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{{Short description|Village in Hong Kong}}
'''Wong Chuk Yeung''' ({{zh|t=黃竹洋}}) is a village in [[Fo Tan]], [[Sha Tin District]], Hong Kong.
==Administration==
Wong Chuk Yeung 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 villages represented within the [[Sha Tin Rural Committee]]. For electoral purposes, Wong Chuk Yeung is part of the [[Sui Wo (constituency)|Sui Wo]] constituency, which was formerly represented by Ken Mak Tsz-kin until July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/R_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sha Tin District)|work=[[Electoral Affairs Commission]]|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
==History==
In the early 20th century, the villagers of Wong Chuk Yeung generated a large part of their income from selling fuel cut from the extensive woods which were to be found near the village. The woods at Wong Chuk Yeung, on the eastern slopes of [[Grassy Hill]], held tigers every year during the breeding season.<ref>{{cite book |title= Settlement, Life, and Politics - Understanding the Traditional New Territories|last= Hase|first= P. H.|author-link= Patrick Hase|chapter=Chapter 3. Traditional Sha Tin |year= 2020|publisher= [[City University of Hong Kong Press]]|series= [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|Royal Asiatic Society]] Hong Kong studies series|isbn= 9789629374419|pages=220–223 }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin)]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last1= Hase|first1=Patrick |author-link1= Patrick Hase |year= 1981|title= Notes on Rice Farming in Shatin |journal= Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]|volume= 21|pages=196–206 |doi= |url= https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/14a7390a6ca5f9e28f752310573b2875.pdf|issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }}
==External links==
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* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/R/r-st-26.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Wong Chuk Yeung (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
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[[Category:Fo Tan]]
[[Category:Villages in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong]]
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