Chap Wai Kon

Chap Wai Kon (Chinese: 插桅杆) is a village in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong.

Chap Wai Kon in February 2010.

The villages of Ngau Pei Sha (front) and Chap Wai Kon (middle) are located at the foot of the hill. Taken in November 2016.

Administration

Chap Wai Kon is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tin Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Chap Wai Kon is part of the Yu Yan constituency, which was formerly represented by Lo Yuet-chau until July 2021.^[2][3]

References

1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
2. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sha Tin District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
3. "Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

Further reading

• Hase, Patrick H. (1992). "Bandits in the Siu Lek Yuen Yeuk" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 32: 214–215. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hase, P. H. (2020). "Chapter 3. Traditional Sha Tin". Settlement, Life, and Politics - Understanding the Traditional New Territories. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 215–320. ISBN 9789629374419.

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Chap Wai Kon (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

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