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Lam Tei () is an area in the

Tuen Mun District The Tuen Mun District () is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, administrative districts of Hong Kong. As of 2021, the population was 506,879, of which 64,000 were under the age of 18. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or sim ...

of the

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, Hong Kong. The region lies at the north end of

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun () or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the mo ...

city. It is highly rural, with Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery being a landmark of the region.

History

Several villages of the Lam Tei area were established by the To ()

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. Originally from Poyang,

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. Historic Building Appraisal
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and then to Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen. Following the increase of the clan population, the village dispersed and developed into five villages in the Lam Tei area:

Nai Wai Nai Wai () aka. Wong Kong Wai ()Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalEntrance Gate, Nai Wai/ref> is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Recognised status Nai Wai is a recognis ...

, Tsing Chuen Wai, Tuen Tsz Wai, Lam Tei Tsuen and Tuen Mun San Tsuen, which were all

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Features

Features of the area include: * Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery * Several walled villages: Chung Uk Tsuen, Lam Tei Tsuen,

, Sun Fung Wai, Tsing Chuen Wai, Tuen Tsz Wai, Tuen Mun San Tsuen * Residential estates, including The Sherwood () and Botania Villa () * Lam Tei Quarry () *

Lam Tei Reservoir Lam Tei Reservoir (also known as Lo Fu Hang Reservoir or Lam Tei Irrigation Reservoir) is a funnel-shaped reservoir located at the back hill of Lingnan University in Fu Tei, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong with an area of 17,000 m2 and a water storage ca ...

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Hung Shui Hang Reservoir Hung Shui Hang Reservoir (also known as Tan Kwai Hang Reservoir or Hung Shui Hang Irrigation Reservoir) is a reservoir located to the north of Kau Keng Shan, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the northwestern edge of Tai ...

() * The Old To Ancestral Hall (陶氏宗祠) (pictured) in Tuen Tsz Wai was briefly used by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. The commander later moved the base elsewhere, after discovering the origins of the Clan tracing back to To Yuan Ming. The Old To Ancestral Hall later caught fire after the war, when the interior was rented out as a storage space for cargo. The To Clan later invested in a New Ancestral Hall, including a full sized statue of their ancestor, To Yuan Ming.

Education

Lam Tei is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 70. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Tuen Mun Government Primary School (屯門官立小學).

Transportation

Lam Tei is reachable by

Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Road ( Chinese: 青山公路) is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920, it has the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs west from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, to Tuen Mun, then north to Y ...

. There is also a

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stop, served by routes 610, 614, 615, and 751.

References

External links

Lam Tei Quarry operation, Tuen Mun

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