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Coordinates: 22°3312N 114°0952E / 22.55343°N 114.16455°E / 22.55343; 114.16455
 

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Heung Yuen Wai
Heung Yuen Wai
Traditional Chinese香園圍
Cantonese Yalehēung yùhn wàih
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 villageinTa Kwu Ling, North District, Hong Kong.[1]

Administration[edit]

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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
  • ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  • ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  • ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  • ^ 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[edit]

    22°33′12N 114°09′52E / 22.55343°N 114.16455°E / 22.55343; 114.16455


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