Heung Yuen Wai (Template:Zh) is a walled village in Ta Kwu Ling, North District, Hong Kong.[1]
Administration[]
Heung Yuen Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] It is one of the villages represented within the Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Heung Yuen Wai is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.[3][4]
History[]
Heung Yuen Wai is a village of the Man (Template:Zh) Clan established around 1825. It appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.[5]
Control Point[]
Heung Yuen Wai Control Point (Template:Zh) is a land border control point at the border at Heung Yuen Wai in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Its counterpart across the border is Liantang Port (Template:Zh) in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. The control point opened for freight trucks on 26 August 2020.[6][7][8]
History[]
According to the government, the border control point was needed to relieve the heavily used border control points (like Lo Wu Control Point) to the west. The control point was chosen to be built between Lo Wu Control Point and Sha Tau Kok Control Point.[9]
Opening[]
Its opening was reported in at least one outlet in May 2019 as scheduled for September 2019.[10] Other reports claimed it would open by the end of 2019.[11]
The opening of the control point was further delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Hong Kong shut down all border crossings with Shenzhen except the Shenzhen Bay Control Point to control the spread of the virus.
On Friday 21 August 2020, it was announced that the Control Point would be opened on Wednesday 26 August 2020, albeit for cross-boundary trucks only.[6]
Closed Area[]
Like all other immigration control points located along the land border of Hong Kong, Heung Yuen Wai Control Point will lie within the Closed Area. Vehicles other than taxis will require a Closed Road Permit to enter.[12]
Transport[]
A new dual-carriageway access highway, Heung Yuen Wai Highway, was built to link the control point from Fanling Highway,[13] connecting with the Eastern Corridor roadway on the mainland side.Template:Citation needed The highway comprises viaducts and two tunnels (Cheung Shan Tunnel and Lung Shan Tunnel[13]); the main viaduct was completed on 14 March 2018.[14] The road was expected to open by the end of 2018,[13] but its opening was delayed until 26 May 2019.[15][16]
Liantang Control Point in Shenzhen became further accessible from October 2020 onwards via an extension of Shenzhen metro line 2.[17][18]
See also[]
- Walled villages of Hong Kong
- Man Uk Pin
- Lin Ma Hang
- Heung Yuen Wai Control Point
References[]
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- ↑ "Control Point Locations" www.immd.gov.hk
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- ↑ "Liantang Port ready to open in September" China.org.cn, 31 May 2019
- ↑ "LCQ3: The boundary control point at Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai" gov.hk 30 January 2019
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