Wu Kai Sha
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| Traditional Chinese | 烏溪沙 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌溪沙 | ||||||||||
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| Wu Kwai Sha/U Kwai Sha | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏龜沙 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌龟沙 | ||||||||||
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Wu Kai Sha (Chinese: 烏溪沙), formerly known as Wu Kwai Sha or U Kwai Sha (烏龜沙), is a place at the shore of Tolo Harbour, northwest of Ma On Shan in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Wu Kai Sha is within the Sha Tin District, one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
Administration
Wu Kai Sha (including Cheung Kang) is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] Wu Kai Sha is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tin Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Wu Kai Sha is part of the Wu Kai Sha constituency, which is currently represented by Li Wing-shing.[2][3]
History
Originally there were only a few villages in the area, like Wu Kai Sha Village (烏溪沙村). It is now an extension of the Ma On Shan New Town.
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Wu Kai Sha Village was 135. The number of males was 59.[4]
The vicinity to the northeast is called Whitehead (白石) in English. The area was once home to the largest of the detention centres for Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong.[5]
Features
Wu Kai Sha is famous for a campsite, Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village of YMCA. There is also a beach near the Wu Kai Sha Youth Village.
Transport
Before the area was developed, there existed only rough roads to the area. Many residents and visitors took kai to boats from Ma Liu Shui, near the MTR University station, across Tolo Harbour to the area.
With the extension of the new town to the northwestern side of Ma On Shan, roads were extended and expanded. Sai Sha Road is an alternative route to Sai Kung. In 2001, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation began construction of the Ma On Shan Rail (now the Tuen Ma line), which currently terminates at Wu Kai Sha station.
See also
References
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sha Tin District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bale, Chris (1990). Wong, Richard Y.C.; Cheng, Joseph Y.S. (eds.). The Other Hong Kong Report 1990. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. pp. 159–174. ISBN 9789622014947.
- (Map) War Office (1936, 3rd Ed.), Hong Kong University Press. (1957, 4th Ed., Chinese character added). Hong Kong and The New Territories, Hong Kong University Press.
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