Chuk Yuen (Sai Kung District)

Chuk Yuen (Chinese: 蠻窩) is a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Chuk Yuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]

History

Chuk Yuen, together with Man Wo, of which it is considered to be an off-shoot, was part of the inter-village grouping, the Ho Chung Tung (蠔涌洞) or Ho Chung Seven Villages (蠔涌七鄉), which had its centre in Ho Chung.[2]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Chuk Yuen was 9. The number of males was 3.[3]

References

"List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
Hase, Patrick (June 2003). The Historical Heritage of Ho Chung, Pak Kong, and Sha Kok Mei, Sai Kung (PDF) (article). S.Y. Consultancy Services Co. Ltd.
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: 79. ISSN 1991-7295.

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Man Wo (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) (includes Chuk Yuen)

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[1] "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.

[Historical_Heritage-2] Hase, Patrick (June 2003). The Historical Heritage of Ho Chung, Pak Kong, and Sha Kok Mei, Sai Kung (PDF) (article). S.Y. Consultancy Services Co. Ltd.

[3] 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: 79. ISSN 1991-7295.