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Shek Mun () is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City,
New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
of
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. Shek Mun lies just east of the
Shing Mun River The Shing Mun River (Chinese: 城門河) or Shing Mun River Channel (Chinese: 城門河道) is a river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. History The original Shing Mun River began at Needle Hill, and flowed into the former Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi), a sh ...
, and northeast of the City One apartment and shopping complex.


Housing

Shek Mun Estate is a
public housing estate Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...
in Shek Mun, completed in 2009. is a housing estate in Shek Mun, completed in 2022. Private housing estates in Shek Mun includes: (), () and ().


Other features

Several educational facilities are located in Shek Mun including International Christian School and the Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School. A branch of the
Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public Liberal arts education, liberal arts university with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist ...
, as well as local public elementary and secondary schools which are run by the university. Shek Mun is also home to some light industry and manufacturing. Shek Mun is the location of the Jockey Club Kitchee Centre, which is dedicated to youth football development


Transport


MTR

Shek Mun is served by the Shek Mun station on the
Tuen Ma line The Tuen Ma line () is a commuter rail / rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It is in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of 27 stations, more than a ...
of the
MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...
rapid transit railway system.


Bus

There are 2 major bus termini in Shek Mun: * Shek Mun Estate (碩門邨巴士總站) * Shek Mun (On Ming Street) (石門(安明街)巴士總站)


Education

Shek Mun is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 91. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net.


References

Sha Tin District {{HongKong-geo-stub