A temporary market building on top of Tai Hang Nullah with 12 stalls, it was demolished by a flood.
Page 3, Hong Kong Daily Press 1914-02-25, the Sanitary Board agreed to erect a temporary market of 12 stalls, and reserve a site for a permanent market.
It was opened on 1st of April 1914.
On a 1924 map, an area labelled "Market" was shown on the Tai Hang Stream.
BAY VIEW DISTRICT.
A feature of the damage in the Bay View district was the disappearance of the market at Tai Hang village. The structure, about 100 feet long and standing on stone pillars, is stated to have been carried away by the flood.
The assistance of the Fire Brigade was obtained to pump out the water. They worked from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. but owing to the numerous calls on the services of the Brigade they had to abandon the work and resume it after the water had subsided there.
The market was washed away by a flood caused by typhoon on the 22nd July 1926. And on the 23rd September 1927, the government gazetted a tender for reconstruction of Tai Hang Market.
Sources:
Hong Kong Daily Press 1914-02-25, page 3
CO129-481 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [8-12] — Page 88
TAI HANG MARKET - PROPOSED REPROVISIONTRY OF - (BL2/3801/60, HKRS115-1-122)
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HKGRO 1927 gazette, page 453 (G.N. S 244, 1927 September 23)
CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 249
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1914 - first requirements for a Tai Hang Market
Page 3, Hong Kong Daily Press 1914-02-25:
SANITARY BOARD
The usual fortnightly meeting of this Authority was held at the offices of the Department yesterday, the President (Mr. D. W. Tratman) presiding. There were also present:—Colonel Irwin, Dr. Fitzwilliams, Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Mr. Chan Kai Ming, Mr. Ng Hon Tsz, Dr. Francis Clark, Dr. W. W. Pearse, and Mr. W. Bowen-Rowlands (Secretary).
TAI HANG MARKET.
On correspondence relative to reserving a site for a market at Tai Hang, the President mentioned that since the last meeting five further applications had been received for market licences. He was not quite sure whether that represented a demand for food supplies, or whether it was merely that various market people were following each other like sheep in the direction of what they thought was a good thing, and at present he was unable to recommend the construction of any permanent building for a market in Tai Hang. He thought the best thing they could do was to recommend the erection of a temporary market, containing 12 stalls, and reserve a site for a permanent market. He proposed a resolution to that effect, and the Board agreed.