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The history of the modern day Yuen Long administrative district (despite a few government departments does not map their service area according to the boundary of the District) can be trace back to Yuen Long District Office (previously known as Chinese: 元朗理民府 now known as Chinese: 元朗民政事務處 of Home Affairs Department ...
Kat Hing Wai (吉慶圍) is a noted Punti walled village in Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. [ citation needed ] It often mistakenly believed to be Hakka , whose people have similar traditions. [ citation needed ] However the Punti people were from Southern China and the first to settle in Hong Kong.
Castle Peak Road is the major road in Yuen Long Town Skyline of Yuen Long Town. Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong.To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (洪水橋), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (錦田), and to the north Nam Sang Wai.
Since 1978, Yuen Long New Town has been built over the original Yuen Long Town, with the New Town being the district centre of the New Territories northwest. Many new facilities, for example the Yuen Long Police Station, the Yuen Long Town Hall, and the Yuen Long Stadium, were built on the lesser developed western side of the Shan Pui River.
Community portal; Recent changes; ... 2 History. 3 Further reading. 4 ... or San Wai Tsuen (新圍村) is a village in the San Tin area of Yuen Long District, Hong ...
Kat Hing Wai (Chinese: 吉慶圍) is a Punti walled village in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. The village is popularly known as Kam Tin, from the name of the local area. Kat Hing Wai is home to about 400 descendants of the Tang Clan, one of the "Five Great Clans" of the territory who settled here from China during the Song dynasty. [1]
The Yuen Long District Council (Chinese: 元朗區議會) is the district council for the Yuen Long District in Hong Kong.It is one of 18 such councils. The Yuen Long District currently consists of 46 members, of which the district is divided into four constituencies, electing a total of 8 members, 16 district committee members, 16 appointed members, and 6 ex officio members who are the Shap ...
Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong are those selected as those "outstanding merits of which every effort should be made to preserve if possible". [1]These buildings may be protected under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance; after consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, with the approval of the Chief Executive and the publication of the notice in government gazette, the Antiquities ...