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Pat Heung

Traditional Chinese

八鄉

Simplified Chinese

八乡

Literal meaning

eight rural townships

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bāxiāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Baat hēung
Jyutping	Baat3 hoeng1

Pat Heung is an area in the middle of New Territories, Hong Kong. Located at the east of Kam Tin and north of Shek Kong, it is the exit to Sheung Shui and Fanling. Administratively, it belongs to Yuen Long District.

Villages

Pat Heung comprises 30 villages. The population is estimated to be about three thousand people.

Tsat Sing Kong (七星崗)
Ha Che (下輋)
Sheung Tsuen (上村)
Sheung Che (上輋)
Tai Kong Po (大江埔)*
Tai Wo (大窩)
Yuen Kong (元崗)
Yuen Kong San Tsuen (元崗新村)
Shui Lau Tin (水流田)
Shui Tsan Tin (水盞田)
Ngau Keng (牛徑)
Ta Shek Wu (打石湖)
Tin Sam (田心)
Kap Lung (甲龍)
Shek Wu Tong (石湖塘)
Chuk Hang (竹坑)
Ng Ka Tsuen (吳家村)*
Ho Pui (河背)
Kam Tsin Wai (金錢圍)
Cheung Kong Tsuen (長江)
Cheung Po (長埔)
Ma On Kong (馬鞍崗)
Pang Ka Tsuen (彭家村)*
Lui Kung Tin (雷公田)*
Lin Fa Tei (蓮花地)
Wang Toi Shan Ha San Uk (橫台山下新屋)
Wang Toi Shan Wing Ning Lei (橫台山永寧里)
Wang Toi Shan Ho Lik Pui (橫台山河瀝背)
Wang Toi Shan Shan Tsuen (橫台山散村)
Wang Toi Shan Lo Uk Tsuen (橫台山羅屋村)

*=非原居民村

Features

Two historic buildings in Pat Heung have been declared as monuments: Leung Ancestral Hall in Yuen Kong Tsuen and Chik Kwai Study Hall, Sheung Tsuen.

Transport

The area is where Kam Sheung Road, Kam Tin Road, Lam Kam Road, Route Twisk and Fan Kam Road join. The Kam Sheung Road station serves Pat Heung and the nearby Kam Tin area.

Buses 251B, 64K, 77K, 54 run through Pat Heung area.

Education

Pat Heung is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).^[1]

References

^ "POA School Net 74" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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Yuen Long District

History

Wang Chau housing controversy

Areas

Kam Tin villages	Fung Kat Heung Kam Hing Wai Kam Tin Shi Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen Kat Hing Wai Ko Po Tsuen Sha Po Tsuen Shui Mei Tsuen Shui Tau Tsuen Tai Hong Wai Tsz Tong Tsuen Wing Lung Wai
Wang Chau	The "Six Villages of Wang Chau" Chung Sum Wai Fuk Hing Tsuen Sai Tau Wai Tung Tau Wai Yeung Uk Tsuen Lam Uk Tsuen Fung Ka Wai Ng Uk Tsuen Shing Uk Tsuen Tai Tseng Wai "Waterside area" Fung Chi Tsuen Ha Mei San Tsuen Shui Pin Tsuen Shui Pin Wai Shui Tin Tsuen Wing Ning Tsuen

Landmarks

Transport

MTR stations	Kam Sheung Road Lok Ma Chau Long Ping Tin Shui Wai Yuen Long
Light rail	Chestwood Chung Fu Fung Nin Road (ex-Town Hall) Ginza Hang Mei Tsuen Hong Lok Road Hung Shui Kiu Locwood Ping Shan Shui Pin Wai Tai Tong Road Tin Fu Tin Heng Tin Sau Tin Shui Tin Shui Wai Tin Tsz Tin Yat Tin Yiu Tin Yuet Tin Wing (ex-Tin Shui Wai Terminus) Tin Wu Tong Fong Tsuen Wetland Park Yuen Long
Bus centres	Tai Lam Tunnel Bus Interchange
Airports	Shek Kong Airfield

Border crossings

Lok Ma Chau Control Point

Education

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