Tseung Kwan O Village

The Tseung Kwan O Village is one of the oldest communities in the Tseung Kwan O area. Lies in the northern tip of Junk Bay, it is a sleepy and comfortable village that rests at the foot of a small mountain. Before major development in the 70's by the Hong Kong Government, the ocean was merely one hundred feet away but the land has since be reclaimed and the urban area is built upon it.

The inhabitants of the village are mostly native to Hong Kong. They are mainly from the families 'Ng' and 'Chan', with the current village head in 2006 being a 'Ng'. A British Law passed in 1895 declared inhabitants of various villages native to the territory and granted them special land, burial and inheritance rights. However, as land becomes more scarce and expensive, many people are challenging this old law. The old Tseung Kwan O dialect is also becoming a thing of the past as the new generations no longer know how to speak their ancestor's tongue.

Tseung Kwan O Village used to be a small fishing and horticultural village. Dynamite and nets were often the normal tools for fishing and simple rope traps were used to trap owls for dried meat. Villages also used to have annual celebrations and trading between each other. However, this old way of life has been disrupted by urbanization and the landscape has been altered by sea reclamation.

ee also

*list of villages in Hong Kong

External links

* [http://tkoweb.info Website on history and other information of Tseung Kwan O - Chinese Version only]