Tseung Kong Wai | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Hong Kong |
Coordinates: | 22.4503°N 113.9877°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: | Ha Tsuen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | HKT |
Utc Offset1: | +8:00 |
Tseung Kong Wai aka. Lo Wai, formerly Sai Tau Lei,[1] [2] is a walled village in Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Tseung Kong Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[3]
During the Hungwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, two members of Tang clans in Kam Tin left for Ha Tsuen as they saw the potentials of this place as markets and places of producing fish and salt.These two members of Tang clans, Tang Hung Wai and Tang Hung Chih, built two villages there.[4] The two villages are Tseung Kong Wai (formerly Sai Tau Lei) and Tung Tau Tsuen (formerly Tung Tau Lei).[5]