Ngau Tam Mei

Yau Tam Mei Village gate.

Ngau Tam Mei
Chinese	牛潭尾
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Niú Tán Wěi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ngau4 taam4 mei5

Ngau Tam Mei Road, a main road in Ngau Tam Mei

Ngau Tam Mei (Chinese: 牛潭尾; lit. 'Ox Pool End'), also known as Yau Tam Mei (攸潭尾), is a suburb located in San Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong near Yuen Long.[1] It is located at the east of Fairview Park, the north of San Tin village and Kai Kung Leng,[2] the northwest of Lam Tsuen Country Park,[3] and also at the northeast of Nam Sang Wai.

Features

Wat Buddhadhamaram (วัดพุทธธรรมาราม) (泰國佛堂), the oldest Thai temple in Hong Kong, is located in Ngau Tam Mei.[4]

Traffic

Since there is no MTR stations in Ngau Tam Mei, people living in Ngau Tam Mei mainly travel on minibuses, buses and also on bicycle. There are three main roads in Ngau Tam Mei, which are: Ngau Tam Mei Road, San Tin Highway and Castle Peak Road. Moreover, a proposed railway station, namely Ngau Tam Mei station, may be built in Ngau Tam Mei in the future to serve the local residents.

Education

Yau Tam Mei is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).[5]

Future developments

Railway

The Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section which is currently under construction will pass through Ngau Tam Mei.[6] In addition, a Ngau Tam Mei station is also proposed as an intermediate station of the MTR Northern Link provided that significant development can be seen in the surrounding areas.[7]

See also

• Wai Tsai Tsuen, a village located in the Ngau Tam Mei area

References

1. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
2. 陳劍青 (30 July 2014). 牛潭尾的本土鄉愁 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Independent Media. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
3. "Approved Ngau Tam Mei Outline Zoning" (PDF). The Town Planning Board. The Hong Kong Government. December 2006. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2014.^[permanent dead link‍]
4. Wong, Billy SK (26 October 2017). "Hong Kong's Thai people pay tribute to late king Bhumibol Adulyadej". South China Morning Post.
5. "POA School Net 74" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
6. "Express Railway Link - Yuen Long District - Progress Update". Hong Kong: MTR. 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
7. "legislative council brief - northern link and Hong Kong section of Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong express rail link" (PDF). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Legislative Council. 17 January 2006. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

• This article draws some information from the corresponding article in Chinese Wikipedia.

Further reading

• Lai, David C.Y. (1978). "Chapter X: The Tai Shang Wai Housing Project Controversy". In Hill, R.D.; Bray, Jennifer M. (eds.). Geography and the Environment in Southeast Asia: Proceedings of the Geology Jubilee Symposium, The University of Hong Kong, 21-25 June 1976. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 145–164. ISBN 9789622090095.

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Yau Tam Mei (I) (San Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Delineation of area of existing village Yau Tam Mei (II) (San Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Wai Cheung Ancestral Hall, Yau Tam Mei Tsuen Pictures

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