Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun District)

Chung Uk Tsuen (Chinese: 鍾屋村) aka. Kwong Tin Wai (廣田圍) is a walled village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.

For the other village with the same name, see Chung Uk Tsuen (Tai Po District).
Entrance gate of Chung Uk Tsuen.
Chung Uk Tsuen on the "Map of the San-On District" by Simeone Volonteri (1866).
Village shrine.

Administration

Chung Uk Tsuen is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Chung Uk Tsuen is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency, which is currently represented by Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung.[1][2]

History

The Chungs of Chung Uk Tsuen moved from Dongguan during the Ming dynasty.[3]

Tsing Chuen Wai appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.

See also

References
  1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tuen Mun District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. "Tuen Mun District Council - Tuen Mun DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen, Tuen Mun


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