Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun District)

Chung Uk Tsuen (Chinese: 鍾屋村) aka. Kwong Tin Wai (廣田圍) is a walled village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.

For the other village with the same name, see Chung Uk Tsuen (Tai Po District).
Entrance gate of Chung Uk Tsuen.
Chung Uk Tsuen on the "Map of the San-On District" by Simeone Volonteri (1866).
Village shrine.
Chung Ancestral Hall (鍾氏宗祠) in Chung Uk Tsuen.

Administration

Chung Uk Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Chung Uk Tsuen is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency, which is currently represented by Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung.[2][3]

History

The Chungs of Chung Uk Tsuen moved from Dongguan during the Ming dynasty.[4]

Tsing Chuen Wai appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.

Education

Chung Uk Tsuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 70. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Tuen Mun Government Primary School (屯門官立小學).[5]

See also

References
  1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tuen Mun District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. "Tuen Mun District Council - Tuen Mun DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen, Tuen Mun
  5. "POA School Net 70" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
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