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Tai Wai
Tai Wai area is the home of several historic villages. This is the entrance gate of Chik Chuen Wai aka. Tai Wai.
Traditional Chinese	大圍
Simplified Chinese	大围
Literal meaning	Big Encirclement
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàwéi Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Daai wàih Jyutping Daai3 wai4 IPA tāːi wɐ̏i

Tai Wai (Chinese: 大圍 /ˌtaɪ ˈwaɪ/) is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District.

With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, five bus termini and several trunk roads and tunnels connecting it to other parts of the New Territories, such as Tsuen Wan, and Kowloon, Tai Wai is an important transport node in Hong Kong.

Geography

Tai Wai occupies the southwestern end of the Sha Tin Valley. The Sha Tin area is located directly northeast of Tai Wai. Hill ranges separate Tai Wai from New Kowloon in the south, and from Tsuen Wan in the west. The Tai Wai Nullah, sometimes referred to as the upper stream of Shing Mun River, flows through Tai Wai, where it joins the Shing Mun River. The Shing Mun River then flows in a southwest–northeast direction across the Sha Tin Valley towards Tolo Harbour.

History

Sprouting from traditional farming villages growing rice, vegetables and fruits, such as choy sum, Chinese broccoli, bamboo, banana, peach, and lychee, Tai Wai area once functioned as a light suburban industrial park in the 1970s. Few factory buildings are still in use, mostly as warehouses. The current urbanization of the area is the consequence of the development of Sha Tin New Town that started in the 1970s.

Tai Wai Village, where the name of the area came from, was the largest and oldest walled village in Sha Tin. It was built in 1574 during the Ming dynasty, and was called Chik Chuen Wai (Chinese: 積存圍) at the time. It was originally made up of 16 families, Wai (韋), Chan (陳), Ng (吳), Yeung (楊), Wong (黃), Lee (李), Hui (許), Cheng (鄭), Tong (唐), Yuen (袁), Yau (游), Lam (林), Lok (駱), Tam (譚), Mok (莫) and Choy (蔡).

The Wai family, being the largest family, is thought to be the direct descendants of the famous founder general of the Han dynasty, Han Xin, who purportedly fled there to escape executions ordered by Emperor Gao of Han's empress Empress Lü Zhi. The Han descendants changed their surname into Wai by splitting the word Han (韓) in two halves and took up the character on the right hand side, Wai (韋).

The Cheng family, on the other hand, originated from a place called Xingyang in Zhengzhou, Henan which is the place where Chang'e supposedly flew to the Moon. It is also the birthplace of Li Shangyin, one of the most famous poets in the late Tang dynasty.

Tai Wai appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.

The first public housing estate built in the area was Mei Lam Estate, with the first two blocks of its Phase 1 completed in 1981. Tai Wai station opened in August 1983.

Electoral constituencies

Tai Wai covers 11 of the 38 constituencies in Sha Tin District, as defined at the time of the 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections. They are: Chun Fung (秦豐, R10), Sun Tin Wai (新田圍, R11), Chui Tin (翠田, R12), Hin Ka (顯嘉, R13), Lower Shing Mun (下城門, R14), Wan Shing (雲城, R15), Keng Hau (徑口, R16), Tin Sum (田心, R17), Chui Ka (翠嘉, R18), Tai Wai (大圍, R19), Chung Tin (松田, R20).

Demographics

Tai Wai is composed largely of low to medium income households of different ethnic backgrounds ranging from local Chinese to Westerners. According to the 2016 Population By-census, the number of persons living in Tai Wai was as follows:

Housing

A large part of the population of Tai Wai lives in public housing estates. Privately owned apartment blocks are also common and higher income luxury housing is also available in various parts of Tai Wai. Hundreds of three-storey village houses (some western styled, others more traditional) can be found in the villages of the area.

Public housing

The table below lists all the public housing estates in Tai Wai, including Public Rental Housing (Public), Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS).

Private housing estates

Festival City

Festival City (名城) is a HK$20 billion residential development project by Cheung Kong and MTR Corporation located above the Tai Wai (Station) Maintenance Centre. Phase I was completed in September 2010, Phase II in October 2011, and Phase III in August 2012. The plan was to build 12 50-stories high residential towers with a total construction area of 313,955 square meters as well as 25,890 square meters for the general public's use. It offers 4,264 flats to families, two schools and one community facility. This residential project raised the population of Tai Wai significantly. The controversy of this project is that the 12 towers would create an urban heat island effect and block off the air flow of the area.

Other estates

Other private housing estates in Tai Wai include:

• Glamour Garden (金輝花園)
• Golden Lion Gardens (金獅花園)
• Grandeur Garden (金禧花園)
• Granville Garden (恆峰花園)
• Greenview Garden (愉景花園)
• Julimount Garden (瑞峰花園)
• Lakeview Garden (湖景花園)
• Man Lai Court (文禮閣)
• Parc Royale (聚龍居)
• Park View Garden (翠景花園)
• Peak One (壹號雲頂)
• Pristine Villa (曉翠山莊)
• Sha Tin Heights (沙田嶺)
• The Great Hill (嘉御山)
• The Met. Acappella (薈蕎)
• The Pavilia Farm (柏傲莊)
• Worldwide Gardens (世界花園)

Villages

A number of villages exist in Tai Wai and most of them are surrounded by the towers of housing estates. Traditional village layout and some historic buildings can still be found.

• Tai Wai Village, aka. Chik Chuen Wai (22°22′32″N 114°10′43″E / 22.375674°N 114.178627°E / 22.375674; 114.178627 (Tai Wai Village)). It is located next to Tai Wai station and the main commercial streets of the area. The village was walled to protect the villagers from bandits, pirates and/or unfriendly neighbours. It was rectangular in shape with 4 watch towers at its four corners. The towers and the walls have long been demolished leaving only the entrance gate and part of the front wall. The houses inside the walls are in rows, and many houses have been built outside the walls due to later development. Historic and traditional buildings include the Entrance Gate, a Hau Wong Temple, the Wai Ancestral Hall and several old houses.
• Tai Wai New Village (大圍新村) (22°22′31″N 114°10′27″E / 22.375376°N 114.174181°E / 22.375376; 114.174181 (Tai Wai New Village)) is located on a slope alongside Tai Po Road, just minutes walk away from the old village. It was established in the 1980s as the then colonial government's effort to compensate the villagers for effectively confiscating their land for development. Each male villager was given a piece of land at a premium of HK$20,000 of which he has the right to build a Spanish-styled 700 sq.ft. three-story house to live in. Most of these houses are now rented by outsiders for the relatively tranquil countryside surroundings. The land occupied by the village was once cultivated for pineapples.

Ha Keng Hau, Sheung Keng Hau and Hin Tin are three adjacent villages located along Hin Keng Street (顯徑街), along a northeast–southwest direction. Hin Keng Estate, located northeast of the villages and across Hin Keng Street, was named after them.

• Ha Keng Hau (下徑口) (22°21′54″N 114°10′34″E / 22.364998°N 114.176107°E / 22.364998; 114.176107 (Ha Keng Hau)) is located east of Hin Keng Estate and west of Lung Hang Estate. It was established by the Law (羅) and the Mak (麥) during the 18th century. The Mak who settled there had branched out of Pan Chung (泮涌) in Tai Po.
• Sheung Keng Hau (上徑口) (22°21′51″N 114°10′28″E / 22.364065°N 114.174439°E / 22.364065; 114.174439 (Sheung Keng Hau)) is located southeast of Hin Keng Estate. It is a single-surname village, Wai (韋), with a history of over 300 years. The Wai Ancestral Hall was rebuilt in 1930.
• Hin Tin (顯田) (22°21′45″N 114°10′21″E / 22.362394°N 114.172475°E / 22.362394; 114.172475 (Hin Tin)) is located south of the main part of Hin Keng Estate. The village was erected with government funding in the 1920s to resettle three clans of villagers from Shek Lei Pui Valley (石梨貝谷), to make way for the construction of the Shek Lei Pui Reservoir, completed in 1925. Some 80 people lived in 26 houses in the former Shek Lei Pui Village. The Yeung (楊), the Law (羅) and the So (蘇) were Hakkas from Nantou who had settled in the Valley for some 300 years. Another clan in the Valley, the Lau (劉), moved to Kwai Chung instead of Hin Tin at the resettlement. The ancestral halls of the three clans were built in Hin Tin, connected together to form a single block on the front row of the original three rows of houses. They have been listed as Grade III historic buildings since 2010. In 1982, the Housing Department demolished 600 structures at Hin Tin and relocated 167 families.

Villages in the vicinity of Che Kung Temple:

• Kak Tin (隔田) (22°22′03″N 114°11′00″E / 22.367575°N 114.183386°E / 22.367575; 114.183386 (Kak Tin)) is located south of Sun Chui Estate and Sun Tin Wai Estate. It was one of the five Punti villages in Sha Tin founded about 400 years ago by Tsang (曾) clanspeople, originally from Shandong. The villagers were historically farmers engaged in rice and vegetable growing supported by pig and poultry rearing. The village had a population of 130 in 1899 and 220 in 1960. About 80 households of the Tsangs are still residing in the village. Most of the village houses have been demolished and replaced by modern small houses.
• Hung Mui Kuk Village (紅梅谷村) (22°21′57″N 114°10′54″E / 22.36582°N 114.181639°E / 22.36582; 114.181639 (Hung Mui Kuk Village))
• San Tin Village (not to be confused with San Tin within Yuen Long District), (新田村) (22°22′19″N 114°10′58″E / 22.371821°N 114.182821°E / 22.371821; 114.182821 (San Tin Village)) is located south of Che Kung Temple and east of Sun Chui Estate. It was historically a single-clan village of the Lau (劉), and it now features the Lau Ancestral Hall (劉氏家祠). The Lau were Hakkas who first moved from Huizhou to Grassy Hill, northwest of Sha Tin, during the 18th century. They were farmers engaged in cultivation. As their population increased, they bought a piece of land from the Kak Tin and Tin Sam villages and established a new village called 'San Tin' (lit. "new field") in the late 1890s.
• Lei Uk Tsuen (李屋村) (22°22′25″N 114°11′06″E / 22.373733°N 114.184922°E / 22.373733; 114.184922 (Lei Uk Tsuen)) is located east of Che Kung Temple and west of Chun Shek Estate. It was established by the Lei clan in the late 17th century.
• Sha Tin Tau (沙田頭) (22°22′24″N 114°11′21″E / 22.373225°N 114.189234°E / 22.373225; 114.189234 (Sha Tin Tau)) is located east of Chun Shek Estate, north of Fung Shing Court and south of Tsang Tai Uk. Historically the only Hakka multi-surname village in the Sha Tin area, it was first settled by the Chan (陳) and later by the Law (羅), the Lam (林), the Yip (葉), the Lau (劉) and others. There are several ancestral halls in the village, including the Lau Ancestral Hall (劉氏家祠), that was built before 1900. The founding ancestor of the Lau clan of Sha Tin Tau village moved from Longchuan in the mid-19th century. The clan has lived there for nine generations by the early 21st century.
• Sha Tin Tau New Village (沙田頭新村) (22°22′07″N 114°11′23″E / 22.368677°N 114.189588°E / 22.368677; 114.189588 (Sha Tin Tau New Village))

Other villages in Tai Wai include:

• Heung Fan Liu New Village (香粉寮新村) (22°22′38″N 114°10′05″E / 22.377103°N 114.168134°E / 22.377103; 114.168134 (Heung Fan Liu New Village)) is located near the Tai Wai Nullah, north of Mei Tin Estate and east of the Lower Shing Mun Reservoir.
• Luk Hop Village (六合村) (22°21′50″N 114°09′51″E / 22.363800°N 114.164286°E / 22.363800; 114.164286 (Luk Hop Village)) is located on the hill along Tai Po Road and on top of Sha Tin Heights Tunnel.
• Fuk Lok Village (福樂村) (22°23′14″N 114°10′05″E / 22.387209°N 114.168031°E / 22.387209; 114.168031 (Fuk Lok Village)) is located on the hill, north of Heung Fan Liu New Village and Pak Tin.
• Pak Tin (白田) (22°23′04″N 114°10′15″E / 22.384364°N 114.170885°E / 22.384364; 114.170885 (Pak Tin)) is located west of Mei Chung Court. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Pak Tin was 3.
• Tin Sam Village (田心圍) (22°22′11″N 114°10′41″E / 22.369805°N 114.178170°E / 22.369805; 114.178170 (Tin Sam Village)) is located west of Sun Chui Estate, north of Lung Hang Estate, and southeast of Festival City. It was a Punti walled village, historically inhabited by the Choi (蔡), the Wai (韋), the Leung (梁), the Tsang (曾) and the Liu (廖). A moat was built for its protection, and was later filled up and used as a fish pond. Historic buildings in the village include the Choi Ancestral Hall, the Leung Ancestral Halls, the Liu Ancestral Hall, and the Entrance Gate, built during the Qing dynasty. The Che Kung Temple in Tai Wai was originally built and managed by the Tin Sam Village, but the village lost its managerial rights in the late 19th century.
• Tung Lo Wan (銅鑼灣) (22°22′42″N 114°10′52″E / 22.378366°N 114.181038°E / 22.378366; 114.181038 (Tung Lo Wan)) is located east of Mei Lam Estate, across the Tai Wai Nullah. It was historically a Hakka village occupied by families of different surnames, the Yau (邱) being the majority. The first generation of the Tse clan who settled in the village moved to Tung Lo Wan in the early 20th century. The Tse Ancestral Hall (謝氏祠堂), also called Tse Po Shu Tong (謝寶樹堂), was built before 1910. It is the only ancestral hall in the village. The Li Cottage (玉山艸堂), located nearby, at the corner of Tung Lo Wan Hill Road and Chung Ling Road, was built around 1918. It is connected by a path to the Li Tomb (李玉山伉儷墓) uphill.
• Yau Oi Tsuen (友愛村) (22°23′10″N 114°10′39″E / 22.386150°N 114.177408°E / 22.386150; 114.177408 (Yau Oi Tsuen)), located west of Tao Fung Shan.

Retail

Several public housing estates have a shopping centre. The only private shopping centre was Grandeur Shopping Arcade (金禧商場), located within Grandeur Garden, along Tai Wai Road (大圍道), until The Wai shopping mall opened in 2023.

The Wai (圍方) opened on July 22, 2023. Located on top of Tai Wai Station and below the Pavilia Farm residential complex, the shopping mall covers an area 650,000sq ft across four floors. At the time of its opening, The Wai housed the largest of the then 43 Market Place supermarkets in Hong Kong, covering an area over 20,000sq ft.

Recreational

Sports venues

Sports venues in Tai Wai include:

Sports centres

There are three indoor public sport centres in Tai Wai: Che Kung Temple Sports Centre (opened in 2020), Hin Keng Sports Centre (opened in 1988) and Mei Lam Sports Centre (opened in 1986). They are located in or next to major estates, namely Chun Shek Estate, Hin Keng Estate and Mei Lam Estate. They offer a wide range of facilities including a fitness centre with weight training and cardiovascular equipment, squash courts as well as badminton courts. These sport centres are owned and operated by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department; however, the facilities are charged prior to booking with several exceptions.

Swimming pool

Hin Tin Swimming Pool (顯田游泳池) is the only public swimming pool in Tai Wai. Opened in 1992, it is operated by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It is located along Che Kung Miu Road, between Tai Wai station and Hin Keng station.

Cycling

The Tai Wai Cycling Park, where beginners could practice their cycling skills, was demolished in 2001 to make way for the railway terminus of the Ma On Shan Line. A number of bicycle rental shops can be found in Tai Wai and bicycle lanes run along the Shing Mun River and link Tai Wai to Tai Po, Ma On Shan and Plover Cove Reservoir.

Hiking

Hiking is also a popular activity in Tai Wai. Situated at the end of a valley, Tai Wai is surrounded by country parks: Shing Mun (north), Kam Shan (west), Lion Rock (south) and Ma On Shan (southeast). Sections of the Wilson Trail and the MacLehose Trail run across the hills near Tai Wai.

Food

Some sources mention Tai Wai as being famous for its chicken porridges and roast baby pigeon.

Schools

Tai Wai is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 88. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Shatin Government Primary School (沙田官立小學).

Tai Wai has multiple primary and secondary schools, mostly public, some with religious background. They include:

• Buddhist Wong Wan Tin College
• Carmel Alison Lam Primary School
• Cheng Wing Gee College
• Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College
• Free Methodist Bradbury Chun Lei Primary School
• Free Methodist Mei Lam Primary School
• Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin)
• Immaculate Heart of Mary School
• Lau Pak Lok Secondary School
• Lock Tao Secondary School
• Ng Yuk Secondary School
• Po Leung Kuk Dr. Jimmy Wong Chi-ho (Tin Sum Valley) Primary School
• Pui Kiu College
• Sha Tin Government Secondary School
• Shatin Public Mei Lin Primary School
• Shatin Public School
• Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School
• Sir Chu Wan Primary School
• Sung Lan Middle School
• T.W.G.H's Lam Shiu Primary School

Religion

Temples

• Che Kung Temple: Hundreds of thousands flock to the Taoist Che Kung Temple on the second day of each Chinese New Year to worship Che Kung - a general of the Song dynasty, and queue up to turn the wheel which symbolizes both the cosmic movement in the turning of the year and the hope of each wheel spinner for a good turn of fortune in the forthcoming year.
• Chi Hong Ching Yuen, also Tze Hong Monastery (慈航靜苑). Located next to Che Kung Temple. It is a Buddhist nunnery established in the early 20th century.
• Koon Ngam Ching Yuen, also Ku Ngam Ching Yuen or Ku Au Tseng Yuen or "Wat Tai Wai" (古巖淨苑) near Lei Uk Tsuen. It is a Chinese Thai temple established in the early 1990s.
• A Hau Wong Temple is located within Tai Wai walled village. Originally sited outside the walled village, it was moved inside during the reign of Xianfeng (1850–1861). The current temple has replaced an earlier temple, probably built in 1884 and demolished in 1982.
• Puguangming Temple (普光明寺), near Pak Tin Village and directly north of Mei Chung Court. Contains a controversial private columbarium.
• Shun Shin Chee Kit Yin Koon (信善玄宮), near Pak Tin Village and directly west of Mei Chung Court. It also houses a private colombarium.

Christian institutions

• Tao Fung Shan:
  • Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre
  • Tao Fong Shan Christ Temple
  • Lutheran Theological Seminary
  • ELCHK Living Spirit Lutheran Church
• ELCHK Salvation Lutheran Church
• High Rock Centre (基督教靈基營暨中心). Built in 1924 as Shatin Police Station, it became High Rock Christian Camp in 1980.
• St. Alfred's Church (聖歐爾發堂)
• Shatin Assembly of God Church (沙田神召會)

Other structures and facilities

Other historic or otherwise notable buildings and structures in Tai Wai include:

• Former Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) Beacon Hill Tunnel (前畢架山隧道). Completed in 1910, now disused as a rail transport tunnel.
• Fu Shan Public Mortuary (富山公眾殮房)
• Hong Kong Heritage Museum, located at the border between Tai Wai and Sha Tin
• Lower Shing Mun Reservoir
• Po Fook Memorial Hall (寶福紀念館)
• Tai Wai Bunker Complex (大圍地堡), a former military structure along Gin Drinkers Line, located at the foothill of Tai Wai.
• Tai Wai industrial area has an area of about 4.70 ha and included 8 industrial buildings in 2005.
• Tai Wai Maintenance Centre (港鐵大圍車廠), a maintenance depot of the MTR, supporting the Tuen Ma line
• Union Hospital (Hong Kong)
• Wai Bun Castle (博雅山莊 or 渭濱城)

Transport

MTR

Tai Wai station is on the East Rail line and the Tuen Ma line of the MTR. The northward termini of the East Rail line, Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations, located at the border with Shenzhen, are about 30 minutes away. The station was opened in 1983 and its expansion for the Ma On Shan line was completed in September 2004.

Che Kung Temple station of the Tuen Ma line is also located in the Tai Wai area. It opened in 2004.

In 2002, KCRC won the bid to plan, build and operate the Sha Tin to Central Link, and in 2004 it submitted the Draft Final Proposal to the Government. The March 2008 MTR-KCR revised proposal includes the extension of East Rail line across Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island and the extension of Ma On Shan line to West Rail line via East Kowloon. The Tai Wai to Hung Hom section was fully completed in 2021 and the Cross Harbour section was completed in 2022. As part of this project, a new station was built in the Tai Wai area, Hin Keng station, which opened in February 2020.

Road connections

Tai Wai is the main gateway of tunnels and roads connecting the New Territories to Kowloon as well as Tsuen Wan due to its convenient location. In the early 20th century and until the Lion Rock Tunnel, the first road tunnel in Hong Kong, was built in 1967, Tai Po Road was the main road connecting Tai Wai and the New Territories to Kowloon. Tai Po Road to this day remains as the only toll-free road connecting the two areas.

The tunnels are: Lion Rock Tunnel (1967), Shing Mun Tunnels (1990) and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel (2008). Sha Tin Heights Tunnel opened in March 2008 to lessen the traffic of the Kowloon Tunnels and Tai Po Road. It is part of Route 8 that connects Tai Wai to the airport over the Stonecutters Bridge and through the Nam Wan Tunnel.

Bus

A large percentage of the bus routes that go past Tai Wai are circular routes which both start and terminate in Sha Tin. There are also long-distance routes that go past famous Hong Kong landmarks and attractions. They include 170, which goes to Ocean Park; E42 goes to the airport (via Tung Chung) and R42 to Disneyland.

There are 5 major bus termini in Tai Wai:

• Mei Lam (美林巴士總站)
• Mei Tin (美田巴士總站)
• Sun Chui (新翠巴士總站)
• Hin Keng (顯徑巴士總站)
• Tai Wai Station (大圍站總站)

Minibus

Many green minibus (GMB) routes that pass Tai Wai go around all parts of Sha Tin to provide feeder services for major public transport operators such as the MTR. Routes such as 481B go to the Tsuen Wan area via Shing Mun Tunnel offering a fast but cheap alternative to buses and the MTR. Residents' buses also operate at Tai Wai station. Union Hospital's free shuttle bus also operates from there at 10-minute frequencies.

See also

• Sha Tin Heights, a hill in Tai Wai.

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46. South China Morning Post: "Angry residents protest over temple and urn site", 31 March 2012
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49. Lutheran Theological Seminary website
50. High Rock Centre: Former's High Rock and Today's High Rock
51. St. Alfred's Church website
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53. About MTR: Depots
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Further reading

• Aijmer, Göran (1980). Economic Man in Sha Tin: Vegetable Gardeners in a Hong Kong Valley. Routledge. ISBN 9780429770050.
• Cheung, Kennedy; Chor, Charles; Pegg, David (March 2007). "Tai Wai maintenance centre: planning, design, and construction" (PDF). The Arup Journal.
• Chuk, Lin-ping, "Reconnecting over nullah : community foci at Tai Wai", Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, 1998
• Hase, Patrick (1981). "Notes on Rice Farming in Shatin" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 21: 196–206. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hase, P. H. (2020). "Chapter 3. Traditional Sha Tin". Settlement, Life, and Politics - Understanding the Traditional New Territories. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 215–320. ISBN 9789629374419.
• Hui, Wai-man, "Revitalization of neighborhood shopping centre in old district : a case study of Grandeur Shopping Arcade in Tai Wai, N.T", Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Housing Management, University of Hong Kong, 2007
• Van Dijk, Terry; Weitkamp, Gerd (6 March 2017). "Places from the Past lost in New Towns: Hong Kong's Old Villages" (PDF). METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture. 35 (2). Middle East Technical University: 197–220. doi:10.4305/METU.JFA.2017.2.5.
• Yu, Chi-ho, "Landmark to Tai Wai (Shatin) Community", Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, 1998

External links

Download coordinates as:

• KML
• GPX (all coordinates)
• GPX (primary coordinates)
• GPX (secondary coordinates)

• Website about Tai Wai (in Chinese)
• Tai Wai Map (by MTR Corporation)
• Satellite view of Tai Wai, centered on the MTR station
• Forum- Living in Hong Kong
• The Railway Tavern, Tai Wai and a miniature railway at gwulo.com

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Hong Kong	Central and Western District Sai Wan (Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun) The Peak Mid-Levels Sheung Wan Central (Admiralty) Wan Chai District Wan Chai Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) Tai Hang So Kon Po Jardine's Lookout Happy Valley Eastern District North Point Braemar Hill Quarry Bay Sai Wan Ho Shau Kei Wan Aldrich Bay Chai Wan Siu Sai Wan Southern District Pok Fu Lam Waterfall Bay (Wah Fu) Aberdeen(Tin Wan and Shek Pai Wan) Ap Lei Chau Wong Chuk Hang Shouson Hill Deep Water Bay Repulse Bay Chung Hom Kok Stanley Tai Tam Shek O Cape D'Aguilar
Kowloon	Yau Tsim Mong District Tai Kok Tsui Mong Kok Yau Ma Tei King's Park Tsim Sha Tsui West Kowloon Sham Shui Po District Stonecutters Island Kowloon City District Ma Tau Wai Ma Tau Kok To Kwa Wan Ho Man Tin Hung Hom
New Kowloon	Sham Shui Po District Lai Chi Kok Cheung Sha Wan Sham Shui Po So Uk West Kowloon Shek Kip Mei Tai Wo Ping Yau Yat Tsuen Kowloon City District Kowloon City Kowloon Tong (Beacon Hill) Kai Tak Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin Wang Tau Hom (Lok Fu) Tsz Wan Shan Diamond Hill San Po Kong Ngau Chi Wan Hammer Hill Kwun Tong District Kwun Tong Ngau Tau Kok Kowloon Bay Jordan Valley Sau Mau Ping Lam Tin Cha Kwo Ling Yau Tong
New Territories	Kwai Tsing District Kwai Chung (Sheung Kwai Chung and Ha Kwai Chung) Tsing Yi Stonecutters Island Tsuen Wan District (Except Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula on Lantau Island) Tsuen Wan Chai Wan Kok Yau Kom Tau Ting Kau Sham Tseng Tsing Lung Tau Ma Wan Lei Muk Shue Sha Tin District Sha Tin Tai Wai Shatin Heights Yuen Chau Kok Shek Mun Siu Lek Yuen Fo Tan Kau To Shan Ma Liu Shui A Kung Kok Ma On Shan Wu Kai Sha Sai Kung District Tseung Kwan O New Town Ma Yau Tong Po Lam Tsui Lam Hang Hau Tseung Kwan O Tiu Keng Leng Pak Shing Kok Siu Chik Sha Tai Chik Sha Fei Ngo Shan Tai Sheung Tok Islands District (Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula of Tsuen Wan District included) Tung Chung New Town
Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" of Lands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" of Rating and Valuation Department. M：Narrow meaning of urban areas KL: Kowloon Peninsula at the south of Boundary Street NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of Lion Rock 1: Common definition (1) 2: Common definition (2) 3: Common definition (3) 4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right of indigenous inhabitants 5: Jurisdiction area of former Urban Council 6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" of Planning Department 7: Jurisdiction area of Urban Renewal Authority 8: Unique operating area of urban taxis 9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined by Hong Kong Housing Authority 10: Definition of Urban rates 11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 13: Regions having 999-year land lease 14: Geographical Constituency in Hong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 15: Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 16: Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon

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