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Kai Ham

village of Hong Kong

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ112039020 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kai Ham (Chinese: 界咸) is a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Kai Ham, including Wang Che (橫輋), is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Wang Che was 5, including 4 males.

See also

Tin Liu (Sai Kung District)

References

Further reading

Hamilton, Eric; Schofield, Walter; Peplow, S. H.; Tsui, Paul; Coates, Austin; Hayes, James (2010). "Chapter 6. Sai Kung Peninsula". In Strickland, John (ed.). Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. Hong Kong University Press. pp.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kai Ham” as village of Hong Kong. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1911, 2010, 1910—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where village, Hong and Kong can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village of Hong Kong. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q112039020. Authority coordinates are 22.359, 114.237. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1911, 2010 and 1910.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kai Ham”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kai Ham primary sources, Kai Ham archive and village research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kai Ham”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kai Ham” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.