Tai Wan () was a bay on the eastern Hung Hom, Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The southern end of the bay joined with the

Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was a Hong Kong dockyard, once among the largest in Asia. History Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company (known as Hong Kong Kowloon and Whampoa Dock Compa ...

. The name also refers to an

area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...

, which neighbours

To Kwa Wan To Kwa Wan () is a bay and an area of the eastern shore of Kowloon peninsula. The area is part of urban Hong Kong, and is situated between Hok Yuen, Hung Hom, Ma Tau Wai and Ma Tau Kok. Administratively, the area belongs to the Kowloon ...

and the

Whampoa Garden Whampoa Garden () is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on the site of the former Whampoa Dockyards by Hutchison Whampoa Property. The urban design of the estate incorporates concepts inspired by t ...

in Hung Hom. Tai Wan Shan () was a hill on the coast, that was the location of the "Easy Battery" later becoming a power station belonging to China Light and Power (now CLP Power).

Name

It is a common error that the character 灣 is mistakenly written with its homonym 環 in Hong Kong. This has caused major confusion amongst local people, including government officials. The name of its major thoroughfare

Tai Wan Road Tai Wan Road () is a road in Tai Wan, Hung Hom, Tai Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It starts from Ma Tau Wai Road to Dyer Avenue (Hong Kong), Dyer Avenue. Name and history Since 2 June 1922, the official Chinese name was 大灣道, but it was mistaken ...

, illustrates this phenomenon.

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Wan was 97. The number of males was 61. Dai Wan Shan and Kwun Yam Shan were levelled by the Hong Kong Government in the 1950s and 1960s, in order to build

public housing Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

. The Tai Wan Shan Resettlement Estate was completed in 1956, while the

Hung Hom Estate Hung Hom Estate () is a public housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The estate is built on a hill along Dyer Avenue and next to Whampoa Estate, Whampoa Garden and MTR Whampoa station Whampoa () is the western terminus of the of t ...

was completed in 1968.

Education

Tai Wan Shan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 35. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (Hung Hom Bay).

References

Areas of Hong Kong {{Kowloon-stub