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Nga Yiu () or Muk Wu Nga Yiu () is a village in
Ta Kwu Ling Ta Kwu Ling is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong, located northeast of Sheung Shui, close to the border with mainland China. Ta Kwu Ling is one of three new development areas currently being planned for North Distric ...
, North District, Hong Kong.


Administration

Nga Yiu 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 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 ...
.


Features

One of the seven
MacIntosh Forts The MacIntosh Forts are a group of seven observation posts built in Hong Kong between 1949 and 1953 at the border with China, to safeguard the border against illegal immigrants, when there was an influx of refugees from China due to political ins ...
of Hong Kong is located at Nga Yiu.


See also

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Muk Wu Muk Wu Village () is a Punti walled village in Ta Kwu Ling, in the north of the New Territories across the Man Kam To border crossing point in Hong Kong. Before 4 January 2016, it was inaccessible to non-permit holders (see Closed Area Per ...


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Delineation of area of existing village Nga Yiu (Ta Kwu Ling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in North District, Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub