Tai Po New Town, or Tai Po Town, is a
new town
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(
satellite town
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) and non-administrative area in
Tai Po District
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ti ...
, in the
New Territories
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, Hong Kong. The area is a
planned town
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that surrounding the existing indigenous
market town
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s
Tai Po Hui
Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...
(literally ''
Tai Po Market
Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...
'', was known as
Tai Wo Shi in the 1900s) and Tai Po Kau Hui (''
Tai Po Old Market''), as well as east of the existing
indigenous
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villages that located on the
Lam Tsuen Valley
Lam Tsuen Valley () is situated in the New Territories, Hong Kong, west of Tai Po New Town. Lam Tsuen and other villages are located in the valley. The Lam Tsuen River and its branches collect water from nearby hills. The area is suitable for cult ...
as well as west of those villages in
Ting Kok
Ting Kok is the name of an area and a village in the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove
* Lee Ancestral Hall (). Built in the late 19th century. Not graded. There are more than 10 ancestral halls i ...
and
Tai Mei Tuk
Tai Mei Tuk (officially known as in Chinese; formerly and still commonly known as ; also written as or ) is a place close to the Plover Cove Reservoir in the Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Administration
Tai Mei Tuk is a recog ...
and south of those villages in Nam Hang, Fung Yuen and
Sha Lo Tung
Sha Lo Tung () is an area of Tai Po District, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong.
Administration
For electoral purposes, Sha Lo Tung is part of the Hong Lok Yuen constituency of the Tai Po District Council. It was formerly represe ...
. Most of the lands of the new town were obtained by land reclamation. In present day, Tai Po New Town was simply known as
Tai Po
Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsue ...
. The new town are largely covered by the government Tai Po Outline Zoning Plan, which legally regulated the land use of the area, on top of the terms in the
land lease
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contract with the government. Some of the land lease within the area, were known as Tai Po Town Lot № ''foo''. In election, the town had a different zoning scheme for the election constituencies.
History of developments
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The new town was designed to be expanded from and incorporate the previously existing areas of
Tai Po Market
Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...
(Tai Po Hui; formerly known as Tai Wo Shi) and
Tai Po Old Market (Tai Po Kau Hui, the former site of Tai Po Hui), traditional market towns that served both rural villages of
Tang clan
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Tai Po branch and non-Tang's village alliance (literally ''Tai Po Seven Alliances'') as well as people by water route from Ma On Shan and other places. The market towns were established in the
Qing dynasty
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. After the
concession
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of the area now known as the
New Territories
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and
New Kowloon
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to the
British Empire
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, the colonial Hong Kong government also established the
District Office North (founded as District Office which also oversee villages that belongs to the present day
Sha Tin District
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populo ...
), an administrate department, in the area that belongs to the modern day Tai Po New Town in 1907. The building was next to the former site of
the Tai Po police station, as well as the
Island House, the residence of the
District Officer. The market towns received expansion in the 1960s, due to the relocation of
indigenous
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villages to the newly reclaimed land that next to the Tai Po Market, as well as the construction of
Tai Po Industrial Estate
Tai Po Industrial Estate (, branded as ) is an industrial estate on the reclamation in Tai Po Hoi, Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is administered by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.
Location
Tai Po Indu ...
which started in 1974.
[ From 1976, extensive reclamation work was carried out near the mouth of the ]Lam Tsuen River
The Lam Tsuen River () is a river in Tai Po District, Hong Kong, with a length of 10.8 kilometres and a catchment area of approximately 21 square kilometres.[Tolo Harbour
Tolo Harbour, or Tai Po Hoi (, historically ) is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.
Geography
Tide Cove aka. Sha Tin Hoi is to the south of the harbour, and Plover Cove, Three Fathoms Cove and Tolo Channel are to ...]
(or known as Tai Po Hoi, literally ''Tai Po Sea'') in order to create land for the new town.
The new town was a planned area, which " suitable sites have been reserved for various types of land-uses including residential, commercial, industrial and open space, and for the provision of different types of community and infrastructural facilities to meet the needs of the population." The new town was divided between residential and industrial areas, with a mix of public and private housing. The Tai Po Industrial Estate
Tai Po Industrial Estate (, branded as ) is an industrial estate on the reclamation in Tai Po Hoi, Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is administered by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.
Location
Tai Po Indu ...
southwest of Ting Kok
Ting Kok is the name of an area and a village in the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove
* Lee Ancestral Hall (). Built in the late 19th century. Not graded. There are more than 10 ancestral halls i ...
is one of the major industrial estate
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s in Hong Kong. The gas factory of Hong Kong and China Gas
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, doing business as Towngas, is the sole provider of towngas in Hong Kong. Founded in 1862, it is one of the oldest listed companies in the territory.
History
In February 1862, the concession to su ...
was located in the estate.[ As of 2018, the estate also consists of tenants such as ]Asia Television
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, AsiaSat
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AsiaSat is jointly owned by Chinese state-owned ...
, APT Satellite, Oriental Press Group
Oriental Press Group Limited is the publishing company of Hong Kong newspaper ''Oriental Daily News'', as well as now defunct '' The Sun'' and ''Eastern Express''. Oriental Press Group was the founding company of the magazines ''East Week'', ''Eas ...
, South China Morning Post Publishers
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etc.. Tai Po New Town also had a smaller industrial area known as Tai Ping Industrial Centre.
The new town was served by two railway stations (now part of the mass transit system of the city), new Tai Po Market station
Tai Po Market (; : ) is an MTR station on the in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Located between Flagstaff Hill and Wan Tau Tong Estate in Tai Po, and adjacent to the eponymous market town, the station has three tracks and four platforms ...
and Tai Wo station respectively. Tai Po Kau railway station
Tai Po Kau (), also signed simply as Tai Po,[old Tai Po Market railway station
The Hong Kong Railway Museum is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1985, it is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway stat ...]
, however, were closed in 1983.[ The latter which previously served the traditional market town Tai Po Market ( Tai Wo Shi), became the ]Hong Kong Railway Museum
The Hong Kong Railway Museum is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1985, it is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway stat ...
, one of the public museums of Tai Po District. In terms of road transport, Tolo Highway
Tolo Highway () is a major expressway on Route 9 in Hong Kong. It connects the new towns of Sha Tin and Tai Po in the eastern New Territories, forming part of the New Territories Circular Road.
The highway, constructed in three stages betw ...
was completed in the 1980s, which largely replaced Tai Po Road
Tai Po Road is the second longest road in Hong Kong (after Castle Peak Road). It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road.
Location
The road begins at Nathan ...
as the main road between the new town and city centre.
One of the earliest development of the present day Tai Po new town, were multi-storied estates on newly reclaimed land on circa the 1960s to 1970s. The housing estates, known as were served as the compensation for villages that were suffered from the construction of the Plover Cove Reservoir
Plover Cove Reservoir, located within Plover Cove Country Park, in the northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume. It is the world's first freshwater coastal ...
(), in which the farmland would be under water after the construction of the reservoir. Despite those buildings are now much older than other buildings of the new town, as well as now part of the Tai Po District Council Election Constituency Tai Po Hui
Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...
, the area could traced back to its origins in the Plover Cove
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by the name of the local street Luk Heung Lane (), a namesake of Luk Heung (literally ''Six Villages''), as well as an ancestral hall. Those villages from Luk Heung conducted their business activities in Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok is a closed city, closed town in Hong Kong. The last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area, it is Hong Kong's northernmost town.
Geography
The small rural village of Sha Tau Kok is located on the northern sh ...
market town in the past. , or known as the "Four Lanes" were also built circa the 1960s.
In 1972, the Executive Council, the ''de facto'' cabinet of the Hong Kong colonial government, had approved a 10-year housing plan, which included a proposed expansion of Tai Po, Fanling–Sheung Shui-Shek Wu Hui and Yuen Long
Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang W ...
as new towns.
In 1976, Tai Po New Town project was formally announced.[ Differ from Luk Heung San Tsuen, which was a relocation of rural population to the rural town centre, the new town project was an influx of urban population from the existing built-up area of the city.][
In 1980, the first public rental housing estate of the new town, Tai Yuen Estate, was completed.][ It was followed by Fu Heng Estate, ]Fu Shin Estate
Fu Shin Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, built on the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi. It consists of six residential blocks built in 1985. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Ten ...
, Kwong Fuk Estate, Tai Wo Estate
Tai Wo Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Tai Wo station. It is one of the public housing estates in Tai Po that is not built on the reclaimed land. The estate consists of nine re ...
and Wan Tau Tong Estate (in alphabetical order); Po Heung Estate
Po Heung Estate () is a public housing estate in Po Heung Street, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong near Tai Po Market, Hong Kong Railway Museum and Tai Po Hui Sports Centre. Formerly the office of Tai Po Rural Committee and Tai Po Temporary Mar ...
was the latest public rental housing estate of Tai Po in the Tai Po Market area as a re-development project of existing public facility of the traditional market town. The establishment of Tai Wo Estate and Tai Wo station, also shifted the area that corresponded to the name Tai Wo
Tai Wo () or known as Tai Wo Market are the names of several areas in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The boundaries changed from time to time. In present time, the name "Tai Wo" mostly refers to the area surrounding th ...
, from Tai Po Market
Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...
(was established as Tai Wo Shi; at the time of establishment, Tai Po Old Market was known as Tai Po Market) to the area around Tai Wo Estate. The new town also composed of many private housing estates, as well as public-private housing estates that were subsidized under the Home Ownership Scheme
The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage b ...
.
The New Town project also made Yuen Chau Tsai
Yuen Chau Tsai, was an island in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. It is now connected to land by a causeway after land reclamation. It is part of Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District.
The Tai Wong Yeh Temple and Island House are located in the a ...
fishing village obsoleted. Fishermen that formerly lived on their boats, were relocated in the 1970s, initially to the temporary housing area such as Yue Kok (), and then public housing estate.[ Yuen Chau Tsai now known for Island House, a fishermen temple Tai Wong Yeh Temple, and nearby Yuen Chau Tsai Park.
Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School and Carmel Pak U Secondary School, all subsidized secondary schools, was founded in 1960, 1975 and 1979 respectively. , was founded in 1984 and folded in 2014. As of 2018, there were 19 secondary schools in the whole ]Tai Po District
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ti ...
, all within the Tai Po New Town.
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
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, was relocated to Tai Po New Town in 1997. The town was previously served by the Prince of Wales Hospital
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Named after Charles, Prince of Wales (now ...
in the Sha Tin District. In 1997, the , a tertiary public school, moved to its Tai Po new campus. Both facilities were built on existing hilly area of the new town.
According to the Civil Engineering and Development Department of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Science Park
The Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTP; ) is a science park in Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong. It sits on the Tolo Harbour waterfront, near the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The park is administered by the Hong Kong Science and Technolog ...
in Pak Shek Kok
Pak Shek Kok () is a place in Tai Po District in Hong Kong, located between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po Kau, close to Cheung Shue Tan () and facing Tolo Harbour ( Tai Po Hoi). The Kowloon–Canton Railway, Tolo Highway, Hong Kong Science Park are ...
, was also within the scope of Tai Po New Town. However, in later document, the new town project was renamed to "Tai Po New Town and Pak Shek Kok Development". Pak Shek Kok was served by the University station of MTR.
In urban planning
In the Town Planning Board
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of Hong Kong, the area was known as "Tai Po Outline Zoning Plan" (Tai Po OZP). The zoning plan roughly covered the Tai Po New Town (including Tai Po Industrial Estate
Tai Po Industrial Estate (, branded as ) is an industrial estate on the reclamation in Tai Po Hoi, Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is administered by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.
Location
Tai Po Indu ...
), as well as Tai Po Market and Tai Po Old Market. The zoning plan also covered some of the indigenous villages of Tai Po District
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ti ...
, but indigenous villages on the Lam Tsuen Valley
Lam Tsuen Valley () is situated in the New Territories, Hong Kong, west of Tai Po New Town. Lam Tsuen and other villages are located in the valley. The Lam Tsuen River and its branches collect water from nearby hills. The area is suitable for cult ...
, were regulated by Lam Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan instead. The aforementioned science park and surrounding residential area in Pak Shek Kok
Pak Shek Kok () is a place in Tai Po District in Hong Kong, located between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po Kau, close to Cheung Shue Tan () and facing Tolo Harbour ( Tai Po Hoi). The Kowloon–Canton Railway, Tolo Highway, Hong Kong Science Park are ...
, had its own OZP: Pak Shek Kok (East) Outline Zoning Plan. Other area of the Tai Po District
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ti ...
, such as northern Sai Kung Peninsula
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were belonged to other OZPs of the board.
Scrapped facilities
It was reported that the area of the modern day Tai Wo Estate
Tai Wo Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Tai Wo station. It is one of the public housing estates in Tai Po that is not built on the reclaimed land. The estate consists of nine re ...
, a public housing project in the west edge of the new town, was planned for industrial use. However, the plan was scrapped in 1983.
The new town currently had a public auditorium and theatre, Tai Po Civic Centre, which was opened in 1985 on On Pong Road, next to private housing estate . A larger facility, Tai Po Town Hall (), which could compare to Sha Tin Town Hall
Sha Tin Town Hall is a town hall at the town centre of the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong. It is located near Sha Tin station, Sha Tin Park and New Town Plaza. It is part of the podium complex which includes the Sha Tin Town Hall, Sha Tin Publ ...
, was planned in the new town, east of private housing estate Plover Cove Garden (). However, the construction of such facility was scrapped or postponed indefinitely. Another facility, Tai Po Public Library, was separated from the planned town hall, and incorporated into , a new government building that was completed in 2004. The complex was a re-development project within the older area of Tai Po in Tai Po Market. Government had used part of the shopping centre of Plover Cove Garden as the temporary site of the public library for more than a decade. In 2016, government proposed to built Tai Po Sports Centre, Tai Po Community Hall and two 7-a-side football
Seven-a-side football is one of the minifootball variations of football, which is played among seven players in each team. In the game consists of one goalkeeper and six outfield players. The pitch of seven-a-side football is bigger than the fi ...
fields, on the existing planned site of Tai Po Town Hall.
Future developments
In 2012, Hong Kong government proposed 25 new land reclamation sites in a public consultation. In those 25 sites, some of them are located in the Tai Po District
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ti ...
which near to the existing Tai Po new town. In particular, the residents of Tai Po against the sites near Plover Cove
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Description
There are about 66 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subf ...
, Tai Po Waterfront Park
Tai Po Waterfront Park () is a park in Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located along the Tolo Harbour, and its western end is at the northern part of the mouth of the Lam Tsuen River. It occupies an area of , and is the largest ...
and Tai Po Kau
Tai Po Kau () is an area and a villages south of the town of Tai Po in Hong Kong, which was the site of the former Tai Po Kau station on the Kowloon–Canton Railway. It is located at a river estuary that empties into Tolo Harbour.
Administratio ...
by forming online interest group. Another proposed site near Pak Shek Kok
Pak Shek Kok () is a place in Tai Po District in Hong Kong, located between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po Kau, close to Cheung Shue Tan () and facing Tolo Harbour ( Tai Po Hoi). The Kowloon–Canton Railway, Tolo Highway, Hong Kong Science Park are ...
in the Tolo Harbour
Tolo Harbour, or Tai Po Hoi (, historically ) is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.
Geography
Tide Cove aka. Sha Tin Hoi is to the south of the harbour, and Plover Cove, Three Fathoms Cove and Tolo Channel are to ...
, had also gathered more than 3,000 signatures in a petition. Of those 25 sites, only 6 of them were included in the stage 2 public consultation, which only included the aforementioned the Tolo Harbour, but excluding the three other sites that near to the Tai Po New Town. In 2018, one of the 6 sites in the stage 2 consultation, became a new project known as Lantau Tomorrow Vision
Lantau Tomorrow Vision () is a development project in Hong Kong proposed by the previous two Chief Executives of Hong Kong. The previous Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed in her 2018 policy address which includes the creation of a third core bu ...
. However, many citizen and environmental protection organization against the project. Our Hong Kong Foundation, a pro-government think tank, had employed of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...
to conduct a survey. The survey shown 45.3% agreed reclamation outside the Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental i ...
, while 33.9% against. In February 2019, the government announced that "it has fully accepted the recommendations tendered by the Task Force on Land Supply," including using reclamation as a mean to obtain new lands for development. However, it was also announced that the reclamation plan of 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 ...
in Tolo Harbour was postponed, despite it was included in the recommendations by the Task Force. Thus, it was uncertain that the reclamations in the water of Tolo Harbour would go ahead or not.
Cityscape
See also
* Tai Wo
Tai Wo () or known as Tai Wo Market are the names of several areas in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The boundaries changed from time to time. In present time, the name "Tai Wo" mostly refers to the area surrounding th ...
: a place name in Tai Po New Town, which the name was referred to Tai Po Market
Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...
in the past but currently refer to Tai Wo Estate
Tai Wo Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Tai Wo station. It is one of the public housing estates in Tai Po that is not built on the reclaimed land. The estate consists of nine re ...
References
External links
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About Tai Po New Town
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New towns in Hong Kong
New towns started in the 1970s