Shek Pik San Tsuen or Shek Pik New Village () aka. Shek Pik Resettlement is an urban village in

Tsuen Wan District Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60.7 km2. Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjo ...

, Hong Kong.

History

The villages of Shek Pik Valley - Shek Pik, Fan Pui, Kong Pui () and the hamlet of Hang Tsai () - were demolished and cleared to allow construction of the

Shek Pik Reservoir Shek Pik Reservoir () is a reservoir in Shek Pik on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Built between 1957 and 1963, it has a storage capacity of 24 million cubic metres and is the third largest reservoir in Hong Kong after High Island Reservoir and P ...

. A total of about 260 people were resettled as a consequence. Most of the villagers of Shek Pik Village moved into five-story apartment blocks in the urban Shek Pik New Village in

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a New towns of Hong Kong, town built on a bay in the New Territories West (constituency), western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market ...

. Most of the villagers of Fan Pui moved to a new village nearby, Tai Long Wan Tsuen () at Tai Long Wan, Shek Pik. Some families from both villages moved to a row of houses near

Mui Wo Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The 2011 Census recorded 5,485 people living in Mui Wo and its environs. Mui Wo (English: Mui Wo), formerly known as Mei Wo or Mei Wei (Cantonese: ...

Ferry Pier.

Administration

Shek Pik San Tsuen 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 ...

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Shek Pik San Tsuen (Tsuen Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub