Tin Hau Temple located between Tin Ha Wan Village and Fat Tau Chau Village.
Tin Ha Wan Village (Chinese: 田下灣村) is a village in the Hang Hau area of Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Administration
Tin Ha Wan Village is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]
History
The current Tin Ha Wan Village is a resite village that was relocated together with the nearby Fat Tau Chau Village in the early 1990s. The historical location of Tin Ha Wan was in a bay near Fat Tong Chau. It comprised two settlements, Sheung Lau Wan and Ha Lau Wan, and had a population of 96 in 1955.[2]
See also
- Fat Tau Chau, a nearby resite village
References
- ↑ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ↑ Hamilton, Eric; Schofield, Walter; Peplow, S. H.; Tsui, Paul; Coates, Austin; Hayes, James (2010). Strickland, John (ed.). Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN 9789888028382.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tin Ha Wan Village.
- Delineation of area of existing village Tin Ha Wan (Hang Hau) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Tin Hau Temple, Hang Hau Pictures
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