Tung Tau Tsuen () is a village in the

Yuen Long Kau Hui Yuen Long Kau Hui is an area in Yuen Long, Yuen Long District, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. Geography Yuen Long Kau Hui is located in the north-east of the present Yuen Long Town. It is sited south of a small hill and directly no ...

area of

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021 Geography Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial pla ...

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 ...

Administration

Tung Tau Tsuen 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 ...

History

Tung Tau Tsuen is so called because it is located in the east of the old Yuen Long Kau Hui market. It was established in the 17th century by the members of several clans, the Chans () being the major one, and others being the Loks () and the Lis () from

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. The village was originally called Chan Lok Li Tsuen (). Tung Tau Tsuen is part of the Tung Tau alliance ()

Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monuments. The AAB was establish ...

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Yi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen
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Ying Lung Wai Ying Lung Wai () is a walled village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Ying Lung Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Ying Lung Wai was established by a b ...

Shan Pui Tsuen Shan Pui Tsuen () is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Shan Pui Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purposes, Shan Pui Tsuen is located in the Shap ...

Wong Uk Tsuen Wong Uk Tsuen or Wong Uk Village may refer to: * Wong Uk Village (Sha Tin District) (), a village in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong * Wong Uk Tsuen (Yuen Long District) (), a village in Yuen Long Kau Hui, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong * Luk Keng Wong U ...

and Tai Wai Tsuen. The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance. Ss. Peter and Paul Church, located at No. 201

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 ...

in Yuen Long, near

Shui Pin Tsuen Shui Pin Tsuen () is a village in Wang Chau, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Shui Pin Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rur ...

, was originally built in 1925 in Tung Tau Tsuen. It was relocated and rebuilt on the present Castle Peak Road site in 1958.

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Ss. Peter and Paul Church, No. 201 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long
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References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Tung Tau Tsuen (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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Kwun Yam Temple, Tung Tau Tsuen, Yuen LongPictures
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Pictures of Tin Hau Temple, Tung Tau Tsuen
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