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Wong Yi Chau () is a village in
Tsam Chuk Wan Tsam Chuk Wan () is a bay of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. By extension, it is also the name of the area around the bay. Tsam Chuk Wan Village () is one of the villages located within this area. History A Catholic missionary station was ...
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Sai Kung Peninsula The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administrated by Sai ...
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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 ...
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Administration

Wong Yi Chau 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 ...
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History

Pak Tam Chung Pak Tam Chung () is an area in the southern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is administratively under the Sai Kung District. Features Pak Tam Chung was described as consisting of six villages in 1911 with ...
was described as consisting of six villages in 1911 with fewer than 405 inhabitants: Wong Yi Chau,
Pak Tam Pak Tam () is a village in Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong. Administration Pak Tam is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Pak Tam Chung was described as consisting of six villages in 1911 with ...
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Sheung Yiu Sheung Yiu Folk Museum is housed in Sheung Yiu Village (), a declared monument of Hong Kong, on Pak Tam Chung Nature Trail, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. ''Sheung Yiu'' means "above the kiln" in Chinese. History Sheung Yiu Village (; Hong ...
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Tsak Yue Wu Tsak Yue Wu () is a village in Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong. Administration Tsak Yue Wu is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Pak Tam Chung was described as consisting of six villages in 1 ...
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Wong Keng Tei Wong Keng Tei () is a village in Tsam Chuk Wan, Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong. Administration Wong Keng Tei is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Pak Tam Chung was described as consisting of six villages i ...
() and
Tsam Chuk Wan Tsam Chuk Wan () is a bay of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. By extension, it is also the name of the area around the bay. Tsam Chuk Wan Village () is one of the villages located within this area. History A Catholic missionary station was ...
. The six villages were all inhabited by
Hakka people The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhe ...
, with the exception of two hamlets in Pak Tam.


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Delineation of area of existing village Wong Yi Chau (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
(includes Hei Tsz Wan) Villages in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong Sai Kung Peninsula {{HongKong-geo-stub