Tai Lam () or Tai Lam Chung () is an area of

Tuen Mun District Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or simply Tuen Mun), ...

, in the

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Village

Tai Lam Chung Tsuen () is a recognized village under the

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. It is one of the 36 villages represented within the

Tuen Mun Rural Committee The Tuen Mun Rural Committee (, TMRC) is a rural committee in Hong Kong. It was founded by rural leader Chan Yat-sen in 1953 with representatives from 29 villages in Tuen Mun. Today the rural committee consisted of 36 villages and 69 village re ...

. Tai Lam Chung is a multi-clan

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area historically inhabited by the Wu in Wu Uk (), the Wong in Wong Uk () and the

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branching out from Lee Uk Tsuen of

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().

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. Historic Building Appraisal
Tin Hau Temple, Tai Lam Kok, Tai Lam Chung
/ref> Wu Uk and Wong Uk are both part of Tai Lam Chung Tsuen. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Lam was 61. The number of males was 26.

Features

A Tin Hau Temple is located in Tai Lam Kok (). Built in 1924, it underwent a major renovation in 1955. It was then demolished and reconstructed on the same site in 2006–2007.

Education

Tai Lam Chung is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 71. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in the school net.

References

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Delineation of area of existing village Tai Lam Chung (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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Picture of Tin Hau Temple, Tai Lam Kok
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Village

Features

Education

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