Law Uk, Chai Wan [????- ]

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"Law Uk was a simple Hakka residence built over 200 years old [sic] by the Law family, whose ancestors settled there early in the Kang Xi reign (1662-1722) of the Qing dynasty. [...] Fronted by an open threshing yard, the building is a typical medium-sized Hakka village house, with a main room, two side rooms, a kitchen and a store-room. The village house is the only example left from the old farming villages which used to be in Chai Wan."

Source: Antiquities and Monuments Office, "The Heritage of Hong Kong" (1992), p28.  

The building became Law Uk Folk Museum in 1976 (see website here) and was declared a monument in 1989.

Additional information on the AMO website.