Wang Chau (Yuen Long)

Wang Chau (Chinese: 橫洲) is an area of Yuen Long District, located in the northwestern part of Hong Kong, west of the Shan Pui River.

Wang Chau
Traditional Chinese橫洲
Simplified Chinese横洲
Wang Chau and Yuen Long Industrial Estate.
Wang Chau. The ponds in the foreground are part of Fung Lok Wai.
Kai Shan (髻山), a hill in Wang Chau, viewed from the fish ponds of Fung Lok Wai.
Yu Yuen, in Tung Tau Wai, Wang Chau
Entrance gate of Chung Sum Wai, a walled village in Wang Chau.

Geography

Wang Chau comprises two hills: Kai Shan and Chu Wong Ling (豬黃嶺). Chu Wong Ling includes a shrub covered hillock.[1]

Villages

Wang Chau comprises several villages:

Housing

Long Ping Estate is a mixed public/TPS estate in Wang Chau.

Public housing programme controversy
Main article: Wang Chau housing controversy

Within days of the 2016 legislative elections and the decisive victory of Eddie Chu in the New Territories West constituency, Chu made allegations that the government was in collusion with business interests, rural kingpins and Triads about the planned development of public housing on the Wang Chau site.[2] Although CY Leung initially attempted to blame Financial Secretary John Tsang and Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, leaked internal government meeting minutes directly implicated CY Leung in a decision to defer to the interests of Heung Yee Kuk leaders by scaling down the planned housing development in Wang Chau from 13,000 units to 4000 units, razing a greenfield site whilst avoiding brownfield site illegally occupied by the Chairman of the rural committee in Shap Pat Heung.[3][4]

On 21 September 2016, the government held a press conference responding to recent concerns over the public housing program in Wang Chau. Chief Executive CY Leung stated that it was his decision to implement the first phase of the program in which 4,000 units would be provided.[5]

Sights

Several historic buildings are located in Wang Chau, including:

Education

Wang Chau is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立小學).[10]

Transport

Wang Chau is located between the Tin Shui Wai and Long Ping stations of the MTR.

See also

References
  1. Arup (March 2013). "Baseline Review. Main text". Planning and Engineering Study for the Public Housing Development and Yuen Long Industrial Estate Extension at Wang Chau (PDF) (Final Technical Report No.1 (TR-1)). Hong Kong Housing Authority. p. 64.
  2. "'I will not back down': Eddie Chu defiant after police arrest six over death threats".
  3. "Revealed: decision behind Wang Chau rural housing scandal reaches very top of Hong Kong government".
  4. "Wang Chau saga might prove CY Leung's undoing". 21 September 2016.
  5. "CE explains Wang Chau plan". Hong Kong's Information Services Department. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. "I Shing Temple, Wang Chau, Yuen Long". Antiquities and Monuments Office.
  7. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.336 Archived October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Chan, King-lok, "A neglected heritage typology in the New Territories: the Western-Chinese eclectic style rural buildings of the early 20th century", University of Hong Kong, 2008
  9. Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment, p.10-6
  10. "POA School Net 73" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

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