totally explained
Sham Shui Po District 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. It had a population of 353,550 in
2001. The district has the second oldest residents with the third lowest income.
Administration
Sham Shui Po District administers:
Demographics and housing
Sham Shui Po was already a densely populated district in
1950s and
1960s. It is 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.
Local 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 politicians 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:
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.
West Rail Line: Having a terminus at Nam Cheong, its trains also call at Mei Foo. Both stations allow interchange with the MTR.
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.
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