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[[File:HK TaiLamChungTinHauTemple.JPG|thumb|[[Tin Hau Temple]] in Tai Lam Kok ({{zh|t=大欖角|labels=no}}), Tai Lam Chung in 2009.]]
[[File:HK TaiLamChungFireStation.JPG|thumb|Tai Lam Chung Fire Station.]]
[[File:Tuen Mun Road near Tai Lam (Hong Kong).jpg|thumb|Tuen Mun Road near Tai Lam.]]
'''Tai Lam''' ({{zh|t=大欖}}) or '''Tai Lam Chung''' ({{zh|t=大欖涌|labels=no}}) is an area of [[Tuen Mun District]], in the [[New Territories]] of [[Hong Kong]].
==Village==
Tai Lam Chung Tsuen ({{zh|t=大欖涌村|labels=no}}) is a recognized village under the [[New Territories]] [[Small House Policy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=[[Lands Department]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> It is one of the 36 villages represented within the [[Tuen Mun Rural Committee]].
Tai Lam Chung is a multi-clan [[Hakka]] area historically inhabited by the [[Hu (surname)|Wu]] in Wu Uk ({{zh|t=胡屋|labels=no}}), the [[Wong (surname)|Wong]] in Wong Uk ({{zh|t=黃屋|labels=no}}) and the [[Li (surname 李)|Lee]] branching out from Lee Uk Tsuen of [[So Kwun Wat]] ({{zh|t=掃管笏李屋村|labels=no}}).<ref name="temple">[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1363_Appraisal_En.pdf Tin Hau Temple, Tai Lam Kok, Tai Lam Chung]</ref> Wu Uk and Wong Uk are both part of Tai Lam Chung Tsuen.
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Lam was 61. The number of males was 26.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]| volume = 36| page = 78| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref>
==Features==
A [[Tin Hau Temple]] is located in Tai Lam Kok ({{zh|t=大欖角|labels=no}}). Built in 1924, it underwent a major renovation in 1955. It was then demolished and reconstructed on the same site in 2006–2007.<ref name="temple"/>
==Education==
Tai Lam Chung is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 71. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in the school net.<ref name=POA71>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-71b.pdf|title=POA School Net 71|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Maritime Services Training Institute]]
* [[Tai Lam Centre for Women]]
* [[Tai Lam Chung Reservoir]]
* [[Tai Lam Country Park]]
* [[Tuen Mun Road]]
* [[Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/L/l-tm-21.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Tai Lam Chung (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
* [[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/photo/1363_Photo.pdf Picture of Tin Hau Temple, Tai Lam Kok]
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