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Luk Tei Tong
Luk Tei Tong () is a village of Mui Wo, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Administration Luk Tei Tong is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye .... History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Luk Tei Tong was 76. The number of males was 23. Features Luk Tei Tong is known for the Luk Tei Tong watchtower, which is listed as a Grade 3 Historic Building. It is said to have been built for protection against bandits and its date of construction has been stated as roughly 1930 or roughly 1942. References External links Delineation of area of existing village Luk Tei Tong (Mui Wo) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Islands District, Hong Kong Mui Wo {{HK-geo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK LukTeiTong Watchtower
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 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
