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HONG
KONG
ISLAND
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KOWLOON
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NEW
TERRITORIES
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OUTLYING
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 From
the
Tang
Dynasty
in
AD
963,
the
indigenous
inhabitants
of
Tai
Po
lived
by
clamming
and
making
pearls.
The
pearl
making
business
reached
its
peak
in
the
Song
Dynasty
and
started
to
decline
gradually
in
the
midst
of
the
Ming
Dynasty.
Tai
Po
had
been
developed
as a
fishing
port
around
the
late
Ming
Dynasty
and
the
Qing
Dynasty.
Thanks
to
battles
and
political
struggles
in
modern
history,
a
lot
of
people
migrated
to
Hong
Kong
from
China;
one
of
the
destinations
for
them
was
Tai
Po.
People
first
began
to
settle
around
the
riversides
of
Lam
Tsuen
River
and
finally
Tai
Po
Old
Market
and
Tai
Wo
Town
were
developed.
In
the
1970s,
the
Hong
Kong
government
began
to
develop
satellite
cities:
the
first
industrial
estate
in
Hong
Kong
was
built
in
Tai
Po
in
1974;
Tai
Po
was
named
as a
"new
town"
in
1979;
the
first
public
housing
estate
in
Tai
Po -
Tai
Yuen
Estate
-
was
established
in
1981.
The
population
has
soared
to
320,
000
and
Tai
Po
began
to
prosper
following
the
completion
of
the
Tolo
Highway
which
enhanced
communication
with
the
older
urban
areas. |
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People
While
being
a
new
town,
Tai
Po
is
populated
with
many
people
of
Hakka
origin.
Before
the
1970s,
immigrants
from
Guangdong
Province
in
China
migrated
to
Hong
Kong.
Many
of
the
Hakka
people
moved
to
Tai
Po,
Fanling
and
Sheung
Shui.
In
Tai
Po,
you
will
notice
a
large
population
of
Hakka
people
in
Tai
Po
Market,
especially
around
the
area
of
"Little
Park".
However
you
will
also
notice
a
lot
of
people
of
the
Guangdong
province,
especially
from
the
Guangzhou
area
and
many
small
villages
that
dot
along
Guangdong. |
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