Entrance gate of Shek Po Tsuen. The name of Shek Po Wai (石步圍) is on the gate.[1]
Shek Po Tsuen on the "Map of the San-On District" by Simeone Volonteri (1866).
View of Hung Shui Kiu with Shek Po Tsuen in the foreground (left).

Shek Po Tsuen (Chinese: 石埔村) is a walled village in Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Shek Po Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] It is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shek Po Tsuen is part of the Ping Shan Central constituency.[3]

History

Shek Po Tsuen was established in 1531, during the Ming dynasty.[1]

Shek Po Tsuen appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Po was 257. The number of males was 108.[4]

Features

The entrance gate of Shek Po Wai (石埔村) in Shek Po Tsuen is a Grade III historic building.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Entrance Gate, Shek Po Tsuen
  2. ↑ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 78. ISSN 1991-7295.
  5. ↑ Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
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