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Shek Yam Estate
Public housing estate in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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.
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Houses
Shek Yam Estate
Ning Fung Court
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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
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