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Sheung Keng Hau () is a village in the Tai Wai area of
Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populo ...
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Location

Ha Keng Hau Ha Keng Hau () is a village in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. Administration Ha Keng Hau is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Location Ha Keng Hau, Sheung Keng Hau () and Hin Tin are three adja ...
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Hin Tin 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 villag ...
are three adjacent villages located along Hin Keng Street (), along a northeast–southwest direction.
Hin Keng Estate The following is an overview of Public housing estates in Tai Wai, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. Management is by the Hong Kong Housing Author ...
, located northeast of the villages and across Hin Keng Street, was named after them. Sheung Keng Hau is located southeast of Hin Keng Estate.


Administration

Sheung Keng Hau 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.


History

Sheung Keng Hau is a single-surname village, Wai (), with a history of over 300 years. The Wai Ancestral Hall was rebuilt in 1930. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Keng Hau was 195. The number of males was 86.


See also

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Hin Keng station Hin Keng (; Literal Meaning: "Show Path") is a station on the , part of the MTR rapid transit network in Hong Kong. It opened on 14 February 2020 as part of the Tuen Ma line's first phase. It was built as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link pr ...
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Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin) The Nine Alliances of Lek Yuen or Kau Yeuk () was a regional organization of various groups in Sha Tin Valley, Hong Kong. Alliances The nine groups were: * Tai Wai Yeuk ()： Chik Chuen Wai () * Tin Sam Yeuk ()： Tin Sam Wai (), San Tin () * Keng ...
* Keng Hau (constituency)


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Delineation of area of existing village Sheung Keng Hau (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
* Antiquities Advisory Board
Pictures of Wai Ancestral Hall, No. 5 Sheung Keng Hau
Villages in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong Tai Wai {{coord, 22.363997, 114.174436, display=title