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Sheung Shui

Coordinates: 22°30′37″N 114°07′35″E / 22.5102°N 114.1265°E / 22.5102; 114.1265
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Sheung Shui
Aerial view of Sheung Shui
Chinese上水じょうすい
Literal meaningAbove the Water
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShàngshuǐ
Hakka
Romanizationsong1 sui3
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsoeng6 seoi2
Public estates in Sheung Shui
The busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu Hui
Ng Tung River, looking towards Sheung Shui
Siu Hang Tsuen, a village in Sheung Shui
Landmark North

Sheung Shui (Chinese: 上水じょうすい; 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.

History

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Shek Wu Hui (石いし湖こ墟) used to be the marketplace of the Sheung Shui area, before the development of Sheung Shui Town. Bounded by Lung Sum Avenue (龍りゅう琛路), 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 (上水じょうすい圍かこえ), originally lived in by the Liu (廖) clan,[2] is a walled village. The ancestral hall Liu Man Shek Tong (廖萬石堂いしどう) 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

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Public estates

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Ching Ho Estate

Home Ownership Scheme Courts

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The busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu Hui

Private estates

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  • Lung Fung Garden (龍りゅう豐ゆたか花園はなぞの)
  • Metropolis Plaza (新都しんと廣場ひろば)
  • Sheung Shui Centre (上水じょうすい中心ちゅうしん)
  • Sheung Shui Town Centre (上水じょうすい名めい都と)
  • Woodland Crest (奕翠園えん)
  • Venice Garden (威い尼あま斯花園はなぞの)
  • Noble Hill (皇すめらぎ府ふ山やま)
  • Royal Green (御ご皇すめらぎ庭にわ)
  • Royal Jubilee (海うみ禧華庭にわ)
  • On Kwok Villa (安國やすくに新村しんむら)
  • Pearl Vista (明あきら珠たま華はな軒のき)
  • Glorious Peak (顯あらわ峰ほう)

Villages in the Sheung Shui area

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  • Hakka Wai (客きゃく家か圍かこえ)
    • Tsung Pak Long Tsuen (松柏しょうはく塱村)
    • Tai Tau Leng (大頭おおと嶺みね)
  • Sheung Shui Wai (上水じょうすい圍かこえ)
    • Wai Loi Tsuen (圍かこえ內村)
    • Man Kok Tsuen (文ぶん閣かく村むら)
    • Ha Pak Tsuen (下北しもきた村むら)
    • Sheung Pak Tsuen (上北かみきた村むら)
    • Chung Sam Tsuen (中心ちゅうしん村むら)
    • Tai Yuen Tsuen (大元おおもと村むら)
    • Hing Yan Tsuen (興きょう仁じん村むら)
    • Po Sheung Tsuen (莆上村むら)
    • Mun Hau Tsuen (門口もんぐち村むら)
  • Fu Tei Au Tsuen (虎とら地ち拗こじれ村むら)
  • Hung Kiu San Tsuen (紅べに橋きょう新村しんむら)
  • Wa Shan Tsuen (華はな山村さんそん)
  • Tin Ping Shan Tsuen (天平てんぴょう山村さんそん)
  • Wu Nga Lok Yeung (烏鴉うがらす落陽らくよう)
  • Shek Wu San Tsuen (石いし湖こ新村しんむら)
  • Ling Shan Tsuen (靈山りょうぜん村むら)
  • Ng Uk Village (吳屋ごや村むら)
  • Siu Hang Tsuen (小しょう坑あな村むら)
  • Siu Hang San Tsuen (小しょう坑あな新村しんむら)
  • 新しん界かい五ご大だい氏族しぞくThe Great Five Clans in New Territories-侯ほう氏し(HAU)
    • Ho Sheung Heung (河上かわかみ鄉さと)
    • Yin Kong Tsuen (燕つばめ崗村)
    • Kam Tsin Tsuen (金錢きんせん村むら)
    • Ping Kong (丙へい崗)

Shopping centres in Sheung Shui Town

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  • Lung Fung Garden (龍りゅう豐ゆたか花園はなぞの)
  • Metropolis Plaza (新都しんと廣場ひろば)
  • Sheung Shui Centre (上水じょうすい中心ちゅうしん)
  • Sheung Shui Town Centre (上水じょうすい名めい都と)
  • Landmark North (上水じょうすい廣場ひろば)

Community facilities in Sheung Shui Town

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North District Park
Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building
  • Lung Sum Avenue Sports Centre (龍りゅう琛路體育館たいいくかん)
  • North District Park (北きた區く公園こうえん)
  • North District Sportsground (北きた區く運動うんどう場じょう)
  • North District Town Hall (北きた區く大會たいかい堂どう)
  • Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building (石いし湖こ墟市政しせい大廈たいか)
  • Shek Wu Hui Playground (石いし湖こ墟公園えん)
  • Sheung Shui Public Library (上水じょうすい公共こうきょう圖書館としょかん)
  • Sheung Shui Swimming Pool (上水じょうすい游泳ゆうえい池ち)
  • Tin Ping Sports Centre (天平てんぴょう體育館たいいくかん)

Public services in Sheung Shui Town

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  • North District Hospital (北きた區く醫院いいん)
  • Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic (石いし湖こ墟賽馬ば會かい診み所しょ)
  • Shek Wu Hui Post Office (石いし湖こ墟郵政局せいきょく)
  • Sheung Shui Fire Station (上水じょうすい消防局しょうぼうきょく)
  • Sheung Shui Library

Schools in Sheung Shui Town

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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

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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]

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.

North District Sportsground
Junction between Sheung Shui Centre and North District Town Hall

Cross-border activities

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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]

Climate

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Climate data for Sheung Shui (2005–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.1
(68.2) 		21.0
(69.8) 		23.2
(73.8) 		26.7
(80.1) 		30.1
(86.2) 		31.8
(89.2) 		33.1
(91.6) 		32.9
(91.2) 		32.5
(90.5) 		30.0
(86.0) 		26.2
(79.2) 		21.6
(70.9) 		27.4
(81.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7) 		16.8
(62.2) 		19.3
(66.7) 		22.8
(73.0) 		26.3
(79.3) 		28.1
(82.6) 		28.9
(84.0) 		28.5
(83.3) 		27.9
(82.2) 		25.4
(77.7) 		21.6
(70.9) 		16.8
(62.2) 		23.2
(73.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 12.2
(54.0) 		13.9
(57.0) 		16.4
(61.5) 		19.9
(67.8) 		23.6
(74.5) 		25.5
(77.9) 		25.9
(78.6) 		25.5
(77.9) 		24.9
(76.8) 		22.3
(72.1) 		18.5
(65.3) 		13.5
(56.3) 		20.2
(68.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 37.8
(1.49) 		29.8
(1.17) 		67.5
(2.66) 		141.6
(5.57) 		286.4
(11.28) 		415.5
(16.36) 		320.2
(12.61) 		364.2
(14.34) 		232.9
(9.17) 		88.5
(3.48) 		39.9
(1.57) 		26.5
(1.04) 		2,050.8
(80.74)
Average relative humidity (%) 73.1 76.6 79.0 80.5 81.7 83.6 81.7 82.8 79.4 73.3 73.4 68.7 77.8
Source: Hong Kong Observatory[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ North District: Beating the Drum Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ A Chinese Lineage Village: Sheung-Shui. Stanford University Press. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-0-8047-0670-4.
  3. ^ "POA School Net 80" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. ^ Mass Transit Railway Hong Kong
  5. ^ "近きん百名人到上水示威不滿內地水貨客". now.com. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ^ Ma, Mary (10 February 2015). "Parallel lines of concern need fixing". The Standard
  7. ^ Jennifer, Ngo "Milk powder supplies still not meeting needs". South China Morning Post. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ Luk, Eddie (21 September 2012). "Seeing red (white and blue)" Archived 2015-03-11 at archive.today. The Standard
  10. ^ Wong, Hilary; Cheng, Kevin (9 March 2015). "Targeting mainlanders ... young and old" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. The Standard
  11. ^ "Hong Kong Protests Against Day Trippers as China Eyes Action". Bloomberg L.P.
  12. ^ "Monthly Data for Single Element". Hong Kong Observatory. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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