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Tai Po District covers the areas of Tai Po, Tai Po Kau, Ting Kok,
Plover Cove and the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula on both shores of Tolo Channel.
Tai Po
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Tai Po was named as new town in 1979. Population has soared nowadays to 320,000.
Lam Tsuen River Park
Old house covered by vegetation inside Lam Tsuen River Park.
Tai Po Market and Tai Wo are at the original estuary of Lam Tsuen River.
The north area of Tai Po district is mainly rural
in character and consists of predominantly
low-lying alluvial valley plains which are drained by rivers Ma Wat and Indus.
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There are 133 villages in Tai Po District.
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There are historical buildings and structures in old villages,
namely Kau Lung Hang Lo Wai, Kau Lung Hang San Wai, Yuen Leng,
Nam Wa Po, Tai Wo.
The village area changed a lot in the last ten years.
Big construction works included widening of Fanling Highway, Lung Shan Tunnel South Entrance,
new cycle tracks of approximately 5 km long from Fanling to Tai Po.
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Commercial farming (excluding livestock rearing) is the major
economic activity in the area. Some open storages uses and
informal industrial activities are found along Fanling highway.
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Kau Lung Hang Lo Wai, Kau Lung Hang San Wai, Yuen Leng,
Nam Wa Po, Tai Wo villages are served by footpaths, limited
vehicular access, metered water and electricity supply.
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Any village improvement in these sites of historical and
architectural interests shall be checked first by the
Antiquities and Monument Office.
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In the view of the need to preserve the rual character and the natural
landscape, it is encouraged not to build open storage uses and informal
industrial development.
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The total population of these villages' area was 6,250 persons in
year 2001.
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Those house villages are overlooking abandoned rice fields.
Tai Po Tau Shui Wai
Tai Po Tau Shui Wai
The Tang clan which branched out from Kam Tin, Yuen Long, settled in Tai Po Tau Tsuen
in the 13th century and founded the walled village Shui Wai.
Due to the construction of the railway at the beginning of the 20th century,
the village was divided into Shui Wai and Tai Po Tau Tsuen.
King Law Ka Shuk
King Law Ka Shuk
King Law Ka Shuk was once used as a study hall, but been serving as the ancestral hall
of the Tang clan in Tai Po Tau for over one hundred years.
King Law Ka Shuk
King Law Ka Shuk is a traditional three-hall building with two open courtyards.
Kuing Law Ka Shuk was declared a monument in 1998.
King Law Ka Shuk
King Law Ka Shuk still serves as a venue for clan members to hold meetings and
traditional functions. During other days, children enjoy playing in the hall's
foreground.
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