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{{short description|Walled village in Hong Kong}}
{{for|the other village with the same name|Chung Uk Tsuen (Tai Po District)}}
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'''Chung Uk Tsuen''' ({{zh|t=鍾屋村|link=no}}) aka. '''Kwong Tin Wai''' ({{zh|t=廣田圍|labels=no}}) is a [[Walled villages of Hong Kong|walled village]] in [[Lam Tei]], [[Tuen Mun District]], Hong Kong.
==Administration==
[[File:Lam Tei in Map of the San-On District (1866).jpg|thumb|left|Chung Uk Tsuen on the "Map of the [[Bao'an County|San-On District]]" by [[Simeone Volonteri]] (1866).]]
[[File:Village shrine of Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun District) 05.jpg|thumb|Village shrine.]]
[[File:Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun District) 01.jpg|thumb|Chung Ancestral Hall ({{zh|t=鍾氏宗祠|labels=no}}) in Chung Uk Tsuen.]]
Chung Uk Tsuen is a recognized village under the [[New Territories]] [[Small House Policy]].<ref>{{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=}}</ref> It is one of the 36 villages represented within the [[Tuen Mun Rural Committee]]. For electoral purposes, Chung Uk Tsuen is part of the [[Tuen Mun Rural (constituency)|Tuen Mun Rural]] constituency, which is currently represented by Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/L_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tuen Mun District)|work=[[Electoral Affairs Commission]]|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tm/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2695|title=Tuen Mun District Council - Tuen Mun DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
==History==
The Chungs of Chung Uk Tsuen moved from [[Dongguan]] during the [[Ming dynasty]].<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1063_Appraisal_En.pdf Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen, Tuen Mun]</ref>
Tsing Chuen Wai appears on the "Map of the [[Bao'an County|San-On District]]", published in 1866 by [[Simeone Volonteri]].
==Education==
Chung Uk Tsuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 70. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Tuen Mun Government Primary School (屯門官立小學).<ref name=POA70>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-70b.pdf|title=POA School Net 70|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Walled villages of Hong Kong]]
* [[Chung Uk Tsuen stop]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/L/l-tm-23.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Chung Uk Tsuen (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
* [http://www.hkhikers.com/Tuen%20Mun%20Villages.htm Pictures of Nai Wai and other villages of Lam Tei]
* [[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1063_Photo.pdf Pictures of Chung Ancestral Hall, Chung Uk Tsuen]
* [http://www.fluidr.com/photos/47637891@N04/tags/%E5%BB%A3%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8D Pictures of Chung Uk Tsuen]
[[Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Lam Tei]]
[[Category:Villages in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong]]
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