| Sham Shui Po | |
| Official Name: | Sham Shui Po District |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
| Type: | District |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Official emblem |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 60px |
| Image Map1: | Hong Kong Sham Shui Po District.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Sham Shui Po within Hong Kong |
| Coordinates: | 22.3307°N 114.1622°W |
| Subdivision Type2: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hong Kong (special administrative region) |
| Subdivision Type: | Statutorily-defined area |
| Subdivision Name: | Kowloon (Stonecutters' Island), New Kowloon (mainland) |
| Leader Title: | District Council chairman |
| Leader Name: | Chum Tak Shing |
| Leader Party: | ADPL |
| Leader Title2: | District Council Vice-chairwoman |
| Leader Name2: | Janet Ng |
| Leader Title3: | District Officer |
| Leader Name3: | Damian Kwok-hung Lee |
| Parts Type: | Constituencies |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 21 |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.48 |
| Population As Of: | 2016[1] |
| Population Total: | 405,869 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Hong Kong Time |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Largest neighbourhood by population |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Sham Shui Po (60,161 – 2016 est) |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Location of district office and district council |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po |
Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts.[2] Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants from China. It also saw the birth of public housing in Hong Kong, as the government sought to resettle those displaced by a devastating fire in its slums. Sham Shui Po also hosted a Vietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
The district covers the Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, So Uk,, and Yau Yat Chuen areas of New Kowloon, and Stonecutters Island of Kowloon.
Sham Shui Po District administers:
Sham Shui Po was already a densely populated district in the 1950s and 1960s. It is poverty-stricken, having the lowest median monthly domestic household income among the 18 districts. It has the highest percentage of elderly people over 65 years. The percentage of new immigrants is also very high. Living conditions of grass-roots families in this district remain a social issue.[3]
Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok, built in 1968–1978, was Hong Kong's first large-scale private housing estate. It comprises eight phases with a total of 99 blocks.[4]
See main article: List of public housing estates in Hong Kong.
There are 18 public housing estates in the Sham Shui Po District, divided into sub-districts:
See also: List of schools in Sham Shui Po District.
The main campus of City University of Hong Kong, was located in Tat Chee Avenue,[5] Sham Shui Po District.[6]
There are four railway lines serving Sham Shui Po District:
There are also various bus routes serving the district. Most of them are operated by Kowloon Motor Bus, and some by Citybus. These two companies also jointly operate some routes, most of these crossing the harbour to the Hong Kong Island.
1, 1A, 2, 2A, 2B, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2X, 6, 6C, 6D, 6F, 6P, 6X, 12, 12A, 12P, 13P, 18, 30, 30X, 31B, 32, 33, 33A, 33B, 35A, 35X, 36A, 36B, 36X, 37, 38, 38A, 38P, 40, 40A, 40P, 42, 42A, 42C, 43C, 44, 45, 46, 46X, 52X, 58X, 59X, 60X, 61X, 62P, 62X, 63X, 66X, 67X, 68X, 69C, 69X, 72, 81, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D, 87E, 98C, 98S, 203C, 203S, 214, 214P, 230X, 234C, 234D, 234X, 238X, 240X, 242X, 252X, 258A, 258D, 258P, 258S, 259C, 259D, 265B, 268A, 268C, 269C, 270B, 270D, 272E, 272P, 281A, 286C, 286P, 286X, 290, 290A, 290B, 290E, 290X, 296C, 296P, 298C, 298X, N214, N273, N241, N252, N260, N269, N290, X6C, X42C
20, 20A, 50, 55, 79P, 79X, 701, 701A, 701S, 702, 702A, 702B, 702S, 793, 795, 795P, 795X, A20, A21, A23, A26, A26P, A29, A29P, E21, E21A, E21C, E22, E22A, E22C, E22P, E22S, E22X, N21, N21A, N26, N29, NA20, NA29