Sam Shing Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 6 Sam Shing Street, Tuen Mun
New Territories, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
| category = Public rental housing
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| population date = 2016
| population = 5,044{{Cite web|title=Major Housing Estates|url=https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-dp-major-hosing-estates.html|website=2016 Population By-census|publisher=Census and Statistics Department|access-date=26 July 2021}}
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Sam Shing Estate ({{zh|t=三聖邨}}) is a public housing estate in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Light Rail Sam Shing stop and Castle Peak Beach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/operations/LRL_RPAP/MTR_AP_1924.pdf|title=Sam Shing Stop|work=MTR Corporation|access-date=26 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/beach/index/beach-location-nt/beach-address-tm.html|title=Castle Peak Beach|work=Leisure and Cultural Services Department|access-date=4 February 2022}} Built on the reclaimed land of Castle Peak Bay,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/00_01_tuen_mun_part1_description.htm|title=Package 7 (Stage IB)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220045659/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/00_01_tuen_mun_part1_description.htm|archive-date=20 February 2012|url-status=dead|work=Civil Engineering and Development Department|access-date=26 July 2021}} it is the third public housing estate in Tuen Mun and the estate consists of 3 residential blocks completed in 1980. It was named for nearby Sam Shing Hui, a fishing village in the district, and most of the residents in the estate were fishermen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gohk.gov.hk/text/eng/welcome/tm_spots.html|title=Sam Shing Temple and Sam Shing Hui|work=Home Affairs Department|access-date=26 July 2021}}
Houses
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| Chun Yu House | 進漁樓 | Double H | rowspan="3" | 1980 |
| Fung Yu House | 豐漁樓 | rowspan="2" | Old Slab | |
| Moon Yu House | 滿漁樓 |
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Sam Shing Estate had a population of 5,044. The median age was 43.4 and the majority of residents (96.3 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.8 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$20,500.
Politics
Sam Shing Estate is located in Sam Shing constituency of the Tuen Mun District Council.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tuen Mun District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/L_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=26 July 2021}} It was formerly represented by Michael Mo Kwan-tai, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tm/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=Tuen Mun District Council - Tuen Mun DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=26 July 2021}}
Education
Sam Shing Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 71. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in the school net.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-71b.pdf|title=POA School Net 71|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-10-09}}
See also
{{commons category|Sam Shing Estate}}
References
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{{Tuen Mun District}}
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1980
Category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong
Category:Housing estates with centralized LPG system in Hong Kong