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 Shek Kong Airfield in May 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 石崗 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 石岗 | ||||||||||||
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Shek Kong is an area north of Tai Mo Shan,located near Kam Tin and Pat Heung,in Yuen Long District,New Territories,Hong Kong.
Shek Kong Airfield is located in Shek Kong. A sizable Nepal Gurkha population is present in the area even after the withdrawal of British military.[ citation needed ]
| Climate data for Shek Kong (1997–2016) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 35.9 (96.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 29.6 (85.3) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.8 (62.2) | 23.0 (73.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.2 (75.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 19.8 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | 1.9 (35.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.1 (1.50) | 35.1 (1.38) | 62.1 (2.44) | 141.4 (5.57) | 284.1 (11.19) | 423.0 (16.65) | 324.2 (12.76) | 345.7 (13.61) | 261.4 (10.29) | 71.7 (2.82) | 34.6 (1.36) | 34.1 (1.34) | 2,055.5 (80.93) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 77 |
| Source:Hong Kong Observatory [1] | |||||||||||||
Shek Kong is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school:Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學). [2]
Kam Tin,or Kam Tin Heung,is an area in the New Territories,Hong Kong. It lies on a flat alluvial plain north of Tai Mo Shan mountain and east of Yuen Long town. It was formerly known as Sham Tin (岑田). Administratively,it is part of Yuen Long District.
Lok Ma Chau or Lokmachau is an area in Hong Kong's New Territories. It is the site of a major pedestrian and road border crossing point between Hong Kong and mainland China. Administratively,most of the Lok Ma Chau area is located within the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong.
Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories,Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (洪水橋),Tin Shui Wai,Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen,to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong,to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (錦田),and to the north Nam Sang Wai.
Pat Heung is an area in the middle of New Territories,Hong Kong. Located at the east of Kam Tin and north of Shek Kong,it is the exit to Sheung Shui and Fanling. Administratively,it belongs to Yuen Long District.
San Tin is a loosely defined area in Yuen Long District in New Territories,Hong Kong that is part of the San Tin constituency. Unlike Hong Kong's highly urbanised areas,San Tin is sparsely populated due to its marshlands.
Yuen Long Town is located in the district centre of Yuen Long District,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is the heart of Yuen Long and Yuen Long New Town,with a population of around 200,000.
Shap Pat Heung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Located south of Yuen Long and northeast of Tai Tong,the area occupied the plain north of hills of Tai Lam. The Cantonese name Shap Pat Heung means eighteen villages at its beginning. It was later expanded to thirty villages. Administratively,it is part of the Yuen Long District.
Siu Lek Yuen is an area in Sha Tin District,New Territories East. Located to the east of Yuen Chau Kok,the area is surrounded on three sides by the Ma On Shan Country Park. Nowadays it is a residential area.
Tai Tong is an area southwest of Shap Pat Heung,in Yuen Long District,in the northwestern part of Hong Kong.
Shek Mun is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City,New Territories of Hong Kong.
Au Tau is an area of Yuen Long District,Hong Kong,located directly east of Yuen Long Town.
Long Ping Estate is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Wang Chau,Yuen Long,New Territories,Hong Kong,near MTR Long Ping station. It is the third public housing estate in Yuen Long Town and the largest public housing estate in Yuen Long New Town,consisting of fifteen residential blocks completed between 1986 and 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B in 2005.
Chuk Yuen Estate is a public housing estate in Kowloon,Hong Kong,located north of Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area.
Ngau Tam Mei,also known as Yau Tam Mei (攸潭尾),is a suburb located in San Tin,New Territories,Hong Kong near Yuen Long. It is located at the east of Fairview Park,the north of San Tin village and Kai Kung Leng,the northwest of Lam Tsuen Country Park,and also at the northeast of Nam Sang Wai.
Sha Po Tsuen is a walled village in Kam Tin,Yuen Long District,Hong Kong.
Tin Liu Tsuen is a walled village in Shap Pat Heung,Yuen Long District,Hong Kong.
Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District,Hong Kong
Nam Hang Tsuen is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District,Hong Kong.
Shung Ching San Tsuen is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District,Hong Kong.
Tai Sang Wai,sometimes transliterated as Tai Shang Wai,is a village in the San Tin area of Yuen Long District,Hong Kong.
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