Siu Lek Yuen () is an area in

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populo ...

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

East. Located to the east of

Yuen Chau Kok Yuen Chau Kok () is an area in Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Sha Tin Road and Prince of Wales Hospital and is within walking distance of City One station of the MTR Tuen Ma line. The island was a major station for travel ...

, the area is surrounded on three sides by the Ma On Shan Country Park. Nowadays it is a residential area.

Name

The name means the origin of small river in Chinese. It is so named because the area situated originally between two rivers.

Geography

Siu Lek Yuen lies at a hill that locates at the east side of Shing Mun River. Therefore, unlike most of the Sha Tin New Town, the land does not come from reclamation.

History

Siu Lek Yuen was originally a ford of Tide Cove (), which was reclaimed for the development of Sha Tin New Town. At a result, only Siu Lek Yuen Nullah (), a small

nullah A nullah or nala (Hindustani or "nallah" in Punjabi) is an 'arm of the sea', stream, or watercourse, a steep narrow valley. Like the wadi of the Arabs, the nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly country where there is little rainfall. ...

of the Shing Mun River remained. As part of the New Town, Siu Lek Yuen also underwent a vast change in the years. Originally it was one of the nine districts of Sha Tin (), namely, Siu Lek Yuen District (), where 14

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hun ...

villages were there. After the development of Sha Tin New Town, public and private housing estates and factories were built here. Siu Lek Yuen Village is a recognized village under the

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Siu Lek Yuen Village was 174. The number of males was 73.

Housing

Kwong Yuen Estate (), a large public housing estate, is at the centre of Siu Lek Yuen. It comprises 6 blocks. Kwong Lam Court () and Hong Lam Court () are the

Home Ownership Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage be ...

courts within Kwong Yuen Estate. Two blocks of Hong Lam Court are used as Government Quarters (). Castello () is a private housing estate at the north side of Kwong Yuen Estate.

Public Housing Estates

* Kwong Yuen Estate

Home Ownership Scheme

* Kwong Lam Court * Hong Lam Court (Two blocks are Government Quarters)

Private Housing Estate

* Castello

Education

Siu Lek Yuen 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.

Colleges and schools

Hang Seng University of Hong Kong The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a self-financing university in Hong Kong located in Siu Lek Yuen, Sha Tin, New Territories. It was founded as Hang Seng Management College in 2010 by the Hang Seng School of Commerce and was ...

(). Lies at the south-west of Siu Lek Yuen * Stewards Pooi Kei College () * Shatin Methodist Primary school () * LKWFSL Wong Yiu Nam Primary School ()

Other facilities

Shopping centre

* Kwong Yuen Shopping Centre ()

Siu Lek Yuen Industrial Area ()

* Swire Coca-Cola HK Limited () * Goldlion (Far East) Limited ()

Others

* Kwong Yuen Estate Market () * Kwong Yuen Community Centre () * Fire station

Transportation

The north entrance of

Tate's Cairn Tunnel Tate's Cairn Tunnel is a four-lane road tunnel in Hong Kong. Constructed as part of Route 2, it links Diamond Hill, New Kowloon with Siu Lek Yuen, Sha Tin, New Territories East. It opened on 26 June 1991. Its toll plaza is situated on the Sh ...

() lies at the southern side of Siu Lek Yuen, making the transportation between Siu Lek Yuen to the East Kowloon much easier. There are two bus termini in the area: Kwong Yuen Bus Terminus () and Wong Nai Tau Public Transport Interchange (). It is a 15–20 minutes walk from the area to City One MTR station or Shek Mun MTR station.

Development

Owing to the decreased demand of industrial lands in Hong Kong, the government plans to re-develop the Siu Lek Yuen Industrial Area. There are plans to convert the factories into office. Hotels are also being built on former industrial area.沙田補地價低同區兩成
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References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Siu Lek Yuen (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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