Tai Wai is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District.
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13 Facts About Tai Wai
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Tai Wai family, being the largest family, is thought to be the direct descendants of the famous founder general of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin, who purportedly fled there to escape executions ordered by Emperor Gao of Han's empress Empress Lu Zhi.
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The Han descendants changed their surname into Tai Wai by splitting the word Han in two halves and took up the character on the right hand side.
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Tai Wai appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.
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Tai Wai is composed largely of low to medium income households of different ethnic backgrounds ranging from local Chinese to Westerners.
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Table below lists all the public housing estates in Tai Wai, including Public Rental Housing, Home Ownership Scheme, Tenants Purchase Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme .
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Some sources mention Tai Wai as being famous for its chicken porridges and roast baby pigeon.
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Tai Wai has multiple primary and secondary schools, mostly public, some with religious background.
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Tai Wai station is on the East Rail line and the Tuen Ma line of the MTR.
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Tai Wai is the main gateway of tunnels and roads connecting the New Territories to Kowloon as well as Tsuen Wan due to its convenient location.
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Large percentage of the bus routes that go past Tai Wai are circular routes which both start and terminate in Sha Tin.
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