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Pat Heung in Hong Kong.
Pat Heung
Traditional Chinese八鄉
Simplified Chinese八乡
Literal meaningeight rural townships
Lin Fa Tei, Pat Heung
Shui Tsan Tin Village Office, Pat Heung

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 Temple in Sheung Tsuen
Yuen Kong Village archway

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

*=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]

See also

References

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