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took place locally, in the areas just across the Sino-British border at Sha Tau Kok. The villagers of these three places became alarmed for the fate of their cherished Tin Hau image and brought it into British territory for safety. They also brought back two incense burners (†) dated in the 2nd and 3rd years of Kuang Hsü (1876-78) that had been donated by local shops and fishermen in one case and by Lin Ma Hang (A) natives then in Australia (J).
The leaders of the three villages then combined to form the Sha Tau Kok Three Villages Tin Hau Temple Building Committee (沙頭角三鄉籌建天后廟委員會) and obtained a temporary building permit from the Tai Po District Office to erect a temple for the image. The temple is situated at map reference KV 140962 at the west end of Kong Ha Village in the Frontier Closed Area. It is under the management of a special trust, the Sam Wo Tong (*) constituting one manager each from Tong To, Tan Shui Hang and Sha Tsui villages.
Photographs of this new temple and of the Tin Hau image which inspired such devotion can be seen at Plates 30 and 31.
Place names used in this note can be found in A Gazetteer of Place Names in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. (H.K. Govt. Printer, n.d. but 1960) pp. 216-218.
Hong Kong, 1970.
JAMES HAYES
PILE HOUSES AT TAI O, LANTAU ISLAND, HONG KONG,
7TH JANUARY 1937
Editor's Note
The following details of some of the interesting pile houses or matsheds on stilts that survive in considerable numbers in Tai O Creek to the present day are taken from one of Mr. Walter Schofield's notebooks, under the date given in the heading. Mr. Schofield (1888-1968) served in the Hong Kong Cadet (Administrative) Service between 1911-1938 in various posts, including those of District Officer South, Chief Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs and First Police Magistrate. He was also a well-
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took place locally, in the areas just across the Sino-British border at Sha Tau Kok. The villagers of these three places became alarmed for the fate of their cherished Tin Hau image and brought it into British territory for safety. They also brought back two incense burners (†) dated in the 2nd and 3rd years of Kuang Hsü (1876 - 78) that had been donated by local shops and fisher- men in one case and by Lin Ma Hang (A) natives then in Australia (J).
The leaders of the three villages then combined to form the Sha Tau Kok Three Villages Tin Hau Temple Building Com- mittee (沙頭角三鄉籌建天后廟委員) and obtained a temporary building permit from the Tai Po District Office to erect a temple for the image. The temple is situated at map reference KV 140962 at the west end of Kong Ha Village in the Frontier Closed Area. It is under the management of a special trust, the Sam Wo Tong (*) constituting one manager each from Tong To, Tan Shui Hang and Sha Tsui villages.
Photographs of this new temple and of the Tin Hau image which inspired such devotion can be seen at Plates 30 and 31.
Place names used in this note can be found in A Gazetteer of Place Names in Hong Kong. Kowloon and the New Territories. (H.K. Govt. Printer, n.d. but 1960) pp. 216-218.
Hong Kong, 1970.
JAMES HAYES
PILE HOUSES AT TAI O, LANTAU ISLAND, HONG KONG,
JOTH JANUARY 1937
Editor's Note
The following details of some of the interesting pile houses or matsheds on stilts that survive in considerable numbers in Tai O Creek to the present day are taken from one of Mr. Walter Schofield's notebooks, under the date given in the heading. Mr. Schofield (1888-1968) served in the Hong Kong Cadet (Admini- strative) Service between 1911 - 1938 in various posts, including those of District Officer South, Chief Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs and First Police Magistrate. He was also a well-
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