Shek Lei Estate

Shek Lei Estate (Chinese: 石籬邨), also known by Shek Lei (石籬/石梨, both are currently used) or Shek Lei Pui (石梨貝, original name), the area where the estate is located, is a public housing estate in Hong Kong, situated in northeast Kwai Chung,[1] New Territories near Shek Yam Estate, On Yam Estate and Shek Yam East Estate.[2]

Shek Lei Estate
Shek Lei Estate
Chinese石籬邨
Shek Lei
Chinese石梨
Shek Lei Pui
Chinese石梨貝

The estate is separated into three parts, namely Shek Lei (I) Estate (石籬(一)邨), Shek Lei (II) Estate (石籬(二)邨) and Shek Lei Interim Housing (石籬中轉房屋). It has a total of 22 residential blocks with a population of about 35,000, while 2 shopping centres are also built to serve the residents. It is currently the second largest public housing estate in Kwai Chung, after Kwai Chung Estate.

Shek Lei (I) Estate
Shek Hing Estate, Shek Lei Estate

Shek Lei (I) Estate (also referred as Shek Lei Extension 石籬擴展區 and New Shek Lei 新石籬) has nine blocks. Of the nine blocks, seven were completed in the 1980s, and are situated on Lei Pui Street; the other 2, Shek On House and Shek Tai House, located on Shek Pai Street, were built during the redevelopment project of the estate in the 1990s.[3]

Name[4]TypeCompletion
Shek Ning HouseSlab1985
Shek Sau House
Shek Chun HouseDouble H
Shek Yat House1986
Shek Hing HouseLinear 31989
Shek On HouseHarmony 11994
Shek Tai House1997

Shek Lei (II) Estate
Shek Kai House and Shek Wah House, Shek Lei Estate

Shek Lei (II) Estate is located between Shek Li Street and Tai Loong Street. It is also referred as Shek Lei District or Shek Lei Resettlement Estate, as it was built on the site of a resettlement estate completed in the 1960s.[5][6] The estate was redeveloped between the 1990s and 2000s (decade).[7] However, two old blocks are retained, and were converted into Interim Housing.

Name[8]TypeCompletion
Shek Wah HouseHarmony 11995
Shek Kai House
Shek Fu House2000
Shek Cheung House
Shek Kwong House2002
Shek Wing House
Shek Yan HouseHarmony 3A
Shek Hei HouseSmall Household Block2000
Shek Fuk House2003
Shek Wai HouseNew Harmony 12008
Shek Yi House
Shek Foon HouseNon-Standard Domestic Block T2013

Shek Lei Interim Housing
Block 10 and 11, Shek Lei Estate

Two old blocks, Blocks 10 and 11, are retained for Interim Housing since 1997, to provide totally 1,946 units for rehousing those homeless families who are not immediately eligible for public housing.[9][10][11][12]

Yi Fung Court
Yee Fung Court

Yi Yung Court (怡峰苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in the upper hills of Shek Lei Extension, Lei Pui Street. It has 2 blocks built in 1999.

Name[13]TypeCompletion
Yuet Fung HouseNew Cross Block1999
Ho Fung House

Education

There are more than 10 schools in Shek Lei.

Elections

In the 2007 Hong Kong District Council election, Leung Kwok Wah of Democratic Party won the electorate by receiving 2,680 ballots over Lai Siu Tong of Liberal Party with 2,445 ballots .

Shopping centres
Shek Lei (I) Shopping Centre
Shek Lei (II) Shopping Centre

Shek Lei Shopping Centre serves the shopping needs of residents in the vicinity. It is divided into Phase I and Phase II, and both of them are located at the junction of Tai Loong Street and Wai Kek Street. A wet market is also located inside Shek Lei Shopping Centre Phase I.[14]

See also

References
  1. Kwai Tsing District Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Kwai Chung (East) Integrated Family Service Centre
  3. HOUSING MATTERS DISCUSSED AT DISTRICT BOARDS AND THEIR COMMITTEES (1998)
  4. Shek Lei (I) Estate
  5. OFFICIAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS (1969)
  6. 徙置區 (Chinese)
  7. KWAI TSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (2000-2001) Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Shek Lei (II) Estate
  9. Memorandum for the Housing Authority (1997)
  10. Memorandum for the Housing Authority (2008)
  11. Interim housing
  12. 中轉房屋 (Chinese)
  13. Yi Fung Court
  14. Shek Lei Shopping Centre

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