Chuk Yuen (Sai Kung District)

Coordinates: 22°21′18″N 114°14′08″E / 22.3551286°N 114.2356938°E / 22.3551286; 114.2356938
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Chuk Yuen (Chinese: 蠻窩) is a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.

Administration[edit]

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

History[edit]

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[edit]

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

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