Pai Tau Village

Stall selling local snacks at Pai Tau Village

Nos. 5A, B, C and 6 Pai Tau Village

Wai Chuen Monastery (慧泉寺), one of several Buddhist monasteries in the valley above Pai Tau Village.

Pai Tau Village (traditional Chinese: 排頭村; simplified Chinese: 排头村) is a village located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

Administration

Pai Tau is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tin Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Pai Tau Village is part of the Lek Yuen constituency, which was formerly represented by Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit until July 2021.[2][3]

Location

The village is located next to Sha Tin station on the Hong Kong MTR.[4]

Features

• The buildings at Nos. 5A, 5B, 5C and 6 Pai Tau Village are listed as Grade II Historic Buildings.[5]
• The Lam Ancestral Hall in Pai Tau Village, is a Grade III Historic Building.[5]
• Tin Liu (田寮), also a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy,[1] is adjacent to Pai Tau Village, to the west

See also

• Grand Central Plaza § Footbridge controversy
• Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin)
• Sha Tin Rural Committee
• Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery

References

1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
2. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sha Tin District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
3. "Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
4. "Sha Tin Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
5. Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Pai Tau (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) (includes Tin Liu)
• Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Pai Tau Village
• Antiquities and Monuments Office. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 5A, 5B, 5C & 6 Pai Tau, Sha Tin Pictures: 5A 5B 5C 6
• Antiquities and Monuments Office. Historic Building Appraisal. Lam Ancestral Hall, Nos. 8, 10-14 Pai Tau, Sha Tin Pictures

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