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Kam Tsin Wai
Kam Tsin Wai () is a village located in the south of Shek Kong Airfield, in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalCheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall, Kam Tsin Wai, Pat Heung/ref> Administration Kam Tsin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History The village was built for the settlement of members of the Cheng () clan, who moved from six villages in the Shing Mun Valley at the time of the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir in 1928. At that time, most of the Chengs, including 540 villagers from 84 families, moved to the new village of Shing Mun San Tsuen in Kam Tin, while others dispersed to Wo Hop Shek and Pan Chung. A small number moved to Kam Tsin Wai. Kam Tsin Wai consisted of 25 village houses built by green bricks. Features The Cheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall () was built in 1929. It was later converted into a Catholic church called Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel (), which was serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shing Mun Reservoir
Shing Mun Reservoir is a reservoir in Hong Kong. It is located in Shing Mun, the area between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin, in the New Territories. History Several hundreds years ago, the area around the reservoir was a dense forest with very few inhabitants. At least from 1646 to 1659, Southern Ming loyalist Li Wanrong (李萬榮), leading a cohort numbering in thousands, controlled Kowloon and much of today's New Territories, collecting taxes and fortifying villages, including erecting a fortress in the lower part of the Shing Mun River valley. Hence the area became known as Shing Mun or "fortified gate". After 1669, when the Great Clearance imposed by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty was rescinded, many Hakkas settled in this area, growing rice, tea and pineapples. In the early 20th century, there were seven villages in the area. The Shing Mun Reservoir was built as part of the Shing Mun Water Supply Scheme formulated in 1923 to meet the increasing demand for fresh water du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shui Pin Tsuen
Shui Pin Tsuen () is a village in Wang Chau, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Shui Pin Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ... Small House Policy. It is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shui Pin Tsuen is part of the Ping Shan Central (constituency), Ping Shan Central constituency, which is currently represented by Felix Cheung Chi-yeung. Features Originally built in 1925 in Tung Tau Tsuen (Yuen Long Kau Hui), Tung Tau Tsuen, Ss. Peter and Paul Church was relocated and rebuilt at No. 201 Castle Peak Road, near Shui Pin Tsuen, in 1958.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalSs. Peter and Paul Church, No. 201 Castle Peak Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Peak Road
Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920, it runs in the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs West from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, to Tuen Mun, then north to Yuen Long then east to Sheung Shui, in the very north of the New Territories. It is divided into 22 sections. It serves south, west and north New Territories, being one of the most distant roads in early Hong Kong. Name The road was named after Castle Peak, a peak in the western New Territories. The area to the east of the peak was hence named Castle Peak. Later at the dawn of the development of new town, the area was renamed to its old name, Tuen Mun. The road was originally known in Chinese as ''Tsing Shan To'' () for its entire length. The Chinese name of the section of the road in the New Territories was later changed to ''Tsing Shan Kung Lo'' () Lit. "Castle Peak public road" or "Castle Peak Highway". In everyday conversation, however, the term ''Tsing Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tung Tau Tsuen (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
Tung Tau Tsuen () is a village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Tung Tau Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Tung Tau Tsuen is so called because it is located in the east of the old Yuen Long Kau Hui market. It was established in the 17th century by the members of several clans, the Chans () being the major one, and others being the Loks () and the Lis () from Dongguan. The village was originally called Chan Lok Li Tsuen (). Tung Tau Tsuen is part of the Tung Tau alliance ()Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalYi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen/ref> or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Nam Pin Wai, Choi Uk Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Shan Pui Tsuen, Wong Uk Tsuen and Tai Wai Tsuen. The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance. Ss. Peter and Paul Church, located at No. 201 Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long, near Shui P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese University Of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university and was founded as a federation of three existing colleges – Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College – the oldest of which was founded in 1949. CUHK is organized into nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculties, and remains the only collegiate university in the territory. The university operates in both English and Chinese, although classes in most colleges are taught in English. Four Nobel laureates are associated with the university, and it is the only tertiary institution in Hong Kong with recipients of the Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Medal and Veblen Prize sitting as faculty in residence. History Origins The university was formed in 1963 as a federation of three existing colleges. The first of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Chung
Pan Chung () is a walled village in Tai Po District, Hong Kong. Administration Pan Chung and neighboring Pan Chung San Tsuen () are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Tai Po Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Pan Chung is part of the San Fu constituency, which was formerly represented by Max Wu Yiu-cheong until May 2021. See also * Walled villages of Hong Kong * Ha Keng Hau * Ma Wo References External links Delineation of area of existing village Pan Chung (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)Delineation of area of existing village Pan Chung San Tsuen (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)* Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalShrine, Pan Chung, Tai Po * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wo Hop Shek
Wo Hop Shek () is an area in the south of Fanling, Hong Kong. It consists of villages and recently developed housing estates. The area is famous for its large public cemetery, Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery, on the nearby hillside. Every year, during the Ching Ming Festival and Chung Yeung Festival, many people come to visit their ancestors. Railway In 1950–1951, a Wo Hop Shek Branch ( 和合石支線) (in fact only a long siding) of Kowloon–Canton Railway was built to transport bodies of civilians killed in World War II, and later to cater the visitor in Ching Ming Festival and Chung Yeung Festival. The whole single track branch was built upon an embankment. It branched off south of Fanling station, at the start of the curve. The station at Wo Hop Shek was the most modern of all stations in Hong Kong at the time it was built, and instead of being a brick built structure as other stations were, it was of cement and steel. Special vehicles were built to carry the bodies. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kam Tin
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. Many of Kam Tin's residents are from the Tang Clan, who are of the Punti culture, not Hakka as is often misattributed. History Kam Tin is the origin of the biggest indigenous Tang Clan () in Hong Kong. The ancestor of indigenous Tang, Tang Hon Fat () settled his family from Jiangxi to Sham Tin in 973. During the reign of Wanli Emperor (1572–1620) of Ming Dynasty, Sham Tin was renamed Kam Tin. Villages Villages in Kam Tin include: Fung Kat Heung, Kam Hing Wai, Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen, Kat Hing Wai, Ko Po Tsuen, Pak Wai Tsuen, Sha Po Tsuen, Shui Mei Tsuen, Shui Tau Tsuen, Tai Hong Wai, Tsz Tong Tsuen and Wing Lung Wai. Features Kat Hing Wai is the most famous walled village located in Kam Tin. It is a comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shing Mun San Tsuen
Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen () or Kam Tin San Tsuen () is a village in the Kam Tin area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Kam Tin San Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen was populated by inhabitants of Shing Mun Valley Shing Mun Valley () is a valley in the Shing Mun area of Hong Kong. History Before the construction of Shing Mun Reservoir, there were several villages near the valley. Some of these villages were later relocated near the Tsuen Wan entrance of Shi ... villages, who were displaced for the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir in the late 1920s. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalCheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall, Kam Tsin Wai, Pat Heung/ref> References External links Delineation of area of existing village Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen (Kam Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)* Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Apprai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shing Mun Valley
Shing Mun Valley () is a valley in the Shing Mun area of Hong Kong. History Before the construction of Shing Mun Reservoir, there were several villages near the valley. Some of these villages were later relocated near the Tsuen Wan entrance of Shing Mun Tunnels. Shing Mun San Tsuen in Kam Tin, Yuen Long District, was built by the government and completed in 1930, to accommodate some of the families moved away from the Shing Mun Valley in the late 1920s for the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir.Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monuments. The AAB was establish .... Historic Building AppraisalHip Tin Temple, Shing Mun San Tsuen/ref> See also * Shing Mun Valley Sports Ground * Lei Muk Shue * Wo Yi Hop References Kwai Tsing District Tsuen Wan District {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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