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San Tin
San Tin
Elected constituency; for the Yuen Long District Council
	San Tin
District	Yuen Long
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories West
Population	20,990 (2015)
Electorate	8,763 (2015)
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Man Ka-koy (Independent)

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San Tin (Chinese: 新田; lit. 'new fields'), or San Tin Heung (新田鄉), is one of the 31 constituencies of the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. It is located near Lok Ma Chau in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Unlike many of Hong Kong's highly urbanised areas, San Tin is sparsely populated due to its marshlands.

San Tin should not be confused with San Tin village in Tai Wai, Hong Kong.

History

The area was largely settled and inhabited by the clan with surname Man (文). According to their genealogical document, they are the descendants of the second cousin of folk hero Man Tin Cheung from the late Song Dynasty. Their ancestors came to Hong Kong with the young emperors to flee from Mongolian invaders.

Geography

The area was originally marshland and not suitable for cultivation; few people lived in the area. The Man clan decided to settle in the area in the 15th century. They dried the marshes and gradually filled them with soil, turning them into 800 hectare of rice paddies. This is reflected by the name San Tin, which means new fields.

Administration

Subdivisions

The San Tin areas are divided into nine villages within the area most notable areas are Wing Ping Tsuen (永平村), which is close to the Tai Fu Tai Mansion, and Fan Tin Tsuen (蕃田村).

Governance

San Tin constituency (Chinese: 新田) is one of the 31 constituencies in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yuen Long District Council, with an election every four years. San Tin constituency includes Mai Po, Ngau Tam Mei and Nam Sang Wai with estimated population of 20,990.^[2]

The constituency appoints one district councillor to the Yuen Long District Council, with an election every four years.

Councillors elected

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	1991	Man Ping-nam	Independent
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	1999	Man Luk-sing	Independent
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	2011	Man Kwong-ming	Independent
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	2019 by-election	Man Ka-koy	Independent

Election results

2010s

San Tin by-election, 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Man Ka-koy	1,340	70.34
	Independent	Donald Man Ka-ho	565	29.66
Majority			775	40.68
Turnout			1,945	21.12
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2015: San Tin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Man Kwong-ming	2,286	65.71	−4.91
	Independent	Man Kwai-ki	1,193	34.29
Majority			1,093	31.24
Turnout			3,479	39.70
	Independent hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2011: San Tin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Man Kwong-ming	1,865	70.62
	Land Justice League	Chau Chun-kun	776	29.38
Majority			1,080	41.24
Turnout			2,641	33.54
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

2000s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2007: San Tin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Man Luk-sing	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2003: San Tin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Man Luk-sing	1,623	61.27
	Independent	Man Kwok-tong	1,026	38.73
Majority			595	22.54
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

1990s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 1999: San Tin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Man Luk-sing	1,422	56.52
	Independent	Man Ping-nam	1,094	43.48
Majority			328	13.04
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 1994: San Tin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Man Ping-nam	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 1991: San Tin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Man Ping-nam	uncontested
	Independent win (new seat)

Transport

Road

San Tin Highway

San Tin Highway (Chinese: 新田公路; pinyin: Xīntián Gōnglù; Cantonese Yale: san1 tin4 gung1 lou6) is an expressway in North-Western New Territories of Hong Kong, leading off Fanling Highway near San Tin village and connects the Tsing Long Highway and the Yuen Long Highway north of Au Tau, near the new town of Yuen Long. It is also part of Route 9. The road was completed between 1991 and 1993. The speed limit of the expressway is 100 km/h.

The intersection between San Tin Highway and Fanling Highway is the San Tin Interchange which joins the Sam Sham Road to Lok Ma Chau. It connects to the third vehicle cross-boundary facility between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Two bypasses were built here specially for lorries and goods vehicles so they did not need to use the roundabout. They opened on 27 May 2007. Before their construction, the vast amount of lorries and goods vehicles using the roundabout cause serious traffic congestion, on San Sham Road and occasionally on San Tin Highway.

Before the completion of Tsing Long Highway, the southern end of the Highway connected to Castle Peak Road and Au Tau Interchange. When Tsing Long Highway was opened in 1998, San Tin Highway was connected to it, thus linking up with Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Highway. The interchange near Fairview Park is the roundabout which has the most exits in Hong Kong. It has 7 entrances and exits which lead to:

Fairview Park (Joining Fairview Park Boulevard)
San Tin Highway (Bidirectional)
Castle Peak Road — Tam Mi (Bidirectional)
San Tam Road (Bidirectional)

San Tin Public Transport Interchange

San Tin Public Transport Interchange (San Tin PTI) is a bus, minibus and taxi interchange adjacent to San Tin Interchange. At the heart of San Tin PTI is the Cross Boundary Shuttle Bus Terminus that services the Hong Kong border Lok Ma Chau Control Point and its counterpart Huanggang Port in Shenzhen. San Tin PTI operates 24 x 365 to correspond with Lok Ma Chau / Huanggang being the only 24 hour border crossing Hong Kong has with mainland China.^[4]^[5]

San Tin PTI also offers bus connections serving Hong Kong's Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point that corresponds with Futian Checkpoint in Shenzhen.^[6] Hong Kong's 2 border control points in Lok Ma Chau are completely separate as are their respective counterparts in Shenzhen.

Hong Kong destinations serviced from San Tin PTI are Hong Kong International Airport^[7] and locations at and near 4 major settlements in New Territories (East to West, Fanling^[7], Sheung Shui^[7], Yuen Long^[8]^[6] and Tuen Mun^[9]). There is a highly infrequent service to destinations en route to and from Kwun Tong that run almost only as a night service.^[5].

Rail

San Tin Station (Chinese: 新田) is a proposed station on the Northern Link of the MTR in Hong Kong. There were originally no stations planned on the main section of the Northern Link, between Kam Sheung Road and Kwu Tung/Lok Ma Chau, but three stations, including San Tin, will be built on this section provided that significant development can be seen in the surrounding area. As of 2012, there are still no construction plans for the station, although the Yuen Long District Council has pressed the government to construct the station "as soon as possible".^[10]

Attractions

One of the most important sights in the area is the Tai Fu Tai Mansion, a large study hall built in the 1860s. There are also numerous historic village temples scattered around the area, as well as a park dedicated to Man Tin Cheung.^[11]

References

^ "2015 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government.
^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Access to Lok Ma Chau Control Point" Transport Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
^ ^a ^b Un-numbered minibus between Lok Ma Chau and Kwun Tong on 16seats.net
^ ^a ^b Green Minibus 75 on 16seats.net
^ ^a ^b ^c A43P service info
^ Red Minibus 17 on 16seats.net
^ Green Minibus 44B on 16seats.net
^ "Summary of Discussion Items - The 5th Meeting of the Yuen Long District Council in 2012" (PDF). Yuen Long: Yuen Long District Council. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "A village on the edge: San Tin". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

External links

Hong Kong government brochure

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[1] "2015 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government.

[2] "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[Lingnan-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[lmc-4] "Access to Lok Ma Chau Control Point" Transport Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

[kwunt-5] Un-numbered minibus between Lok Ma Chau and Kwun Tong on 16seats.net

[gmb75-6] Green Minibus 75 on 16seats.net

[a43p-7] A43P service info

[rmb17-8] Red Minibus 17 on 16seats.net

[44b-9] Green Minibus 44B on 16seats.net

[DC-10] "Summary of Discussion Items - The 5th Meeting of the Yuen Long District Council in 2012" (PDF). Yuen Long: Yuen Long District Council. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[11] "A village on the edge: San Tin". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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-San Tin Public Transport Interchange (San Tin PTI) is a bus interchange adjacent to San Tin Interchange. At the heart of San Tin PTI is the Cross Boundary Shuttle Bus Terminus that provides services to the Hong Kong border [[Lok Ma Chau Control Point]] and its counterpart [[Huanggang Port]] in Shenzhen. San Tin PTI operates 24 x 365 to correspond with Lok Ma Chau / Huanggang being the only 24 hour border crossing Hong Kong has with mainland China.<ref name=lmc>[https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/land_based_cross_boundary_transport/access_to_lok_ma_chau_control_point/index.html "Access to Lok Ma Chau Control Point" Transport Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]</ref><ref name=kwunt/>
+San Tin Public Transport Interchange (San Tin PTI) is a bus, minibus and taxi interchange adjacent to San Tin Interchange. At the heart of San Tin PTI is the Cross Boundary Shuttle Bus Terminus that services the Hong Kong border [[Lok Ma Chau Control Point]] and its counterpart [[Huanggang Port]] in Shenzhen. San Tin PTI operates 24 x 365 to correspond with Lok Ma Chau / Huanggang being the only 24 hour border crossing Hong Kong has with mainland China.<ref name=lmc>[https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/land_based_cross_boundary_transport/access_to_lok_ma_chau_control_point/index.html "Access to Lok Ma Chau Control Point" Transport Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]</ref><ref name=kwunt/>
 San Tin PTI also offers bus connections serving Hong Kong's [[Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point]] that corresponds with [[Futian Checkpoint]] in Shenzhen.<ref name=gmb75>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/gmb/gn_75.html Green Minibus 75 on 16seats.net]</ref> Hong Kong's 2 border control points in Lok Ma Chau are completely separate as are their respective counterparts in Shenzhen.
-Hong Kong destinations served by service from San Tin PTI are [[Hong Kong International Airport]]<ref name=a43p/>, locations at and near 4 major settlements in New Territories (Fanling<ref name=a43p>[http://www.lwb.hk/chi/pdf/A43_A43P_20160615.pdf A43P service info]</ref>, Sheung Shui<ref name=a43p/>, Yuen Long<ref name=rmb17>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/rmb/r_n17.html Red Minibus 17 on 16seats.net]</ref><ref name=gmb75/> and Tuen Mun<ref name=44b>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/gmb/gn_44b.html Green Minibus 44B on 16seats.net]</ref>) and a considerably much more infrequent service to destinations en route to and from [[Kwun Tong]] that runs almost only as a night service.<ref name=kwunt>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/rmb/r_kn77.html Unnumbered minibus between Lok Ma Chau and Kwun Tong on 16seats.net]</ref>.
+Hong Kong destinations serviced from San Tin PTI are [[Hong Kong International Airport]]<ref name=a43p/> and locations at and near 4 major settlements in New Territories (East to West, Fanling<ref name=a43p>[http://www.lwb.hk/chi/pdf/A43_A43P_20160615.pdf A43P service info]</ref>, Sheung Shui<ref name=a43p/>, Yuen Long<ref name=rmb17>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/rmb/r_n17.html Red Minibus 17 on 16seats.net]</ref><ref name=gmb75/> and Tuen Mun<ref name=44b>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/gmb/gn_44b.html Green Minibus 44B on 16seats.net]</ref>). There is a highly infrequent service to destinations en route to and from [[Kwun Tong]] that run almost only as a night service.<ref name=kwunt>[http://www.16seats.net/eng/rmb/r_kn77.html Un-numbered minibus between Lok Ma Chau and Kwun Tong on 16seats.net]</ref>.
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v t e Yuen Long District Council (41)
Democratic (7)	Ching King Kingswood South Nam Ping Pek Long Shui Oi Yiu Yau Yuen Long Tung Tau
TSWC (4)	Fu Yan Kingswood North Shui Wah Tin Shing
Action 18 (2)	Shap Pat Heung Central Shap Pat Heung West
DA (2)	Fung Cheung Yuen Long Centre
Civ Passion (1)	Yat Chak
Independent (24)	Chung Pak Chung Wah Fairview Park Fung Nin Ha Tsuen Hung Fuk Kam Tin Pat Heung North Pat Heung South Ping Shan Central Ping Shan North Ping Shan South San Tin Shap Pat Heung East Shap Pat Heung North Shing Yan Shui Pin Tin Heng Tin Yiu Tsz Yau Wang Yat Yuen Lung Yuet Yan
Ex-officio members: Independent (6) (Ha Tsuen Rural Committee, Kam Tin Rural Committee, Pat Heung Rural Committee, Ping Shan Rural Committee, Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee, San Tin Rural Committee)