| Kam Tsin Wai | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Hong Kong |
| Coordinates: | 22.4331°N 114.0746°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Special administrative region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hong Kong |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yuen Long District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Area |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pat Heung |
| Established Date: | Late 1920s |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | HKT |
| Utc Offset1: | +8:00 |
Kam Tsin Wai is a village located in the south of Shek Kong Airfield, in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.[1]
Kam Tsin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2]
The village was built for the settlement of members of the Cheng clan, who moved from six villages in the Shing Mun Valley at the time of the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir in 1928. At that time, most of the Chengs, including 540 villagers from 84 families, moved to the new village of Shing Mun San Tsuen in Kam Tin, while others dispersed to Wo Hop Shek and Pan Chung. A small number moved to Kam Tsin Wai.[1] Kam Tsin Wai consisted of 25 village houses built by green bricks.[3]
The Cheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall was built in 1929. It was later converted into a Catholic church called Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel, which was served from S.S. Peter and Paul Church in Yuen Long District (built in 1925 in Tung Tau Tsuen, S.S. Peter and Paul Church was relocated and rebuilt at No. 201 Castle Peak Road, near Shui Pin Tsuen, in 1958).[4] The Chengs later redeemed the ancestral hall from the Catholic Church in the mid-1960s and the church at the hall was closed.[1]