City One
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| Chinese | 沙田第一城 | ||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | The First City | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dì Yī Chéng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| IPA | [tɐ̀i jɐ́t ɕɪ̏ŋ] |
| Jyutping | dai6 jat1 sing4 |
City One Shatin (Chinese: 沙田第一城) is a residential precinct in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The estate occupies approximately 1,800,000 square feet (17 hectares) of land. The estate was named City One as it is on Lot 1, Shatin Town. It has a census area population of 24,758 people. City One is the largest private residential estate in Sha Tin District. There are a total of 52 blocks of residential buildings with 10,642 units. Each tower is about 30 storeys with units ranging from 389 square feet (36.1 m2) to an area of 1,018 square feet (94.6 m2), offering different floor plans.
City One was an important project of the Government's plan on developing the Sha Tin New Town in 1979. 6,000,000 square feet (56 hectares) of land was reclaimed for the construction of the estate. With massive reclamation, the land which City One was built on was formerly Yuen Chau Kok and the Tide Cove. City One was a joint venture between New World Development, Henderson Land Development, Sun Hung Kai Properties and Cheung Kong Holdings in the 1980s.
The construction of the City One Residential Apartments was completed in seven stages (completion date):
The property was developed by four major developers led by Henderson Land Development Company Limited.
According to the 2011 Population Census the population of the City One census area was 24,758 people. Approximately 44.2% of the population were male, 93.8% were ethnic Chinese, over 93.6% of residents spoke primarily Cantonese. Although English was the second primary language, only 2.9% spoke it as their first language. The drastic change of demographics and social norms in Hong Kong due to the influx of China immigrants under the post-transfer-of-sovereignty policy of assimilation to draw in more Mandarin speaking migrants had been reflected in the population census of City One.International students from China and China immigrants made up mostly of the 2.2% who speak Mandarin and other varieties of Chinese making it the third largest language group in the estate, just 0.7% behind English, which is an official language in Hong Kong. City One had an educated population with over 42% of the population holding a degree, diploma or vocational qualification. This level of education attainment was reflected in the estate's employment patterns: the most popular occupations for employment are Associate professionals (28%), Managers and administrators (17.9%) and Clerical support workers (16.2%). The median monthly domestic household income was HK$32,000, compared with $20,700 in Hong Kong overall.
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