Wo Hop Shek
Wo Hop Shek | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Héhéshí |
Hakka | |
Romanization | Fo2 hap6 sak6 |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Wòh hahp sehk |
Jyutping | Wo4 hap6 sek6 |
IPA | [wɔː˩.hɐp̚˨.sɛːk̚˨] |
Wo Hop Shek (
Chung Yeung Festival
, many people come to visit their ancestors.
Railway
In 1950–1951, a
embankment. It branched off south of Fanling station, at the start of the curve. The station at Wo Hop Shek was the most modern of all stations in Hong Kong at the time it was built, and instead of being a brick built structure as other stations were, it was of cement and steel. Special vehicles were built to carry the bodies. The branch was abandoned after the railway was electrified in 1983. No traces can be found now of the line, but the site of the station survives as a roundabout. The start of the branch is now marked by a red gate visible on the Fanling side of the Jockey Club Road bridge
, which used to be a level crossing.
Gallant Garden
In 1996,
civil servants
who die of injuries during their duty. In 2000, permanent earth burial was extended to both civil servants and non-civil servants who died of exceptional bravery on duty. There is also a big Buddhist-Taoist monastery built near the cemetery. There are many shops in the villages which makes stone graves.
Housing estates
They are mostly
trackbed
of the railway branch is occupied by two of the estates.
- Avon Park
- Cheong Shing Court
- Dawning Views
- King Shing Court
- Wah Ming Estate
- Wah Sum Estate
- Yan Shing Court
- Yung Shing Court
Villages
- Ho Ka Yuen
- Wo Hing Tsuen
- Wo Hop Shek New Village (和合石新村)
- Wo Hop Shek Village (和合石村)
Wo Hop Shek Village
Wo Hop Shek is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Wo Hop Shek Village was 48. The number of males was 21.[2]
References
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ISSN 1991-7295.
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