Ma Mei Ha () is a village situated in
Fanling
Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling is ...
, within the
North District of the
New Territories
The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
in Hong Kong.
Administration
Ma Mei Ha is recognized as a village under the
New Territories Small House Policy.
History
The historical significance of Ma Mei Ha is rooted in its association with the former
Sha Tau Kok Railway
The Sha Tau Kok Branch (Chinese language, Chinese: 沙頭角支綫) was a narrow-gauge light rail operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation, running from Fanling station, Fanling to Sha Tau Kok in the northern New Territories of Hong ...
, which operated from 1911 to 1928. The Ma Mei Ha station, inaugurated in February 1916, served as a vital transportation link during that period.
Education
Ma Mei Ha falls within Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 81. The school net comprises several aided schools (independently operated but funded by the government), with no government schools in the network.
See also
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Sha Tau Kok Railway
The Sha Tau Kok Branch (Chinese language, Chinese: 沙頭角支綫) was a narrow-gauge light rail operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation, running from Fanling station, Fanling to Sha Tau Kok in the northern New Territories of Hong ...
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Ma Mei Ha Leng Tsui
References
External links
Delineation of area of existing village Ma Mei Ha (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in North District, Hong Kong
Fanling
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