Lo Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau
{{Short description|Walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong}}
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Lo Wai ({{zh|t=老圍}}) is a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong. It is one of the Five Wai (walled villages) and Six Tsuen (villages) in Lung Yeuk Tau.Antiquities and Monuments Office. [https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/heritage-trails/lung-yeuk-tau-heritage-trail/ Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail]
Administration
Lo Wai is one of the villages represented within the Fanling District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Lo Wai is part of the Queen's Hill constituency, which is currently represented by Law Ting-tak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=17 October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2819|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=17 October 2021}}
Lo Wai, as part of Lung Yeuk Tau, is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=Lands Department |access-date= |quote=}}
Conservation
Lo Wai is located along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.Antiquities and Monuments Office. Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail: [https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/trails_lung1.php?tid=8 Lo Wai] The entrance tower and walls surrounding Lo Wai are declared monuments.Antiquities and Monuments Office. Declared monuments of Hong Kong. [http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_64.php Lo Wai]
See also
- Walled villages of Hong Kong
- Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, located between Lo Wai and Tsz Tong Tsuen
References
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External links
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- [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-f-17.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Lung Yeuk Tau (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)] (includes Lo Wai)
- Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. [https://hktais.amo.gov.hk/hktais/PblVilSearchAction.do?vilName=LUN8 Lo Wai]
- [http://vhe.lcsd.gov.hk/vhe/FEBS?pageAction=INTRO&bsid=24&langNo=1 Virtual tour of Entrance Tower & Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai]
Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong
Category:Declared monuments of Hong Kong
Category:Villages in North District, Hong Kong
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