{{Short description|Village in Hong Kong}} thumb|Tai Lam Wu Village. thumb|Tai Lam Wu Road near Tai Lam Wu Village. '''Tai Lam Wu''' ({{zh|t=大藍湖}}) is a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
==Administration== Tai Lam Wu, including Ngau Liu ({{zh|t=牛寮|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>
==History== Tai Lam Wu was part of the inter-village grouping, the Ho Chung Tung ({{zh|t=蠔涌洞|labels=no}}) or Ho Chung Seven Villages ({{zh|t=蠔涌七鄉|labels=no}}), which had its centre in Ho Chung.<ref name="Historical Heritage">{{cite thesis |last=Hase |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase |date=June 2003 |title=The Historical Heritage of Ho Chung, Pak Kong, and Sha Kok Mei, Sai Kung |type=article |publisher=S.Y. Consultancy Services Co. Ltd |url=http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1012004/eia_report/pdf/Volume%201/app_10.4.PDF }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ngau Liu was 14. The number of males was 5.<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 = 79| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref>
In 1955, Austin Coates reported that Ngau Liu was very small Punti hamlet, comprising two families surnamed Wan and Chan. He described the village as a subsidiary of Tai Lam Wu.<ref name="Southern">{{cite book |last1= Hamilton|first1= Eric|last2= Schofield|first2= Walter|last3= Peplow|first3= S. H.|last4= Tsui|first4= Paul|last5= Coates|first5= Austin|authorlink5=Austin Coates |last6= Hayes|first6= James|authorlink6=James W. Hayes|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Strickland|title= Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60|year= 2010|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888028382|page=223-224 |chapter=}}</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite book |last1= Hamilton|first1= Eric|last2= Schofield|first2= Walter|last3= Peplow|first3= S. H.|last4= Tsui|first4= Paul|last5= Coates|first5= Austin|authorlink5=Austin Coates |last6= Hayes|first6= James|authorlink6=James W. Hayes|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Strickland|title= Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60|year= 2010|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888028382|pages=223-224 |chapter=Chapter 6. Sai Kung Peninsula}}
==External links== {{commons category|Tai Lam Wu}} * [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/Q/q-sk-21.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Tai Lam Wu (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
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Category:Villages in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
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