Fung Yuen

Fung Yuen (Chinese: 鳳園) is an area and a village located northwest of Tolo Harbour, in Tai Po,^[1] Tai Po District, Hong Kong.

Fung Yuen valley, looking south toward Tai Po Industrial Estate and Tolo Harbour.

Mak Uk viewed from Mont Vert (嵐山) private housing estate.

Mont Vert (嵐山) private housing estate in Fung Yuen.

Administration

Fung Yuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[2] For electoral purposes, it is part of the Hong Lok Yuen constituency of the Tai Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang, who was elected in the local elections until May 2021.^[3][4]

Villages

There are five villages in Fung Yuen:

• Fung Mei Wai, formerly Kau Shi Wai (狗屎圍)
• Fung Yuen Lo Tsuen (鳳園老村)
• Lau Hang (流坑)
• Mak Uk (麥屋; 'Mak's House')^[1]
• Tin Sam (田心)

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Fung Yuen was 133. The number of males was 60.^[5]

Conservation

Fung Yuen Valley has been listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) since 1980 to reflect "its importance as a major breeding site for butterflies". The protected area covers approximately 43 hectares.^[6][7] Within this area, the Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve was set up on 2 hectares of private land in 2005 by the Tai Po Environmental Association through the funding from the Environment and Conservation Fund.^[6]

References

1. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Mak Ancestral Hall, Mak Uk
2. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
3. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tai Po District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
4. "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
5. 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: 80. ISSN 1991-7295.
6. Hong Kong Government press release: "LCQ9: Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve", March 10, 2010.
7. Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve

Further reading

• Strauch, Judith (1983). "Community and Kinship in Southeastern China: The View from the Multilineage Villages of Hong Kong". The Journal of Asian Studies. 43 (1): 21–50. doi:10.2307/2054616. JSTOR 2054616. S2CID 162415764.
• Kendrick, Roger (October 2010). "Moths of Fung Yuen SSSI and Butterfly Reserve – a preliminary investigation" (PDF). Hong Kong Entomological Bulletin. 2: 14–30. ISSN 2079-178X.
• "A Feasibility Study of Setting up Non-GM Planting Zones in Hong Kong" (PDF). Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Corporation. December 2013.

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Fung Yuen (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Picture of Mak Ancestral Hall, Mak Uk
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. No. 67 Fung Yuen Pictures

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