Mok Tse Che

Mok Tse Che (Chinese: 莫遮輋) is a village in the Hebe Haven area of Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Mok Tse Che is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]

History

Mok Tse Che was part of the inter-village grouping, the Ho Chung Tung (蠔涌洞) or Ho Chung Seven Villages (蠔涌七鄉), which had its centre in Ho Chung.[2]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Mok Tse Che was 51. The number of males was 20.[3]

In 1955, Austin Coates reported that Mok Tse Che had a population of 64. He described the village as a subsidiary of Wo Mei,[4] an adjacent village located north of Mok Tse Che.

References

  1. ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. ^ Hase, Patrick (June 2003). The Historical Heritage of Ho Chung, Pak Kong, and Sha Kok Mei, Sai Kung (PDF) (article). S.Y. Consultancy Services Co. Ltd.
  3. ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 79. ISSN 1991-7295.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Eric; Schofield, Walter; Peplow, S. H.; Tsui, Paul; Coates, Austin; Hayes, James (2010). Strickland, John (ed.). Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. Hong Kong University Press. p. 222. ISBN 9789888028382.
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