Tai Om () is a village in

Lam Tsuen Lam Tsuen () is an area in Tai Po District, Hong Kong, noted for its Lam Tsuen wishing trees. The nearby Lam Tsuen River, empties into Tolo Harbour, Tai Po Hoi. History During the Qing dynasty, Lam Tsuen was a member of Tai Po Tsat Yeuk (), ...

Tai Po District Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yue ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Administration

Tai Om is a recognized village under the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

History

Tai Om was historically a single-clan

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village, settled by the Cheung family (). The founding ancestors had moved from Wuhua in

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province to

Tai Mo Shan Tai Mo Shan is the highest peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of above the , or around above mean sea level. It is located at approximately the geographical centre of the New Territories. The Tai Mo Shan Country Park covers an area of ...

, and later settled in Tai Om around 1800. (other sources mention that the village was founded in the 17th century) At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Om was 162. The number of males was 74.

Conservation

The Tai Om Feng Shui Woodland, covering an area of 2.7 hectares, was designated as a

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in 2005. It is located on a knoll behind the village. A part of it was converted into orchards in the 1940s. Luk Tak Study Hall, built in the 1930s, has been listed as a Grade III historic building. Tai Om Old Brick Kiln has been listed as a Site of Archaeological Interest.

Antiquities and Monuments Office The Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) is a Hong Kong government organization established in 1976 under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance to protect and preserve historic monuments. Housed in the Former Kowloon British School, the AMO ...

List of Sites of Archaeological Interest in Hong Kong
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Delineation of area of existing village Tai Om (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Secretary for Development, Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monum ...

Pictures of Luk Tak Study Hall, No. 36 Tai Om
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. Historic Building Appraisal
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