Hin Tin () is a village in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong.

Location

Hin Tin is located south of the main part of Hin Keng Estate and across Hin Keng Street (). Ha Keng Hau, Sheung Keng Hau and Hin Tin are three adjacent villages located along Hin Keng Street, along a northeast–southwest direction. Hin Keng Estate was named after them.

Administration

Hin Tin is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.

History

Hin Tin village was erected with government funding in the 1920s to resettle three Chinese clan, clans of villagers from Shek Lei Pui Valley (), to make way for the construction of the Shek Lei Pui Reservoir, completed in 1925. Some 80 people lived in 26 houses in the former Shek Lei Pui Village. The Yeung (), the Law () and the So () were Hakka people, Hakkas from Nantou, Shenzhen (historical), Nantou who had settled in the Valley for some 300 years. Another clan in the Valley, the Liu, Lau (), moved to Kwai Chung instead of Hin Tin at the resettlement. The villagers who chose to settle in Hin Tin did so because they saw good income opportunities from the then surrounding forest. In 1982, the Housing Department demolished 600 structures at Hin Tin and relocated 167 families.

Features

The ancestral halls of the three clans, Yeung (), Law () and So (), are connected together to form a single block on the front row of the original three rows of houses.Antiquities and Monuments Office
Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items. Items #852, 853, 854.
They have been listed as List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong, Grade III historic buildings since 2010.Antiquities and Monuments Office
List of the Historic Buildings in Building Assessment
(as of 23 November 2011)

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Hin Tin (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong Tai Wai {{coord, 22.362394, 114.172475, display=title