Sham Tseng

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sham Tseng was 72. The number of males was 32.{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 36| page = 78| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}

In 1982, the Government launched a new town project for the area. There were proposals for a massive housing scheme, where the population of the village, then estimated at 6,000, was set to increase dramatically to 50,000 people. There would be an additional 26,000 in public housing, Home Ownership Scheme flats, Government offices and other amenities constructed on 47 hectares of land.[http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/20_01.02/42538.pdf $450m scheme for new town], South China Morning Post, 16 September 1982

Starting in the 1990s, more and more private housing estates were built in the area for its views of Tsing Ma Bridge over Ma Wan Channel. It is linked to many other parts of Hong Kong by buses and mini-buses.

Sham Tseng's villages are overshadowed and towered by new private housing estates:

;Villages

• Sham Tseng Village ({{zh|t=深井村|labels=no}})
• Sham Tseng East Village ({{zh|t=深井東村|labels=no}})
• Sham Tseng Kau Tsuen ({{zh|t=深井舊村|labels=no}})
• Sham Tseng San Tsuen ({{zh|t=深井新村|labels=no}})
• Sham Tseng West Village ({{zh|t=深井西村|labels=no}})

Sham Tseng Resite Village is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=Lands Department |access-date= |quote=}}

;Private housing estates

• Bellagio – built on the site of former San Miguel brewery{{cite news|last1=Li|first1=Sandy|title=Developers set sights on Sham Tseng seafront|work=South China Morning Post|date=10 July 1996}}
• Dragonette
• Golden Villa
• Lido Garden
• Ocean Pointe – built on the site of former Union Carbide depot
• Pink Villa
• Rhine Garden
• Rhine Terrace
• Sea Crest Villa
• Anglers Bay

Sham Tseng is also home to the Sham Tseng Light Housing project, a 45-unit temporary social housing project housed in a former textile factory building.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |title=Hong Kong government teams up with social enterprise to provide cheap housing for as many as 90 families |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2025349/hong-kong-government-teams-social-enterprise |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

There are three schools in Sham Tseng:

• Emmanuel Primary School
• Sham Tseng Catholic Primary School – formerly Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School is relocated from Tsuen Wan for 2009–2010 school year{{cite web | url=http://psp.proj.hkedcity.net/eng/parser.php?file=eng/detail_sch_basic.htm&school_id=117 | title=PSP 2021 }}
• Parkview-Rhine Garden Pre-school{{Cite web|url=http://www.gohome.com.hk/English/around_hk/school_detail.asp?school_code=1661|title = 28Hse 香港屋網 - 租屋,搵樓香港地產資訊平台}}

Sham Tseng is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 62, which includes schools in Tsuen Wan and areas nearby. The net includes multiple aided schools and one government school, Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-62b.pdf|title=POA School Net 62|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}

File:Garden Company Limited Sham Tseng Production Facilities (Hong Kong).jpg in Sham Tseng]]

Sham Tseng is home to baker Garden Company Limited and former home of San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong. The brewery operations began in the 1933 as Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd under JH Ruttonjee and was sold to San Miguel Corporation in 1948.{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers – The Sham Tseng Brewery 1930-1935 – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group |url=https://industrialhistoryhk.org/hong-kong-brewers-distillers-sham-tseng-brewery/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=industrialhistoryhk.org}} The brewery operations and head office moved in 1996 to Yuen Long Industrial Estate.{{Cite web |title=香港記憶 {{!}} Hong Kong Memory |url=https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/hkplaces/AllItems/images/201107/t20110722_42705.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.hkmemory.hk}} A private housing estate called Bellagio now occupies the site of the old brewery.

Union Carbide once had a storage depot in the area, but it has since moved.

Small family restaurants make the bulk of the employment in the area. Most area residents work outside of Sham Tseng.

File:Overlook Anglers' Beach.jpg

To the north of Sham Tseng is an undeveloped hilly area. Tai Lam Country Park, a large park located northwest of Sham Tseng. There are nature trails along Butterfly River and Falls near Sham Tseng.

Numerous beaches are found at or near Sham Tseng from the waterways joining Ma Wan Channel and Rambler Channel, but most are so polluted and officially closed from swimming due to contamination from sewers and the Sham Tseng Nullah.{{cite web |url=http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/water/beach_quality/bwq_report02_chapter_5.html |title=EPD - Beach Water Quality |accessdate=2009-07-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201174316/http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/water/beach_quality/bwq_report02_chapter_5.html |archivedate=1 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }} As a consequence, residents are more inclined to swim in pools located at their residential complexes.

A list of beaches in Sham Tseng:

• Approach Beach ({{zh|t=近水灣泳灘|labels=no}})
• Anglers' Beach {{zh|t=(釣魚灣泳灘|labels=no}})
• Casam Beach ({{zh|t=更生灣泳灘|labels=no}}), in Ting Kau
• Dragon Bay ({{zh|t=青龍灣|labels=no}}), in Tsing Lung Tau. Privately owned
• Gemini Beaches ({{zh|t=雙仙灣泳灘|labels=no}})
• Hoi Mei Wan Beach ({{zh|t=海美灣泳灘|labels=no}})
• Lido Beach ({{zh|t=麗都灣泳灘|labels=no}}), in Ting Kau
• Ting Kau Beach ({{zh|t=汀九灣泳灘|labels=no}}), in Ting Kau

Sham Tseng Temporary Market is a local produce market under the Sham Tseng Bridge flyover.

There are two retail malls located below residential flats to meet local needs:

• Rhine Garden Shopping Centre
• Bellagio Mall

Sham Tseng is famous for roasted goose{{Cite web |date=2017-06-08 |title=Kitchen secrets from restaurant that’s served roast goose for 60 years |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2097428/60-years-hong-kong-roast-goose-restaurant-and-secrets-its |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} and they can be found at various restaurants in the area:

• Nang Kee Roast Duck Restaurant
• Chan Kee Roasted Goose
• Yue Kee Roast Goose Restaurant
• Fu Kee Roast Goose and Duck Restaurant

• Sham Tseng Treatment Works
• Sham Tseng Sewage Treatment Works
• Sham Tseng Substation – China Light and Power
• Sham Tseng Fire and Ambulance Depots – Hong Kong Fire Services
• Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre – Hong Kong International Airport
• Ma Wan Marine Traffic Control Centre – Transport Department

• Kowloon Motor Bus, Long Win Bus and Citybus (Hong Kong) operates bus routes that stop in Sham Tseng:
• KMB 234C / 234D
• KMB 48P / 234A / 234B / 261B / 53 / 52X
• Citybus 952 / 952C / N952
• LWB A38
• Minibuses that stops in Sham Tseng:
• 96/96M/302/308M
• Taxis (red taxis serving Kowloon and Hong Kong Island and green taxis serving the New Territories)
• Sham Tseng Link – a proposed bridge and highway linking Sham Tseng and Lantau Island; with connections with Route 3
• Sham Tseng Ferry Pier ({{zh|t=深井碼頭|labels=no}}) – former ferry service to Ma Wan Town

Major roads in Sham Tseng include:

• Castle Peak Road
• Tuen Mun Road/Tsing Long Highway

Local roads include:

• Sham Hong Road
• Sham Tsz Street

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• [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/K/k-tw-21.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Sham Tseng (Tsuen Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060207105836/http://www.dimsumdolly.com/archives/cat_travel.html Hong Kong Food Escapade]}}
• [http://www.maplandia.com/hong-kong/sham-tseng/ Sham Tseng on Google Map]

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