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The market town and the adjacent Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long Industrial Estate, Tong Tau Industrial Area, Yoho Town, etc. developed into the Yuen Long New Town in the 1970s and early 1980s. The Hong Kong Government first put Yuen Long New Town on the list of new towns in 1972 and planned several large-scale housing estates , the first of which ...
The original Yuen Long Town was not located in the busiest place of present-day Yuen Long, namely Yuen Long Main Road (元朗大馬路), part of Castle Peak Road. The earliest market in Yuen Long was established and developed in the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) [3] south of the main road, in Tai Kiu Tun (大橋墩) [4] near Tai Kei Leng ...
Yuen Long Park: ↔ Tsing Yi station: 68F: Park YOHO ↺ Yuen Long Park: Local 68M: Yuen Long (West) ↔ Tsuen Wan station: Express 68R: Yuen Long ↔ Tai Tong Only for special events that are held in Tai Tong. [3] 68X: Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Yuen Long (West) → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) AM Peak Hours only
YOHO Town is divided into four phases. Phase 1 "Yoho Town" has 2,200 residential units in eight blocks built in 2004.[2]Phase 2 "Yoho Midtown" was completed in 2010, and consists of eight residential buildings and a commercial shopping centre, YOHO Mall, opened in September 2015.
The 2019 Yuen Long attack was a mob attack that occurred on 21 July 2019, in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A mob of over 100 armed men dressed in white indiscriminately attacked civilians on the streets and passengers in the Yuen Long MTR station [ 5 ] [ 6 ] including the elderly, children, [ 7 ] black-clad protesters, [ 8 ...
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.
Gate Tower of Ha Tsuen Shi. It was one of the gate towers built for the protection of the Ha Tsuen Shi market. Called the East Gate of the market, it is the only surviving old gate tower of the market. It is a Grade II historic building [4] Kwan Tai Temple, a Grade II historic building [4]
The Ng were farmers, cultivating crops and vegetables, which were sold at the Yuen Long Market. [3] They were also fishing and catching crabs in Deep Bay. [4] When the Great Clearance was lifted in the second half of the 17th century, the villagers returned and rebuilt the village. Because of the disturbance caused by piracy, villages were walled.