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San Tin Village or San Tin Tsuen (), sometimes referred to as San Tin Wai (), is a village in
Tai Wai Tai Wai (Chinese: 大圍 ) is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District. With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, fiv ...
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Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most ...
, Hong Kong, located south of
Che Kung Temple Che Kung Miu ( zh, first=t, t=車公廟, s=车公庙, p=Chēgōng Miào, j=ce1 gung1 miu6), also called Che Kung Temple, are temples dedicated to the Chinese deity Che Kung, who was a general during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279 ...
and east of
Sun Chui Estate Sun Chui Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong near Lung Hang Estate, Che Kung Temple and MTR Tai Wai station Tai Wai station is an interchange station on the and the of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) ...
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Administration

San Tin Wai is a recognized village under 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 ...
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 ...
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History

San Tin Village was historically a single-clan village of the Lau (), and it now features the Lau Ancestral Hall (). The Lau were Hakkas who first moved from
Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in east-central Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Hey ...
to
Au Pui Wan Tsuen Au Pui Wan () is a village in the Fo Tan area of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. Is it located southeast of Grassy Hill. Administration Au Pui Wan is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represe ...
near
Grassy Hill Grassy Hill () is the fourteenth highest mountain in Hong Kong. Peaked at 647 m (2,123 ft), it is situated between Tsuen Wan and Tai Po and near Lead Mine Pass. Stage 7 of MacLehose Trail runs near its peak. The summit of the hill is loc ...
, northwest of
Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new ...
, during the 18th century. They were farmers engaged in cultivation. As their population increased, they bought a piece of land from the
Kak Tin Kak Tin ( zh, t=隔田) is a village in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. By extension, the area around the village is also called Kak Tin. Location Kak Tin village is located south of Sun Chui Estate and Sun Tin Wai Estate. It ...
and Tin Sam villages and established a new village called 'San Tin' (lit. "new field") in the late 1890s. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of San Tin was 109.


See also

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Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin) The Nine Alliances of Lek Yuen or Kau Yeuk () was a regional organization of various groups in Sha Tin Valley, Hong Kong. Alliances The nine groups were: * Tai Wai Yeuk (): Chik Chuen Wai () * Tin Sam Tsuen, Sha Tin District, Tin Sam Yeuk (): Tin S ...
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Che Kung Temple Che Kung Miu ( zh, first=t, t=車公廟, s=车公庙, p=Chēgōng Miào, j=ce1 gung1 miu6), also called Che Kung Temple, are temples dedicated to the Chinese deity Che Kung, who was a general during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279 ...
, a temple located next to San Tin Village *
Sun Tin Wai Estate Sun Tin Wai Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was built on the hill at the south of Chun Shek Estate along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and consists of 8 residential blocks completed in 1981 and 1982. Fung ...


References


External links


Delineation of area of existing village San Tin (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Secretary for Development, Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monum ...

Pictures of Lau Ancestral Hall, No. 26 San Tin Village, Sha Tin
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