Siu Hang Tsuen () is a village in
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), ...
,
Hong Kong
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.
Administration
Siu Hang Tsuen is a recognized village under the
New Territories
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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, Siu Hang Tsuen is part of the
Po Tin constituency.
History
Archaeological deposits in Siu Hang Tsuen and
Kei Lun Wai were discovered in 1997 during a survey carried out by a team from
Zhongshan University
Sun Yat-sen University (, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a national key public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and nam ...
. The findings indicated occupation of the area from the
Song
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Ming
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and
Qing periods.
Features
The Hong Kong Fengshan Temple () is located in Siu Hang Tsuen.
The Relationship Between the Belief of "Guangzezunwang" and the Fujian Ethnic Group in Hong Kong
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See also
* Po Tong Ha, a village located directly north of Siu Hang Tsuen
References
External links
Delineation of area of existing village Siu Hang Tsuen (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong
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