A single story brick building near the junction of Tung Lo Wan Road and Wun Sha Street, it maybe stood on present-day 2 Wun Sha Street building.
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.
At 1927 September 23, the government gazetted a tender for reconstruction of Tai Hang Market.
It has a chance to be built on the reserved site in 1914.
According to the "Spatial History Research of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, 1941-1945" team, the building was valued 9700 yen and the land was valued 5800 yen, and was managed by the Economic Development of Civil Administration Office from 1941 to 1945.
Area about 85 square metres, Chinese name at the time of Japanese occupation: 香港大坑市場(HKRS141-19-29-2, 10)
Up until 1948 March 5, Tai Hang Market is still open/recognized by the Market By-Law (Cap. 140, Section 5) (Ordinance No.13 of 1935)
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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.