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Tai Wo

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"Tai Wo Market" redirects here. For the historical Tai Wo Shi (Tai Wo Market), seeTai Po Market.
For the public housing estate in details, seeTai Wo Estate.For Tai Wo ( đại oa ) the villages, seeTai Wo Tsuen.
Tai Wo Estate
Tai Wo Estate,with the Kwong Fuk Bridge over theLam Tsuen River.
Map
Alternative names
  • Tai Wo
  • Tai Wo Plaza (shopping mall only)
  • Tai Wo Market (wet market only)
Etymologyname after the historic Tai Wo Market (Quá cùng thị)
General information
Typehigh-rise residential buildings and multi-storey shopping mall
Town or cityTai Po District,Hong Kong
Coordinates22°27′04″N114°09′40″E/ 22.4511°N 114.1611°E/22.4511; 114.1611
ClientHong Kong Housing Authority
Owner

Tai Wo(Chinese:Quá cùng) or known asTai Wo Marketare the names of several areas in theTai Po District,in theNew Territoriesof Hong Kong. The boundaries changed from time to time. In present time,[when?]the name "Tai Wo" mostly[according to whom?]refers to the area surrounding theTai Wo stationof theEast Rail lineand theTai Wo Estate.[1]However, historically, Tai Wo referred to the area that currently called Tai Po Market.[2]: 39 Despite Tai Po Market was also the old name of another area, which currently known as Tai Po Old Market.[2]: 39 All three areas are now part ofTai Po New Town(a.k.a.Tai Po Town or just Tai Po), a satellite town (suburb) that co-jointed with the existing indigenous villages.

History

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Recent years

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Entrance of current "Tai Wo Market" on the G/F of Tai Wo Plaza
Tai Po Sports Ground (front), Serenity Park (centre) and Tai Wo Plaza (far left)

Currently, Tai Wo forms the north-western part[citation needed]ofTai Po Town.It has its own railway stationTai Wo stationof theEast Rail lineand a shopping centre.Tai Wo EstateandPo Nga Courtare large public housing estates in the area, which they were situated on the northern shore of theLam Tsuen River.Their shopping centre, Tai Wo Plaza, is adjacent to the Tai Wo station.[3]Part of the ground floor of the shopping centre, was also named "Tai Wo Market" (Chinese:Quá cùng phố xá;lit.'Tai Wo wet market') as an indoor market.[3]Both Tai Wo Estate and Po Nga Court were the residential projects of theHong Kong Housing Authority,which initially they were part of the portfolios of rental housing andsubsidised home ownershiprespectively. The authority sold the shopping centre of the housing estate toLink REITin 2005, which thereal estate investment trustrenamed the shopping centre from Tai Wo shopping centre (Quá cùng thương trường) to Tai Wo Plaza (Quá cùng quảng trường) in 2010.[4]

Tai Wo Estate and Po Nga Court were completed in 1989.[5][6]According to an interview of an elder of theTang clanof Tai Po Tau, some of the land of Tai Wo Estate, were originally farmlands that owned by Tang clan of Tai Po Tau. (Or more precisely, owned the long termland lease,leasing from the government) Government bought back the farmlands for Tai Po New Town development.[7]Ironically, Tang clan of Tai Po Tau, was one of the operators of the original Tai Po Market, now the residential area Tai Po Old Market, while Tai Wo was named after the historic Tai Wo Market, which now known as Tai Po Market.

The area of Tai Wo Estate, was planned as an industrial area. However, the plan was scrapped in 1983.[8]

Connection of the historic Tai Wo Market and current Tai Po Market

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Main article:Tai Po Market

Historically, "Tai Wo" was the name of the current outdoor market areaFu Shin Street[zh](Phú thiện phố), which was situated on the southern shore of the Lam Tsuen River. It was one of the market town of Tai Po and surrounding villages. Fu Shin Street, at that time known as Tai Wo Market (Quá cùng thịtransliterationTai Wo Shi) or Tai Po New Market (Đại bộ tân khư) was developed since 1892 by theTai Po Tsat Yeuk(Bảy ước;'Seven Alliance'). Which Tsat Yeuk was an inter-village alliance, none of them were fromTang clan.The formation of a new market town, was intended to break the monopoly of the [old] Tai Po Market (Đại bộ khư,now Tai Po Old Market) formed by the Tang clans ofLung Yeuk Tau(Long nhảy đầu Đặng thị) and Tai Po Tau (Đại bộ đầu Đặng thị).[9][10][11]The Tai Po Old Market (Đại bộ cũ khư,transliterationTai Po Kau Hui) was located on the Northern shore of the Lam Tsuen River. In earlyQing dynasty(mid-17th century), Tai Po Old Market was known as Tai Po Tau Hui (Đi nhanh đầu khư).[12]

Tsat Yeuk also builtKwong Fuk Bridgewhich connects the two market towns,[2]: 116 as well as Tai Po'sMan Mo Templewhich located in the centre of Fu Shin Street.[2]: 102 

To add more confusion to the name, government also runs an indoor wet market Tai Po Hui Market (Đại bộ khư phố xá) inTai Po Complex[zh],while its former location (Đại bộ khư lâm thời phố xá), was redeveloped into a public housing estatePo Heung Estate,where they are near to the Fu Shin Street. All three locations were belongs to "Tai Po Market"District Council Election Constituency of2015 Hong Kong local elections.[13]

The headquarters of Tai Po Rural Committee ofHeung Yee Kuk,was located in the former school building of the Sung Tak primary school (not to be confused with Sung Tak Wong Kin Sheung Memorial School), which is located at one end of Fu Shin Street. The former headquarters was redeveloped into aforementioned Po Heung Estate. Tai Po Rural Committee supervised some of the matter of the villages ofindigenous inhabitantsof Tai Po.

Tai Wo Shi (Fu Shin Street) was served by [old]Tai Po Market railway station.The accessibility of Tai Wo Shi had made the area as one of the important market town of the New Territories.[10]However, the railway station was closed in 1983[14]and was replaced by the currentTai Po Market stationandTai Wo stationon different locations.

To sum up, despite historically known as Tai Wo, area around Fu Shin Street has known as Tai Po Market, and became the town centre of Tai Po, housing various government buildings.

Other namesake

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Lastly,Tai Po Tai Wo Road[zh]is a public road that start from an area next to the Tai Wo Estate, and then connects to area such asTai Po Centre[zh],a privately owned high rise commercial-residential complex, as well as Tai Po Police Station (not to be confused withOld Tai Po Police Station), and ends on the western boundary ofTai Po Waterfront Park.Most part of the road are not part of the historic Tai Wo Market, nor the current Tai Wo Estate.

In election boundaries

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Current map of the election constituencies of the Tai Po District. Tai Po Hui is marked as P01, Old Market & Serenity is marked as P16, Tai Woo is marked as P15 and Po Nga was marked as P14

In2015 Hong Kong local elections,the name of theDistrict CouncilElection Constituency that Fu Shin Street (the historic Tai Wo Market) was located, was called "Tai Po Hui"(Đại bộ khư;'Tai Po Market'), while the large part ofTai Wo Estatewas the only residential area of the election constituency "Tai Wo"; Po Nga Court and other part ofTai Wo Estatewere the only residential area of the election constituency "Po Nga".[13]North of "Tai Wo" constituency, was the "Old Market & Serenity"constituency (Chinese:Cũ khư cập Thái Hồ;lit.'[The] old market andSerenity Park&nbsp', '&#91', 'zh&#93', ''), where Tai Po Old Market was located.[13]Tai Po Old Market currently a pure residential area, [sic][2]: 165 while Serenity Park is another privately owned residential complex.

The current Tai Po Market station, was located on the boundary between "Tai Po Hui" constituency and "San Fu"(Tân phú) constituency; the bus terminus of the station, which was located on the ground floor and underground level of a commercial-residential complex,Uptown Plaza[zh](Tân đạt quảng trường), was entirely inside "San Fu" constituency.[13][15]

Tai Wo station was located on the boundary between constituencies "Tai Wo" and "Po Nga".[13]

However, the proposed change for the District Council Election Constituencies of2019 Hong Kong local elections,had enlarged the constituency "Po Nga", which cover more than Po Nga Court and part of the Tai Wo Estate.[16]It was also accused ofgerrymandering.[17]

In 1989, Tai Wo Estate did not have their own election constituency.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Vạn dặm bản đồ chế tác trung tâm, ed. (July 2017).Hong Kong đại địa đồ[Complete City Guide of Hong Kong] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)) (2018 ed.). Wan Li Book (Sino United PublishingGroup).ISBN978-962-14-6420-0.Retrieved19 September2018.
  2. ^abcdeSiu, Anthony Kwok-kin; Tiêu Quốc kiện (2007).Đại bộ phong cảnh chí(PDF)(in Chinese (Hong Kong)) (revised ed.). Tai Po District Council.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^【 lãnh triển khinh lăng 】 đếm kỹ những cái đó năm bị lãnh triển chỉnh quá thương trường.D18hk(in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 16 November 2017.Retrieved19 September2018.
  4. ^"Tai Wo Estate, Tai Po, New Territories East".Hong Kong Housing Authority. 1 August 2018.Retrieved19 September2018.
  5. ^"Po Nga Court, Tai Po, New Territories East".Hong Kong Housing Authority. 1 November 2016.Retrieved19 September2018.
  6. ^Đặng tộc đại bộ đầu hương từ trước lời nói hôm nay quá cùng ga tàu hỏa thời gian chảy ngược thượng thế kỷ.Hong Kong Commercial Daily(in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 23 February 2017.Retrieved19 September2018.
  7. ^Phát triển tây cống bắc ước thành tân thị trấn.Wah Kiu Yat Po(in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 25 October 1984. p. 21.
  8. ^Brief information on proposed Grade II items(PDF).Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Hong Kong Government. p. 465. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-02-23.
  9. ^abThi chí minh (2016). "Khắc khổ đoàn kết phong tục tập quán".Bản thổ luận tục ── tân giới người Hoa truyền thống phong tục(in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong). p. 132.ISBN9789888420186.
  10. ^Trần thiên quyền (16 January 2018)."Đại bộ khư cùng quá cùng thị biến thiên".Thấy rõ danh gia(in Chinese (Hong Kong)).Retrieved19 September2018.
  11. ^"Địa lý chí".Tân An huyện chí(in Literary Chinese) (Kangxi Year ed.). 1688.
  12. ^abcde"District Council Election Constituency Boundaries – Tai Po District (Sheet 1)"(PDF).Electoral Affairs Commission. 2014.Retrieved18 September2018.
  13. ^"Old Tai Po Market Railway Station - Declared Monuments".Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Government. 31 July 2018.Retrieved18 September2018.
  14. ^Đại bộ tân phú khu 7 nguyệt bầu cử phụ xây dựng chế độ phái nội chiến công đảng hoặc người đánh cá đến lợi.Hong Kong độc lập truyền thông võng [In Media HK](in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2 June 2015.Retrieved1 October2018.
  15. ^"Public Consultation Provisional Recommendations on Boundaries and Names of District Council Election Constituencies for 2019 District Council Ordinary Election"(PDF).Electoral Affairs Commission. 23 July 2018.Retrieved19 September2018– via Hong Kong Legislative Council website.
  16. ^La gia tình (24 July 2018).【 khu hội nghị tuyển cử 】 xây dựng chế độ nghị viên biết trước khu vực tuyển cử hoa giới? Phạm quốc uy bị cắt phiếu thương hoặc chiến khu mới.Hong Kong 01(in Chinese (Hong Kong)).Retrieved19 September2018.
  17. ^Nhiều phòng thôn tục dựng lên hơn trăm nông thôn vẫn giữ lại đại bộ là so đa nguyên hóa khu vực 5 năm đem tăng mười dư vạn dân cư tân nhiệm chính vụ chuyên viên Diêu kỷ trung bôn ba lí tân nói ấn tượng chỉ ra tây cống bắc tạm không thay đổi lệ quá cùng thôn khu vực tuyển cử sẽ biến.Wah Kiu Yat Po(in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 10 October 1989. p. 12.

Further reading

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  • Tiêu Quốc kiện (2007).Quá cùng thị khai khư.Đại bộ phong cảnh chí(PDF)(in Chinese (Hong Kong)) (revised ed.). Tai Po District Council.
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