Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen

The entrance gate of Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen in September 2007. The Chinese characters, read from right to left, "慶有餘" (Hing Yau Yu) engraved on the granite stone above the entrance are said to be the handwriting of the Song Emperor.

1. Welcome to 18 Districts - Wong Tai Sin District
2. Legislative Council Nga Tsin Wai Village Project, 2007
3. J.W. HAYES "The Kwun Yam Tung Shan Temple of East Kowloon 1840-1940", Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch Journal, Volume 23, 1983, p. 216
4. HK Yahoo News
5. "衙前圍村重建關注組". 衙前圍村重建關注組 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
6. Cheng, Kris (7 December 2015). "Kowloon's last walled village residents to resist 'robbery' style redevelopment". Hong Kong Free Press .
7. Cheng, Kris (25 January 2016). "Last occupants of 600-year-old walled village move out ahead of demolition deadline". Hong Kong Free Press .
8. "Last occupants move out of Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen". Hong Kong Economic Journal. 26 January 2016.
9. Mak, Adeline (26 January 2016). "Last two walled village holdouts call it quits". The Standard.
10. Cheng, Kris (8 June 2018). "Hong Kong suspends redevelopment of 600-year-old walled village ahead of report on Ming dynasty relics". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
11. Antiquities Advisory Board. List of new items for grading assessment with assessment results

Further reading

Journal articles

• Hase, P.H. (1999). "Beside the Yamen: Nga Tsin Wai Village" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch . 39: 1–82.

News articles

• Chan, Carrie (17 July 2007). "Lam pledge to help on relocation". The Standard . Archived from the original on 29 September 2012.
• DeWolf, Christopher (19 October 2010). "Nga Tsin Wai: Is Kowloon's last walled village worth fighting for?". CNN Go . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
• Au-yeung, Allen (24 January 2016). "Moving day arrives for residents of Kowloon's last urban walled village". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
• Lin, Edith (26 December 2022). "Conservation area at 18th century Hong Kong walled village expanded to protect more of historical site from nearby flats development". South China Morning Post .

External links

• Nga Tsin Wai Village Project on Urban Renewal Authority website
• Webpage about Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen
• "Comments on Nga Tsin Wai Village Project"
• Hong Kong Memory: Ng Chi Wing
• Aerial view of Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen:
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nga Tsin Wai Village, Entrance Gate Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nga Tsin Wai Village, Ng Ancestral Hall, Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nga Tsin Wai Village, Tin Hau Temple Pictures

Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen
Traditional Chinese	衙前圍村
Literal meaning	the walled village in front of the yamen [1]
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Ngàh chìhn wàih chyūn Jyutping Nga5 cin4 wai4 cyun1

v t e Heritage conservation in Hong Kong
Government	Antiquities and Monuments Office Antiquities Advisory Board Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance Urban Renewal Authority
Lists	Declared monuments Grade I buildings Grade II buildings Grade III buildings Oldest buildings
Museums	Heritage Discovery Centre Heritage Museum Museum of History Government Records Service
Heritage trails	Central and Western Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail Lung Yeuk Tau Pinewood Battery Ping Shan Tai Tam Waterworks Wan Chai
Schemes	Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme Old industrial buildings revitalization
Notable cases	Demolished Kowloon Station (1978) Hong Kong Club Building (1980) Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier (2006) Queen's Pier (2007) Lee Tung Street (2007) Ho Tung Gardens (2013) Union Church (2017) Preserved Ohel Leah Synagogue (1987) Morrison Building (2003) Jessville (2007) King Yin Lei (2007) Relocated Murray House (2002) Blake Pier (2007) Pending Nam Koo Terrace Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen Stone House (Diamond Hill) Wan Chai Police Station
Adaptive reuse	Completed Blue House Bridges Street Market Central Market Chai Wan Factory Estate Dairy Farm cowsheds Dairy Farm Depot District Office North Former Explosives Magazine Fanling Magistracy Former French Mission Building Island House Kowloon British School Kowloon Fire Station Lai Chi Kok Hospital Lui Seng Chun Ma Tau Kok Animal Quarantine Depot Marine Police Headquarters Mei Ho House North Kowloon Magistracy Old House, Hoi Pa Village PMQ Former RAF Kai Tak station buildings Former Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shek Kip Mei Factory Estate Sheung Shui Police Station Stanley Police Station Tai Kwun (Central Police Station, Central Magistracy, Victoria Prison) Tai O Police Station Tai Po Police Station Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital Blocks of Victoria Barracks Wan Chai Post Office Western Market Blocks of Whitfield Barracks Yau Ma Tei Theatre Pending British Military Hospital Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station Fong Yuen Study Hall Haw Par Mansion Homi Villa King Yin Lei Luen Wo Market No. 27 Lugard Road Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station Staff Quarters Compound Old House, Wong Uk Village Facadism Old Mental Hospital Wan Chai Market

Coordinates: 22°20′06″N114°11′36″E / 22.33500°N 114.19333°E / 22.33500; 114.19333