Kat Hing Wai
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.
Getting around Kat Hing Wai the local way
- 公共小巴元朗至大棠線（往元朗） Public Light Bus Yuen Long – Tai Tong (to Yuen Long)
- 公共小巴元朗至大棠線（往大棠） Public Light Bus Yuen Long – Tai Tong (to Tai Tong)
- 公共小巴大埔至元朗線 Public Light Bus Tai Po – Yuen Long
- 611 新界專線小巴611線 New Territories Green Minibus 611 （山貝路 Shan Pui Road ↺ 元朗（阜財街） Yuen Long (Fau Tsoi Street)）
- 618 新界專綫小巴618線 New Territories Green Minibus 618 (深圳灣口岸 Shenzhen Bay Port → 天恩邨 Tin Yan Estate) · 天祐有限公司 Yield Team Limited
- 618 新界專綫小巴618線 New Territories Green Minibus 618 (天恩邨 Tin Yan Estate → 深圳灣口岸 Shenzhen Bay Port) · 天祐有限公司 Yield Team Limited
OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Get inTuen Mun Ferry Pier provides a line by Fortune Ferry from Tuen Mun to Tai O.
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