Loi Tung

Loi Tung (Chinese: 萊洞) is a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong.

Paifang of Loi Tung Tsuen.

Loi Tung
Traditional Chinese	萊洞
Cantonese Yale	lòih duhng
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization lòih duhng Jyutping loi4 dung6

Administration

Loi Tung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Loi Tung is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.^[2][3]

History

Loi Tung is part of the Four Yeuk (四約; 'Four Villages Alliance'), which comprises Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang. The centre of the Alliance is the Hung Shing Temple at Hung Leng.^[4]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Loi Tung was 191. The number of males was 107.^[5]

Loi Tung was served by the Loi Tung station of the former Sha Tau Kok Railway, which was in operation from 1911 to 1928. Loi Tung station was opened in February 1916.

Features

• Ting Yat Study Hall^[6]
• Wan Gau Study Hall^[7]