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Shek Mun

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Shek Mun
Traditional Chinese石門
Simplified Chinese石门
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShímén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsek6 mun4
IPAsɛk2 mun35
View of Shek Mun Central Business District from the bridge leading to City One.
Sha Tin Community Green Station.
The Jockey Club Kitchee Centre, a football training field managed by Kitchee Sports Club.
The Ravana Garden housing estate in Shek Mun, and the Star Seafood Floating Restaurant, viewed across the Shing Mun River.

Shek Mun (Chinese: 石門) is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City, New Territories of Hong Kong.

Shek Mun lies just east of the Shing Mun River, and northeast of the City One apartment and shopping complex.

Housing

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Shek Mun Estate is a public housing estate in Shek Mun, completed in 2009.

Yu Tak Court [zh] is a housing estate in Shek Mun, completed in 2022.

Private housing estates in Shek Mun includes: Ravana Garden [zh] (濱景花園), Garden Vista [zh-yue](翠湖花園) and Pictorial Garden [zh] (碧濤花園).

Other features

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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, 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 will be the location of the Jockey Club Kitchee Centre, which is dedicated to youth football development and was scheduled to open in 2014.[1]

Transport

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Shek Mun is served by the Shek Mun station on the Tuen Ma line of the MTR rapid transit railway system.

Education

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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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Donations 2011/12 Allocations". Hong Kong Jockey Club. 5 July 2012.
  2. ^ "POA School Net 91" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-09.