,
Sun Chui Estate and
Man Lai Court. The
Hong Kong Heritage Museum is visible at the bottom left. 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 , built in 1981. and
Ka Keng Court, with
Lion Rock in the background. 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 () 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 () • Golden Lion Gardens (
金獅花園) • Grandeur Garden () • Granville Garden (
恆峰花園) • Greenview Garden () • Julimount Garden () • Lakeview Garden () •
Man Lai Court () • Parc Royale () • Park View Garden () • Peak One (
壹號雲頂) •
Pristine Villa () • Sha Tin Heights () • The Great Hill (
嘉御山) • The Met. Acappella () • The Pavilia Farm (
柏傲莊) • Worldwide Gardens ()
Villages . The towers in the background are part of
Hin Keng Estate. 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 (). 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.
Ha Keng Hau,
Sheung Keng Hau and
Hin Tin are three adjacent villages located along Hin Keng Street (), 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 () () is located east of Hin Keng Estate and west of
Lung Hang Estate. It was established by the Law () and the Mak () during the 18th century. The Mak who settled there had branched out of Pan Chung () in
Tai Po. •
Sheung Keng Hau () () is located southeast of Hin Keng Estate. It is a
single-surname village,
Wai (), with a history of over 300 years. The Wai
Ancestral Hall was rebuilt in 1930. •
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 (), 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 (), the Law () and the So () were
Hakkas from
Nantou who had settled in the Valley for some 300 years. Another clan in the Valley, the
Lau (), 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. • Hung Mui Kuk Village () () •
San Tin Village (not to be confused with
San Tin within
Yuen Long District), () () is located south of Che Kung Temple and east of Sun Chui Estate. It was historically a single-clan village of the
Lau (), and it now features the Lau Ancestral Hall (). 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 () () 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. it was first settled by the Chan () and later by the Law (), the Lam (), the Yip (), the
Lau () and others. There are several ancestral halls in the village, including the Lau Ancestral Hall (), 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 () () Other villages in Tai Wai include: •
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 () () is located on the hill along
Tai Po Road and on top of
Sha Tin Heights Tunnel. • Fuk Lok Village () () is located on the hill, north of Heung Fan Liu New Village and Pak Tin. • 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 () () 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 (), the
Wai (), the
Leung (), the
Tsang () and the
Liu (). 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, •
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 () 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 (), also called Tse Po Shu Tong (), was built before 1910. It is the only ancestral hall in the village. The Li Cottage (), 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 () uphill. • Yau Oi Tsuen () (), located west of
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