Kam Tin (), or Kam Tin Heung (錦田鄉), is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It is at the north of Tai Mo Shan and east of Yuen Long. It was formerly known as Sham Tin (岑田).

Many of Kam Tin's residents are from the Tang Clan, who are of the Punti culture, not Hakka as is often misattributed. Kat Hing Wai, is the most famous walled settlement located in Kam Tin.

History

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Kam Tin is the origin of the biggest indigenous Tang Clan (鄧) in Hong Kong. The ancestor of indigenous Tang, Tang Hon Fat (鄧漢黻) settled his family from Jiangxi to Sham Tin in 973.

During the reign of Shen Chung (1572 - 1620) of Ming dynasty, Sham Tin was renamed to Kam Tin.

Further reading

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• Lee Ho Yin and Lynne D. DiStefano, A Tale of Two Villages: The Story of Changing Village Life in the New Territories (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), 2002.

Kam Tin | Places in Hong Kong | Yuen Long District

錦田