Yim Tso Ha () is an area and a village in

Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok is a closed city, closed town in Hong Kong. The last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area, it is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Geography The small rural village of Sha Tau Kok is located on the northern sh ...

, North District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Yim Tso Ha 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 ...

. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Yim Tso Ha is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.

History

The villages of

Ma Tseuk Leng Ma Tseuk Leng (), sometimes transliterated as Ma Tseuk Ling, is an area in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong. The area contains the villages of Ma Tseuk Leng Sheung () and Ma Tseuk Leng Ha (). Ma Tseuk Leng San Uk Ha (), part of Ma Tseuk ...

(upper and lower), Yim Tso Ha,

Wu Shek Kok Wu Shek Kok () is a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Wu Shek Kok is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural ...

and

Au Ha Au Ha () is a Hakka village in northern New Territories in Hong Kong. Au Ha is located on the south side of Sha Tau Kok Road (Wo Hang Section) between Fanling and Sha Tau Kok, north of Sheung Wo Hang and west of Ha Wo Hang. Its name means "below ...

formed a ''yeuk'' (, a form of oath-sworn, inter-village, mutual-aid alliance. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Yim Tso Ha was 47. The number of males was 18.

Features

There is a

Hip Tin temple There are several Hip Tin Temples () in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai (Lord Guan) is worshiped in these temples. Kwan Tai Temples are also dedicated to Lord Guan. Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai () and Kwan Tai (aka. Mo Tai, ). ''Note 1:'' ...

in Yim Tso Ha.

Fauna

In the past, Yim Tso Ha was the site of an egretry, with the earliest records dating back to 1958. The egretry has been abandoned since 1993 and it is believed that the birds that used to breed there have moved to

A Chau A Chau () is a small uninhabited island in the inner most of Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), off Nam Chung, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District, and falls within the Closed Area ...

. The Yim Tso Ha egretry was the first

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

(SSSI) in Hong Kong, listed in 1975. At that time, it was the most important egretry in Hong Kong. Having been abandoned for a long period of time, the Yim Tso Ha Egretry SSSI was de-listed in March 2016.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (; formerly the Agriculture and Fisheries Department () before 2000, of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for agriculture and fisheries in Hong Kong, conservation projects and issu ...

br>Annual Report 2015-2016
/ref>

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Yim Tso Ha and Pok Tau Ha (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

Pictures of Hip Tin temple in Yim Tso Ha
* Villages in North District, Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok {{coord, 22.53234, 114.20695, display=title