Ma Tau Wai (, originally , historically ) is an area in the Kowloon City District,

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

, Hong Kong. It was originally a walled village (Cantonese: ''Wai'') between present-day Argyle Street and

Prince Edward Road West Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside the retired Kai Tak Airport). The roa ...

, east of present-day

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. The area of Ma Tau Wai is not as well-defined as the original village, as the geographic features have been lost. The public housing estate

Ma Tau Wai Estate Ma Tau Wai Estate () is a public housing estate in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the oldest existing public housing estate in Kowloon City District and it consists of five residential blocks completed in 1962 and 1965. Although it was de ...

is named after the area / the original village.

Other landmark of the areas

Hong Kong's

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is in Ma Tau Wai. New Asia College, one of three founding colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was located near Tin Kwong Road (天光道) and Farm Road. After the college moved to

Ma Liu Shui Ma Liu Shui is an area in Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The area faces Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi) and Tolo Harbour. The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science Park are located in Ma Liu Shui. Name ety ...

, Sha Tin, New Asia Middle School was founded at the former campus.

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Report on the Collapse of the Building at 45J Ma Tau Wai Road … on 29 January 2010
HKG Buildings Dept. {{Coord, 22.32351, 114.18646, display=title Kowloon City District Populated places in Hong Kong

Other landmark of the areas

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