Shan Liu (Tai Po District)

Shan Liu (Chinese: 山寮) is a village in the Plover Cove area of Tai Po District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Shan Liu is one of the villages represented within the Tai Po Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shan Liu is part of the Shuen Wan constituency, which was formerly represented by So Tat-leung until October 2021.[1][2]

Shan Liu (including Lai Pek Shan and Lai Pek Shan San Tsuen) is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[3]

History

Historically, Ting Kok, together with the nearby Hakka villages of Shan Liu, Lai Pik Shan, Lo Tsz Tin, Lung Mei and Tai Mei Tuk belonged to the Ting Kok Yeuk (汀角約) alliance.[4]

Shan Liu was flooded as a consequence of heavy rains in July 2017. About 30 trapped residents were evacuated by Fire Services teams.[5][6]

References
  1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tai Po District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. "Tai Po District Council - Tai Po DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  4. "Wong Wing Ho, "Towards Urbanisation: Shuen Wan and Plover Cove Reservoir", Tai Po Book pp. 238" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  5. Cheung, Elizabeth (19 July 2017). "Parts of Hong Kong still face threat of flash floods after two days of heavy rain".
  6. Chan, Riley (19 July 2017). "Tai Po awash in flooding misery". The Standard.

Further reading

22.478818°N 114.217127°E / 22.478818; 114.217127


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