Kop Tong () is an upland

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

village in the North District, in the northeastern part of the

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Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Administration

Kop Tong is a recognized village under the

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

History

Kop Tong is over 300 years old. It is one of the seven Hakka villages of the Hing Chun Yeuk (), which comprises Kop Tong,

Lai Chi Wo Lai Chi Wo is a Hakka people, Hakka village near Sha Tau Kok, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is described as a "Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village" by some sources. Lai Chi Wo is located within Plover Cove Countr ...

, Mui Tsz Lam, Ngau Shi Wu, Sam A Village, Siu Tan (), and So Lo Pun. The village has been the focus of conservation and revitalization projects in the early 2020s.

Flora and fauna

The villages of Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong are surrounded by dense woodland. The stream system at Lai Chi Wo, Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong provides habitats for three amphibian species of conservation concern: Chinese Bullfrog '' Hoplobatrachus chinensis'', Big-headed Frog '' Limnonectes fujianensis'' and Lesser Spiny Frog '' Paa exilispinosa''. The fung shui woodlands at Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong support a diversity of plans, including '' Pavetta hongkongensis'' () and ''

Aquilaria sinensis ''Aquilaria sinensis'', known as incense tree, is a species of plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is It is threatened by habitat loss. This medicinal plant is a source of fragrant wood, formed under a pathological condition, called agarwood. ...

'' of conservation significance.

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Kap Tong (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in North District, Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub