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Tai Tong is an area southwest of
Shap Pat Heung Shap Pat Heung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Located south of Yuen Long and northeast of Tai Tong, the area occupies the plain north of hills of Tai Lam. The Cantonese name 'Shap Pat Heung' means 'eighteen villages'Antiq ...
, in
Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong, districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021. Geogra ...
, in the northwestern part of
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 ...
. Tai Tong Tsuen ( 大棠村) is located in the area.


Administration

Tai Tong Tsuen 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 ...
.


Features

Tai Tong has a mountain called Lychee mountain. It has been a prime spot for Hong Kong programs.


Transport

There are 3 main roads connecting the 3 main sections of Tai Tong. Tai Tong Road, Kung Um Road and Tai Shu Ha Road North and West. Tai Shui Ha Section's only transportation is GMB route 73A (Yuen Long Fook Hong Street to Sung Shan Sun Tsuen) and GMB 73 (Long Ping ST. to Sung Shan Sun Tsuen). In the Kung Um Section, the only GMB line operating in the following section is route 39 (Fung Cheng Road to Kung Um Pak Sha). During rush hour, there are special departures of this following route which connects Kung Um Pak Sha to Yuen Long Station. In Tai Tong's Main section, Tai Tong Road, an RMB which connects Wong Nai Tun Tsuen to Hung Min Court (Near Citimall), operates here. There is another RMB line which connects Wong Nai Tun Tsuen to Yuen Long Station. There are also 3 MTRB lines and 1 KMB line which operate in this section, which are K66, K66A, K66S, and 68R. Route K66 connects Wong Nai Tun Tsuen to Long Ping Bus Terminus (Long Ping Estate) Via Long Ping Station. During Morning Rush hours, there are special departures of K66 which stops operation at Long Ping Station, and does not continue journey to Long Ping Bus Terminus. Route K66A and K66S only operates from late November to early January where there are extremely high demands of tourists visiting the Tai Tong Sweet Gum Woods. These two buses operate from Tai Tong Shan Road to Long Ping Station. K66A omits all stops from K66 except from the "Tai Tong Roundabout" Station, while K66S does not. Route 68R only operates 2 days of the year (December 24th and 25th) This route connects Yuen Long YOHO mall (Yuen Long Station) to Tai Tong Shan Road. There are no in between stops on this route.


Education

Tai Tong Tsuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立小學).


See also

*
Tai Lam Country Park Tai Lam Country Park, established on 23 February 1979, is a country park located in Tai Lam, at the south of Yuen Long Town, Kam Tin and Shek Kong and east of Tuen Mun Town, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. This country park has an ...
* Wong Nai Tun Tsuen * Yeung Ka Tsuen


References


External links


Delineation of area of existing village Tai Tong (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

"Review of Egretries in Hong Kong", in ''Hong Kong Biodiversity'', Issue No. 14 March 2007, pp. 1-6.
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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 ...
. Historic Building Appraisal
Leung Yin Wo Ancestral Hall, Tai Tong TsuenPictures
Yuen Long District Areas of Hong Kong Shap Pat Heung {{YuenLong-geo-stub