# Po Sam Pai

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{{Short description|Village in Plover Cove, Tai Po District, Hong Kong}}
[[File:Views from Tsz Shan Monastery 01.jpg|thumb|Po Sam Pai and [Plover Cove](/source/Plover_Cove) viewed from [Tsz Shan Monastery](/source/Tsz_Shan_Monastery).]]
thumb|Yu Cheung Tong in Po Sam Pai.
thumb|Lau Ancestral Hall in Po Sam Pai.
'''Po Sam Pai''' ({{zh|t=布心排}}) is a village in [Plover Cove](/source/Plover_Cove), [Tai Po District](/source/Tai_Po_District), Hong Kong.

==Administration==
Po Sam Pai is a recognized village under the [New Territories](/source/New_Territories) [Small House Policy](/source/Small_House_Policy).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=[Lands Department](/source/Lands_Department) |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> It is one of the villages represented within the Tai Po Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Po Sam Pai is part of the [Shuen Wan](/source/Shuen_Wan_(constituency)) constituency, which was formerly represented by So Tat-leung until October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/P_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tai Po District)|work=[Electoral Affairs Commission](/source/Electoral_Affairs_Commission)|access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=Tai Po District Council - Tai Po DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref>

==History==
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Po Sam Pai was 156. The number of males was 70.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the [Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch](/source/Royal_Asiatic_Society_Hong_Kong_Branch)| volume = 36| page = 80| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Po Sam Pai}}
* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/P/p-tp-38.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Po Sam Pai (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]

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Category:Villages in Tai Po District, Hong Kong

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