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So Kwun Wat, commonly pronounced So Kwun Fat, is an area on the south coast of the western mainland
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 ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. The proper So Kwun Wat is a populated area in the valley between
Siu Lam
Siu Lam () is an area and a village in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.
Administration
Siu Lam is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Siu Lam is part of the So Kwun Wat
So Kwun Wat, comm ...
and
Sam Shing Hui
Sam Shing Hui () is an area and a former fishing village in Tuen Mun, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.
See also
* Sam Shing Estate
* Tuen Mun Road
* Tuen Mun San Hui
* So Kwun Wat
So Kwun Wat, commonly pronounced So Kwun Fat, is an area on the ...
. It includes So Kwun Tan () on the shore, which is a residential area,
Hong Kong Gold Coast
Hong Kong Gold Coast is a private housing estate served by Castle Peak Road, near Castle Peak Bay, in So Kwun Wat, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. Developed by Sino Group, it includes 20 residential buildings completed in two phases (in ...
(), with villas on
Pearl Island () off the coast.
Administratively, the area belongs to
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 ...
. Northwest of So Kwun Tan is the
Perowne Camp ( or ).
Name
The confusion regarding its name originates from a common mistake when a person, with some knowledge of Chinese/Cantonese, tries to guess the pronunciation of the last character in the name, based on the form of its Chinese character. The English transliteration actually came from the correct (but no longer used in everyday life) pronunciation, although it's the common (but technically incorrect) pronunciation that is recognised by the locals. This causes many to wrongly deduce that the transliteration was not properly done. (When in fact it was – much like the case with the name Mong Kok)
Geography
The valley of So Kwun Wat collects water for adjacent ranges and empties into the sea by So Kwun Tan. The area surrounding was reclaimed. A
breakwater
Breakwater may refer to:
* Breakwater (structure), a structure for protecting a beach or harbour
Places
* Breakwater, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
* Breakwater Island
Breakwater Island () is a small island in the Palme ...
is constructed from
Gold Coast Hotel towards the Pearl Island. While the interior water formed a haven for boats, the exterior become a man-made beach of
Golden Beach ().
Administration
So Kwun Wat 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 ...
.
Transport
The major road access in the area is
Castle Peak Road
Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920, it runs in the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs West from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, to Tuen Mun, then north to Yuen Long then east to Sh ...
. It is thus also known as 18 miles (milestone) Castle Peak Road ().
Education
*
Harrow International School Hong Kong
Harrow International School of Hong Kong is a British international boarding and day, all-through school in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. When it opened on 3 September 2012, it became the first British boarding school in Hong Kong. It was also the th ...
is located in So Kwun Wat.
*
Chu Hai College of Higher Education
Chu Hai College of Higher Education is a private degree-granting institute in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. At present, Chu Hai College is recognised as an Approved Post Secondary College under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap 320).Chu Hai Colle ...
has been located in So Kwun Wat since August 2016.
* Shun Tak Fraternal Association Lee Kam Primary School () is located at No. 23 So Kwun Wat Road.
So Kwun Wat is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 71. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in the school net.
See also
*
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 ...
References
External links
Delineation of area of existing village So Kwun Wat (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Populated places in Hong Kong
Tuen Mun District
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