Entrance gate of Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun District) 02

Lam Tei in Map of the San-On District (1866)

Village shrine of Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun District) 05

Chung Uk Tsuen () aka. Kwong Tin Wai () is a

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Lam Tei Lam Tei () is an area in the Tuen Mun District of the New Territories, Hong Kong. The region lies at the north end of Tuen Mun city. It is highly rural, with Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery being a landmark of the region. History Several villages ...

Tuen Mun District Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or simply Tuen Mun), w ...

, Hong Kong.

Administration

Chung Uk Tsuen is a recognized village under the

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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 ...

. It is one of the 36 villages represented within the

Tuen Mun Rural Committee The Tuen Mun Rural Committee (, TMRC) is a rural committee in Hong Kong. It was founded by rural leader Chan Yat-sen in 1953 with representatives from 29 villages in Tuen Mun. Today the rural committee consisted of 36 villages and 69 village r ...

. For electoral purposes, Chung Uk Tsuen is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency, which is currently represented by Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung.

History

The Chungs of Chung Uk Tsuen moved from

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during the

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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 Appraisal
Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen, Tuen Mun
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Education

Chung Uk Tsuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 70. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Tuen Mun Government Primary School (屯門官立小學).

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Delineation of area of existing village Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

Pictures of Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen

Pictures of Chung Uk Tsuen
Walled villages of Hong Kong Lam Tei Villages in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong {{HK-geo-stub

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