Tai Wan Road () is a road in Tai Wan,

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, Hong Kong. It starts from

Ma Tau Wai Road Ma Tau Wai Road () is a main road in Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. History Named after Ma Tau Wai, Ma Tau Wai Road The northern section was named after Ma Tau Chung as Ma Tau Chung Road. There is a new Kowloon City Road that connec ...

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Name and history

Since 2 June 1922, the official Chinese name was 大灣道, but it was mistaken as 大環道 on

road sign Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduce ...

s and people got used to the wrong name even since. On 23 December 2005, the

Hong Kong Government The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong Special administrative regions of China, ...

announced that the road will be split into two different roads and the new names will be Tai Wan Road () and Tai Wan Road East (). The change also reflects the splitting of the new road by Man Yue Street.

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