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Shui Tsiu Lo Wai

village of Hong Kong

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ96324013 ↗
Source-derived summary

Shui Tsiu Lo Wai (Chinese: 水蕉老圍) is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.

Education

Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is divided between Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73 and POA School Net 74. Within POA 73 are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立小學). POA 74 has multiple aided schools and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).

See also

Shui Tsiu San Tsuen

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Shui Chiu Lo Wai (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

Webpage about Shui Tsiu Lo Wai

Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Kok Man Study Hall, Shui Tsiu Lo Wai Pictures

Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Cheung Ancestral Hall, No.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Shui Tsiu Lo Wai” as village of Hong Kong. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shui, Tsiu and village.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shui, Tsiu and village providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Shui Tsiu Lo Wai”, the useful work is to connect “village of Hong Kong” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q96324013. Authority coordinates are 22.426, 114.033. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2019 and 2022.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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
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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 “Shui Tsiu Lo Wai”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Shui Tsiu Lo Wai primary sources, Shui Tsiu Lo Wai archive and Shui 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 “Shui Tsiu Lo Wai”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Shui Tsiu Lo Wai” 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.