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Kap Lung Tsuen
Kap Lung () is a village in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Kap Lung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Kap Lung has a history of over 200 years. The ancestors of its indigenous inhabitants originated from Shandong. One of their descendants' families moved to Muk Min Ha in Tsuen Wan during the Ming dynasty. Some later moved to Chuen Lung in the Tai Mo Shan area while some others moved to Kap Lung as a consequence of pirate invasion. Indigenous Kap Lung inhabitants with the surname Tsang had moved out from the 1950s. The Kap Lung Ancient Trail, named after Kap Lung Village, was historically the main route taken by farmers in the vicinity of Pat Heung, Shek Kong and Lui Kung Tin for selling their produce in the markets in Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Heung
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. Villages Pat Heung comprises 30 villages. The population is estimated to be about three thousand people. * Tsat Sing Kong () * Ha Che () * Sheung Tsuen () * Sheung Che () * Tai Kong Po ()* * Tai Wo () * Yuen Kong () * Yuen Kong San Tsuen () * Shui Lau Tin () * Shui Tsan Tin () * Ngau Keng () * Ta Shek Wu () * Tin Sam () * Kap Lung () * Shek Wu Tong () * Chuk Hang () * Ng Ka Tsuen ()* * Ho Pui () * Kam Tsin Wai () * Cheung Kong Tsuen () * Cheung Po () * Ma On Kong () * Pang Ka Tsuen ()* * Lui Kung Tin ()* * Lin Fa Tei () * Wang Toi Shan Ha San Uk () * Wang Toi Shan Wing Ning Lei () * Wang Toi Shan Ho Lik Pui () * Wang Toi Shan Shan Tsuen () * Wang Toi Shan Lo Uk Tsuen () *=非原居民村 Features Two historic buildings in Pat Heung have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuen Lung
Chuen Lung () is a village in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong. Administration Chuen Lung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Chuen Lung is one of the oldest Hakka villages in the area. It is said to have been founded by Tsang Tai-cheung () during the Zhengtong period (1436-1449) of Ming Dynasty. Tsang Tai-cheung had moved, together with his two brothers, from Huizhou to Muk Min Ha Tsuen () in today's Tsuen Wan area, during the Yongle period (1403-1424). He then moved to Chuen Lung several decades later.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalTsang Ancestral Hall, Chuen Lung/ref> Features The Tsang Ancestral Hall in Chuen Lung is believed to have been built in around the 17th century. It is listed as a Grade III historic building. References External links Delineation of area of existing village Chuen Lung (Tsuen Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)* Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lui Kung Tin
Lui Kung Tin () is a village in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. History The Kap Lung Ancient Trail was historically the main route taken by farmers in the vicinity of Pat Heung, Shek Kong and Lui Kung Tin for selling their produce in the markets in Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee .... References External links Delineation of area of existing village Lui Kung Tin Tsuen (Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong Pat Heung {{HK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shek Kong
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 The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, su .... Climate Education 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). References Places in Hong Kong Yuen Long District Nepalese diaspora in Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kap Lung Ancient Trail
Kap or KAP may refer to: People * K. Appavu Pillai (1911–1973), Indian politician * Gabe Kapler (born 1975), American baseball player Places * Kąp, Gmina Giżycko, Poland * Kąp, Gmina Miłki, Poland Organizations * Communist Workers Party (Denmark) (Danish: ) * Katter's Australian Party * Kink Aware Professionals, a program run by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom * Kiribati Adaptation Program * Aluminium Plant Podgorica, Montenegro Transport * Kalianpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India (Indian Railways station code) * King Albert Park MRT station, Singapore (MRT station abbreviation) Other * Kap language * Kap (poetry) (Thai: ), a form of Thai poetry * Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy * Kite aerial photography * Kent Access Permit, for lorries entering Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north acros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agriculture, Fisheries And Conservation Department
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (; formerly the Agriculture and Fisheries Department () before 2000, of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for agriculture and fisheries in Hong Kong, conservation projects and issues, and managing the country parks and special areas. It currently reports to the Environment and Ecology Bureau, though previously it was under the Secretary for Food and Health from 2007-2022, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food and Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, and before 2000, the Secretary for Economic Services. The department is also responsible for issuing special, transshipment and pet import permits for pet animals, plants to be transshipped through or imported into Hong Kong. Director The department is headed by the ''Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation'' (titled ''Director of Agriculture and Fisheries'' before 2000). The current director is Alan Wong Chi-kong. List of directors * Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsang (surname)
Tsang is a Chinese surname, particularly used by people from Hong Kong. It is written as 曾. The surname 曾 may also be romanised as "Zeng" (pinyin, China) and "Tang" (Vietnam). Notable people with the name include: * Aaron Tsang, Canadian composer * Andy Tsang (born 1958), Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force * Angie Tsang (born 1980), Hong Kong wushu athlete and child actress * Beryl Tsang, Canadian fibre artist * Bion Tsang (born 1967), American cellist and professor * Bowie Tsang (born 1973), Taiwanese Mandopop singer and actress * Daniel C. Tsang, American activist and scholar * Derek Tsang (born 1979), Hong Kong actor and film director * Donald Tsang (born 1944), Chief Executive of the HKSAR from 2005 to 2012 * Edward Tsang, computer science professor at the University of Essex * Eric Tsang (born 1953), Hong Kong actor, film director, and producer * Henry Tsang (born 1943), Australian architect and politician * Henry Tsang (artist) (born 1964), Hong Kong-Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Mo Shan
Tai Mo Shan is the highest mountain, peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of . It is located at approximately the geographical centre of the New Territories. The Tai Mo Shan Country Park covers an area of around Tai Mo Shan. It is located to the north of Tai Lam Country Park. The Long Falls is the highest waterfall in Hong Kong. Geography The whole Tai Mo Shan mountain range, known as Guan Fu Mountain (官富山, named after the salt field Kwun Fu Cheung (官富場) in present-day Kowloon Bay) in Ming and Qing dynasties, covers over 350 square km, and stretches from Tai Lam Chung Reservoir in the West near Tuen Mun and Ma On Shan (peak), Ma On Shan in the east and the mountains of Kowloon and Clear Water Bay in the south. Two other significant coastal peaks, the Lantau Peak (934m) on Lantau Island and Mount Wutong in Shenzhen (943.7m) are approximately 27 km to the southwest and 21.5 km to the northeast respectively. Subpeaks There are a few subpeaks that are g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han Chinese, Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuen Long District
Yuen Long District (formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021 Geography Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial plain in Hong Kong, the Yuen Long-Kam Tin plain. With an area of 144 km2, the district covers many traditional villages including Ping Shan Heung, Ha Tsuen Heung, Kam Tin Heung, Fung Kat Heung, Pat Heung, San Tin Heung and Shap Pat Heung, as well as Yuen Long Town and Tin Shui Wai. Two new towns have been developed within this district. Yuen Long New Town was developed from the traditional market town of Yuen Long Town from the late 1970s. Tin Shui Wai New Town has developed since the early 1990s, and is built on land reclaimed from former fish ponds once common in the district. History According to archaeological findings, there were inhabitants settled in the district around 3,500 years ago. The ruling clan of the Tang Clan () l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fleets of fishing boats in the area. The now-crowded city is around the present-day Tsuen Wan station of the MTR. Its coastline was further extended through land reclamation. History According to the report of Hong Kong archaeological society, there were people settled in Tsuen Wan as early as two thousand years ago. In earlier days, it was known as Tsin Wan (淺灣) which means shallow bay, and later renamed to Tsuen Wan. Another name ''Tsak Wan'' (賊灣, Hakka dialect pronunciation: tshet wan), pirate bay, indicates the presence of pirates nearby long ago. In fact, the area around Rambler Channel was known as Sam Pak Tsin (三百錢), literally meaning three hundred coins. There was a legend that pirates would collect three hundre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muk Min Ha
Muk Min Ha () is a village in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong. Administration Muk Min Ha is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. See also * Chuen Lung * Kap Lung Kap Lung () is a village in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Kap Lung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Kap Lung has a history of over 200 years. The ancestors of its indigenous i ... References External links Delineation of area of existing village Muk Min Ha (Tsuen Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
