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Tai Wan (Chinese:大環, formerly 大灣) was a bay on the easternHung Hom,Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The southern end of the bay joined with theHong Kong and Whampoa Dock. The name also refers to anarea, which neighboursTo Kwa Wan and theWhampoa Garden inHung Hom.
Tai Wan Shan (大環山) was a hill on the coast, that was the location of the "Easy Battery" later becoming a power station belonging toChina Light and Power (now CLP Power).
It is a common error that the character灣 is mistakenly written with its homonym環 in Hong Kong. This has caused major confusion amongst local people, including government officials. The name of its major thoroughfareTai Wan Road, illustrates this phenomenon.
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Wan was 97. The number of males was 61.[1]
Dai Wan Shan and Kwun Yam Shan were levelled by the Hong Kong Government in the 1950s and 1960s, in order to buildpublic housing. TheTai Wan Shan Resettlement Estate was completed in 1956, while theHung Hom Estate was completed in 1968.[2]
Tai Wan Shan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 35. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (Hung Hom Bay).[3]
