Luk Keng Chan Uk ghost village, Plover Cover (NT), Hong Kong, August 2017

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1. The History
Luk Keng Chan Uk is a sizeable village in the north-east of the New Territories. It's popular for both sightseeing and hiking perspective. The village was inhabited predominantly by the Chan Clan who speak the Hakka dialect and the village was used for both livestock farming and growing crops. Wiki makes reference to half of the village's houses being deserted. Despite few residents remaining, occasionally, at Chinese New Year, old villagers and their descendants return to pray for their ancestors at the local temple.

The Chan clan's ancestors originally came to Luk Keng from the Ta Kwu Leng area in the 1700s, along with other descendants travelling to Tsuen Wan. They constructed a water-barrier which now carries the main road. However, according to wiki in the 1960s and 1970s many villagers left for the UK and other parts of the world, although this is slightly at odds with the fact that many of the houses were actually built in the 1960s. This was due, in the main, to UK immigration policy at the time and the fact that little work was available to the villagers who consequently looked to earn money further a field.

Hence little development has taken place in the village, and this has been further curtailed by the government designating the area as a "Zone of Special Scientific Interest". This has restricted development to small houses, despite most of the area being private land. The village does see a number of hikers passing through as the beautiful Bride’s Pool waterfalls are nearby.

2. The Explore
This was a revisit for me having been here two years ago. One thing I did notice was that more of the houses were occupied and less were abandoned, plus some that were previously open were now locked up. That said, there was enough to explore for an-hour-or-so in the humid heat of the Hong Kong Summer.

3. The Pictures

This terrace of empty houses greets you on the right hand side when you enter the village:

36797852952_67819dddcc_b.jpgimg1945 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Further on are more rows of locked-up, abandoned houses:

36780021576_904013be6c_b.jpgimg1944 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36828877041_baf9ec3874_b.jpgimg1877 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36158947753_ec4520f8eb_b.jpgimg1940 by HughieDW, on Flickr
36158920943_853dd237fb_b.jpgimg1942 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36572291440_a84c23c69f_b.jpgimg1872 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36797783782_6243ab6174_b.jpgimg1871 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some serious rust-age here:

36968971265_72fb1683b8_b.jpgimg1875 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36781290736_730443a62d_b.jpgimg1873 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some are further gone than others:

36796618282_b57e566260_b.jpgimg1943 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36781002116_5b3e4474eb_b.jpgimg1899 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36781033686_fde5408fdf_b.jpgimg1897 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36968919045_ee2707dac3_b.jpgimg1879 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36160243403_667c9a8d71_b.jpgimg1865 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Few houses were actually open:

36133369264_ddfdfcd7a8_b.jpgimg1889 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The clock stopped at twenty to one:

36572028200_259c766fb5_b.jpgimg1890 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36160218103_a18286f9e8_b.jpgimg1869 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Cool report Hughie, interesting to see the different architecture there, they seem to be quite brutal in the use of concrete and block work but with the little curved tiles and railings they have added back a bit of flair. Like that clock too! :)
 
Cool report Hughie, interesting to see the different architecture there, they seem to be quite brutal in the use of concrete and block work but with the little curved tiles and railings they have added back a bit of flair. Like that clock too! :)

Cheers Al. Yeah...was thinking that too. Most were built in the 1960s I think...
 

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