荃灣石壁新村（石壁遷置村）Shek Pik New Village（Shek Pik Resettlement）mhp1818, Oct 2021

荃灣石壁新村（石壁遷置村）
Shek Pik New Village（Shek Pik Resettlement）
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荃灣楊屋道與聯仁街交界雜姓客家原居民鄉村，
1960年政府興建石壁水塘，把約200名村民遷移至此。
政府為村民興建6幢唐樓，石壁鄉則隨即拆卸。
全部為一字型單邊設計，大廈樓高5層，設有4條樓梯。
大廈落成時有A-F座，共6座。D，E座已在90年代初拆卸。
守護村民的洪聖廟和侯皇廟，合併成洪侯古廟，成為罕見的樓上廟壇。
A village at the junction of Yeung Uk Road and Luen Yan Street in Tsuen Wan,
In 1960, the government built the Shek Pik Reservoir and moved about 200 villagers here.
The government built 6 buildings for the villagers.
All are flat-shaped and single-sided designs. The building is 5 stories high and has 4 stairs.
When the building was completed, there were 6 blocks A-F. Blocks D and E were dismantled in the early 1990s.
Hung Shing Temple and Hau Wong Temple, which guarded the villagers, merged into the Hunghau Old Temple.

background music
Angevin - Thatched Villagers
Kevin MacLeod