Luk Keng Village

Luk Keng Village or Luk Keng Tsuen (Chinese: 鹿頸村) is a village located on the Yam O peninsula on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong, which links to Cheung Sok, a nearby uninhabited island, via a sandbank. Although nearby areas including Sunny Bay station have been developed, Luk Keng Village is still preserved as an undeveloped rural heritage area.^[1]

Administration

Luk Keng is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[2]

History

In December 2007, archaeologists found a number of Tang dynasty (618–907) kilns in Luk Keng Village, although some of these had been destroyed by the construction of a barbecue area by the Hong Kong SAR Government.^{[citation needed]}

Transportation

• MTR: Sunny Bay station (About 30-minutes' walk from Station Exit A to the village)
• From the Luk Keng Pier there a kai-to transportation service to Tsing Lung Tau in Tsuen Wan.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luk Keng Tsuen.

• Delineation of area of existing village Luk Keng (Ma Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

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This page was last edited on 20 October 2022, at 16:26