Everything tagged: Tai Hang

A single story brick building on top of Tai Hang Nullah, near the junction of Tung Lo Wan Road and Wun Sha Street, it maybe stood on the present-day Ming Sing Building or present-day 2 Wun Sha Street building.

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. (HKRS141-19-29-2, 10)

4-storey buildings at 57-63 Wun Sha Street.

Wun Sha Street has been constructed along the former Haw Par Stream/Victoria Park Nullah in the early 1950s. 57-63 Wun Sha Street were the oldest houses built in the uphill direction. The construction date is unclear, they were built earlier than the Concord Villas which were first occupied in June 1958. So 1955 is the estimated construction date.

They were demolished around 1987/88 and replaced by the Fook Hing Court (first occupied May 1989).

INTRO: As Tiger Balm Garden was a favourite tourist destination, we have many photos showing the squatter village. The village is also mentioned several times in Dam at Haw Par Stream [????- ]  and other posts.

House built on IL 3289.

Public Works Department (source: HKGRO) announced on 13th November, 1931 the sale of IL 3289 located at "The new Road from Tai Hang to Stubbs Road" with contents of 158.000 sq. feet. The auction was scheduled for Monday, 30th November 1931, 3 p.m.

Probably the new house was finished in 1933. It stood less than two decades as is was probably damaged during WWII. On a photo from 1945, the site looks empty. It was replaced by Grandview Mansion in 1955.

Building on IL4223 at 70 Tai Hang Road. Centadata gives 06/1984 as date of first occupation. Trafalgar Court has 60 units on 30 floors.

Building on IL4223 at 70 Tai Hang Road. It was built after demolition of the predecessor in 1962 and demolished in about 1983 to make way for Trafalgar Court. It had 7 floors and was y-shaped (see the 1975 map onhttp://www.hkmaps.hk/mapviewer.html).

Located above the Tai Hang Road hairpin bend, to be correct it's at 1 Wang Fung Terrace.

Centadata quotes first occupation as January 1955. It has 33 units on four floors.

The building at No. 12 School Street was reconstructed in 1949 to replace an earlier pre-war building named “Hung Shing Yi Hok” (孔聖義學, literally, “Confucius free school for the poor”) founded in the late Qing Dynasty. This school was funded by donations of local inhabitants. The most generous patron of the school was Mr. Lau Chu-pak (劉鑄伯) (1867-1922), an eminent leader of the community.