Kat Hing Wai
Kat Hing Wai is a Punti walled village in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong.
Kat Hing Wai is a Punti walled village in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. The village is popularly known as Kam Tin, from the name of the local area. Kat Hing Wai is home to about 400 descendants of the Tang Clan, one of the "Five Great Clans" of the territory who settled here from China during the Song dynasty. The village walls were added in the 17th century. The Tangs are Punti people descended from Southern China and were the first to settle in Hong Kong. Kat Hing Wai's residents speak the Weitou dialect, a Yue dialect.
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Worth seeing in and around Kat Hing Wai
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kai Kung Leng
Kai Kung Leng is a mountain range in Lam Tsuen Country Park, New Territories, Hong Kong.
3.5 km · mountain in New Territories, Hong Kong, China · Wikipedia - 02Tai Tong Road stop
Tai Tong Road is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop located at the junction of Castle Peak Road and Tai Tong Road in Yuen Long District. It began service on 18 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 5.
3.5 km · MTR Light Rail stop · Wikipedia - 03Tai Wong Temple, Cheung Shing Street
Tai Wong Temple in Yuen Long Kau Hui, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, is located in Cheung Shing Street, which was the longest and busiest street of the market.
3.4 km · temple in Hong Kong, China · Wikipedia - 04Hong Lok Road stop
Hong Lok Road is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop located at the junction of Castle Peak Road and Hong Lok Road in Yuen Long District. It began service on 18 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 5.
3.8 km · MTR Light Rail stop · Wikipedia - 05Chou Wong Yi Kung Study Hall
The Chou Wong Yi Kung Study Hall is a Grade II historic building in Shui Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long, Hong Kong. It was erected in 1685 by the Tang Clan, in honour of Zhou Youde and Wang Lairen, two imperial officials whose pleading with the Emperor ended the coastal evacuation, and enabled the inhabitants to return to their homes in 1669.
600 m · Study hall in Shui Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06Yuen Long stop
Yuen Long is an MTR Light Rail stop in Hong Kong. It is located at ground level underneath Sun Yuen Long Centre in Yuen Long District of the New Territories, and is the northeasternmost Light Rail stop.
3 km · MTR Light Rail stop · Wikipedia - 07Yoho Mall
YOHO Mall is a shopping centre in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Light Rail Yuen Long stop and MTR Yuen Long station. It is part of Sun Hung Kai Properties's "Yoho" housing development.
2.8 km · shopping mall in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Ho Pui Reservoir
Ho Pui Reservoir is an irrigation reservoir in Hong Kong, managed by Water Supplies Department. The water of the Ho Pui Reservoir is used for irrigating agricultural lands in the northwest New Territories.
3.9 km · Irrigation reservoir in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 09Church of Christ in China Kei Long College
The Church of Christ in China Kei Long College, is a co-educational subsidized secondary school located in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1982.
3.1 km · secondary school and church building in Hong Kong, China · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kat Hing Wai
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 21 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 35 km · Macau (MFM), 58 km
- Stations
- Shek Kong Airfield, 1.8 km · Kam Sheung Road station, 600 m · Yuen Long station, 3 km
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Kat Hing Wai61 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · $7–9
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Kat Hing Wai81 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · ¥40–55
- Guangzhou (Huadu) → Kat Hing Wai143 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · ¥70–95
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kat Hing Wai
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kat Hing Wai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTuen Mun Ferry Pier provides a line by Fortune Ferry from Tuen Mun to Tai O.
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