San Tsuen (Chinese: 新村; lit. 'new village') is a village situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the west of the town of Sha Tau Kok.
The village is inhabited by the Yau (邱, Hakka: khiu33) clan. It is a Hakka speaking village.
San Tsuen was the village that linguist Henry Henne chose to source his informant Khjew Fuj (邱惠) for the Hakka dialect of Sha Tau Kok. He collected his information between July 1949 and April 1950.
Administration edit
San Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, San Tsuen is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.[2][3]
San Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[4]
History edit
San Tsuen was served by the San Tsuen station of the former Sha Tau Kok Railway, which was in operation from 1911 to 1928. San Tsuen station was opened in February 1916.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
Further reading edit
- Henry Henne. Sathewkok Hakka Phonology. Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvidenskap Bind XX. 1964. (in Norwegian)
External links edit
- Delineation of area of existing village San Tsuen (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
- Film Services Office: San Tsuen
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