Loi Tung

Paifang of Loi Tung Tsuen.
Loi Tung
Traditional Chinese萊洞
Cantonese Yalelòih duhng
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationlòih duhng
Jyutpingloi4 dung6

Loi Tung (Chinese: 萊洞) is a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Loi Tung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Loi Tung is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.[2][3]

History

Loi Tung is part of the Four Yeuk (四約; 'Four Villages Alliance'), which comprises Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang. The centre of the Alliance is the Hung Shing Temple at Hung Leng.[4]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Loi Tung was 191. The number of males was 107.[5]

Loi Tung was served by the Loi Tung station of the former Sha Tau Kok Railway, which was in operation from 1911 to 1928. Loi Tung station was opened in February 1916.

Features

  • Ting Yat Study Hall[6]
  • Wan Gau Study Hall[7]

References

  1. ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hung Shing Temple, Hung Leng Tsuen
  5. ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 81. ISSN 1991-7295.
  6. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Ting Yat Study Hall Loi Tung
  7. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Wan Gau Study Hall, Loi Tung
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