Heung Yuen Wai

Heung Yuen Wai

Heung Yuen Wai
Traditional Chinese	香園圍
Cantonese Yale	hēung yùhn wàih
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization hēung yùhn wàih Jyutping hoeng1 jyun4 wai4

Heung Yuen Wai

Public light bus at Sheung Shui Bus Terminus, serving Heung Yuen Wai.

Heung Yuen Wai (Chinese: 香園圍) is a walled village in Ta Kwu Ling, North District, Hong Kong.[1]

Administration

Heung Yuen Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] It is one of the villages represented within the Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Heung Yuen Wai is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.[3][4]

History

Heung Yuen Wai is a village of the Man (萬) Clan established around 1825. It appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.[5]

Access

Road Access to Heung Yuen Wai must go through via Lin Ma Hang Road from Ping Che Road or Heung Yuen Wai Highway.

See also

• Walled villages of Hong Kong
• Man Uk Pin
• Lin Ma Hang
• Heung Yuen Wai Control Point

References

1. Ip, Hing-fong (1995). An historical geography of the walled villages of Hong Kong (Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Philosophy). University of Hong Kong. p. 90.
2. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
3. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
5. Hill, Ronald D. (1985). "Fragments and speculations: the walled villages of Hong Kong". Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society. 11. Hong Kong Archaeological Society: 25-38. OCLC 02465191.

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Heung Yuen Wai (Ta Kwu Ling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

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