Tai Ho Wan

Tai Ho Wan (Chinese: 大蠔灣; Cantonese Yale: daaih hòh wāan; lit. 'big oyster bay', also 大濠灣; 'big inlet bay') is a bay on the north shore of Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located west of Siu Ho Wan, and northeast of Tung Chung and Kei Tau Kok. The surrounding land was originally planned to be part of the North Lantau New Town scope, but there is a current slowdown in its plans because of the lack in population growth and environmental groups opposed to the next in abeyance.

This article is about a bay on the north shore of Lantau Island. For places also known as Taihowan, see Tai Hau Wan.

Paifang of Tai Ho Village.

Tai Ho was originally a rural area, to the northern part there is a shoal extend and to the southern part is the foot of Lin Fa Shan. Slopes are covered with grassland and shrub forests. There are monsoonal nature of swamps, as well as a stream named Tai Ho Stream which flows into the Tai Ho Bay.

History

In 1989, the British Hong Kong Government announced that the Airport Core Programme, which includes the north through the Tai Ho, North Lantau Highway, and the development of Tai Ho into new towns. The plans for the Tung Chung line was released at this time which also called for the construction of a Tai Ho station. However, in the late 1990s, due to the slow down in the development of Tung Chung, the expected slow down in population growth, coupled with environmental concerns that the development of Tai Ho will affect the local environment and ecology, large-scale construction is still under review.

Villages

Villages in the area include Tai Ho Village (大蠔村), Tai Ho New Village (大蠔新村) and Ngau Kwu Long (牛牯塱). Tai Wo and Ngau Kwu Long are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]

Tai Ho Stream

Tai Ho Stream contains the largest varieties of freshwaterfish species in Hong Kong, with 47 species of fish. In 1999, the Hong Kong Government designated Tai Ho Stream as the 63rd Site of Special Scientific Interest due to the discovery of the Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in the river, which cannot be found anywhere in the world except for waters in Hokkaidō, and Hong Kong.[2]

References
  1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. EcoNavi (December 2005), 綠色香港──生態欣賞與認識 (in Chinese), Hong Kong: Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-962-8884-44-5
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