!"#$%&'(= !"# Construction of overhead cables in Tuen Mun New Town, 1970s = !"#$%&'() !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()!*+,-./'( !"#$%&'()*+,-./ The fishing village at Tuen Mun was a famous historical site in southern China with over 1,000 years’ history !"#$%&#$'"#$()* !"#$%&'()*+,!-./ !"#$% &'(')*+,- !"#$%$&'()* +, !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+, !"#$%&'()*+, !"#$%&'()*+,-.' !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+'(,$ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'() *+,-. !"#$%&'(!)*+,-. !"#!$%&'()*+,!- !"#$%&!'() NPN !"#$%&'()*+,-./01 Reclamation work at Tuen Mun and San Fat Estate, 1970s Section 2 Tuen Mun Chapter 2 riginally a fishing village The market days of Tuen Mun were the 1st, surrounded by farmlands, 4th and 7th days in the lunar calendar, and O Tuen Mun had poor those for Yuen Long were the 3rd, 6th and transportation facilities. In the past the only 9th days. When it was a market day, people road that linked Tuen Mun with Yuen Long would flock to the market. At that time and Tsuen Wan was Castle Peak Road. there were no refrigerators, and the meat People had to transport agricultural for sale in the market was preserved by salt. products for sale from Tuen Mun to Yuen So the people called it “salted meat”. Long, Kowloon and Sai Wan. Mr. Cheung Kam Hung of Ching Chung Koon remembers how in the past, Tuen Mun was Mr. Tang Tung Chiu of Tuen Mun Rural divided into the old town village and the new Committee describes the ups and downs of town village. The old town village referred Tuen Mun. The location of the committee to the area around the pier, while the new offices today was once a salt-making site. It town village referred to the present day city was still in use until the end of World War centre. II. Before the war, only the market places of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun had electricity supply. In the early 1950s, the electricity supply to Tuen Mun town was restored. But many shops rarely turned on their lights in order to save money. However, electricity promoted the development of commerce and industry. In what is now Chi Lok Gardens, there were more than 10 shops and one restaurant. !"#$%&'() NPO Tuen Mun Old Market, early 1970s !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'( ) !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,- !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-." !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()#$*+),- !"#$%&'()*$+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+, !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'()*+ !"#$%&!'() !"#$%&'()*+ !"#$%&'()*+ !"# $% !"#$%&' !"#$%&'()*#+,- pí~ÄäÉ=~åÇ=êÉäá~ÄäÉ=éçïÉê=ëìééäó=Ñêçã=`~ëíäÉ=mÉ~â=mçïÉê=pí~íáçåI=qìÉå=jìå NPP nown by others as “Uncle Ninth”, Mr. Lau Chi Ping is the Section 2 K chief of the Lung Kwu Tan Village. He once owned a herbal shop in the new market of Tuen Mun. There had been electricity supply before the war. The first electric fan and gramophone were installed in his shop, and another shop installed the Chapter 2 first radio in the region. Lung Kwu Tan as a whole got electricity in the 1970s when power supply reached the !"#$ place. Uncle Ninth was the first to use Overview of Castle Peak Power Station electricity in the village. He once managed the business of ferrying people to Hong Kong. He also had some knowledge of electrical appliances. Hence he soon had in his home a radio, electric lamps and a refrigerator (first using a kerosene refrigerator, then an electric one). Uncle Ninth was very pleased with the supply of electricity and appreciated its convenience to his daily life. However, at the beginning not all people accepted the use of electricity. Later, when they understood its advantages, electricity became more popular. !"#$%&'()*+,-./012345.6'-7(89 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir during its construction in 1957 with the power supply by CLP, it also helped improve power supply to Tuen Mun NPQ !"#$%&"'() !"#$%&'( ) !"#$%&'() !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./" !"#$%&'()*+,-,. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*$+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,- !"#$%&'(#)*&+,- !"#$% !"#$%&'()*+,-#. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+%&', !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123 !"#$%&'()*+,-./ Lord Kadoorie visiting Lung Kwu Tan Village with Mr. Lau Wong Fat, 1969 !"#$ !"#$%& NPR Overview of Black Point Power Station r. Lau Wong-Fat, GBS JP, made a great contribution to Section 2 M the development of electrification in Tuen Mun and the whole New Territories from the 1960s onward. He fully supported the Rural Electrification Scheme in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978 CLP built its first power station at Tap Shek Kok. Chapter 2 The site was selected because the water there was deep enough for transport vessels. After the erection of the power station, there were monthly meetings between CLP and the district council to discuss problems like environmental pollution. The second power station was also situated at the same location. The construction of the power station improved transportation and development of industry and commerce. At that time some conservative people objected to the construction work. They claimed that the work would affect the feng-shui of the place. In fact, very few places were affected. Mr. Lau also points out how the power station promoted the advancement of the community and increased communication between local residents and outside regions. Also there were more chances for young people in Tuen Mun to receive education. Hence the number of university graduates also increased rapidly. !"#$%&'()*+,-#./(01+2345#678 9 The construction of Castle Peak Power Station helped improve transportation in Tuen Mun; it also helped in the development of the district’s industry and commerce NPS !"#$%&'()*+!(,- !"#$%&' () Watering of the plants relied on electric pumps !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'() !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$% &'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()'*+,-% !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123"&' !"#$%&'()*+,-'. Castle Peak Wholesale Fish Market at Tuen Mun was the !"#$%&'()*+,-./ biggest of its kind in western coastal region Hong Kong !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+, -. !"#$%&'()*+&#,* !"#$%&'()*+,! !!"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$ %& '()**+, !"#$%& !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#= !"#$%&'( !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+(,-./ !"#$%&'()*+!, - !"#$%&'()*+,-)* !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$ NPT or the fishermen, the coming of Apart from the fishing industry, electricity also greatly benefited agriculture. Known as electricity brought a lot of Section 2 F advantages. Mr. So Siu Shing of “Uncle Chik”, Mr. Leung Chik of the Tuen Mun District Council tells a vivid Livestock Breeding Workers’ Association story. In the past the whole of Castle Peak has vivid memories of these times. Uncle Road ran along the seashore. The area that Chik describes the 1950s as the “Age of is now Kei Lun Park was acquired through Illumination.” Electric pumps and electric later reclamation. Fishing was the major lamps greatly assisted the development of Chapter 2 industry of the area. Fish and shrimp stalls the livestock breeding industry. Electric were common and business was very good. pumps provided farmlands with sufficient However, before the 1960s there was no water supply. Electricity also helped electricity supply. The stalls used gas lamps improve the breeding of chickens. After for illumination. There was a small wooden using electrical appliances to heat the water pier near the stalls. Since the large boats and cook meals, people’s lives became easier could not come close to the shore, people and the rural areas became cleaner. Dirty had to use small boats to transport the catch. sights, caused in the past by the burning of !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123 Then the catches had to be sorted by hand wood, are no longer seen now. Uncle Chik’s business of livestock breeding in the 1960s was into wooden containers which were carried famous among its kind in the New Territories ashore by hooks and pulleys. In winter, people had to work under very hard conditions. Finally in the 1970s, electricity reached the area. The use of electric lamps and electric motors greatly reduced the heavy labour of the workers. !"#$%&'()*+,-. Castle Peak Road at Tuen Mun in the 1970s, nearly uncultivated NPU !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'() !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$#%&'()*#+,- !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+,- !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$"%&'(")*+,- !"#$%&'()*+,-!. !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'()*+,-./ !"#$%&'()*+, - !"#$%&'()*+,#- !"#$%&'()*+,- !"#$%&'()*+,-. !"#$%&'() * !"#$%&'( Household interior in the 1970s NPV r. Gwu Hon Keung of the Tuen Mr. Gwu attests to the improvement in Mun District Council has a people’s living standards since he began his Section 2 Mspecial affection for electricity. Mr. job in water and electrical maintenance. The Gwu has been working with water supply range and quality of appliances advanced technicians and with electrical appliances since rapidly and diversified, especially after the 1960s. After one year of practice, he started Japanese products entered the market. In to assist CLP maintenance technicians the past people would try to get the voluntarily in repairing electrical devices and maximum use from electrical appliances. Chapter 2 hence got to travel throughout Kowloon and Later when they had more choices, they the New Territories. Mr. Gwu finally got a would throw away electrical appliances once licence from CLP in the 1970s to become a they broke down. Hence, people’s standard qualified electrical technician. of living rose, in line with economic development and the progress of the community. In 1967 TVB broadcasts started, and electricity consumption in Tuen Mun increased rapidly. But the people at that time were very thrifty; television sets would not be left on for a long time. They would wait until the whole family was back home to watch television. Since the 1970s, the use of electrical appliances has increased a lot. As living conditions have improved, the risk of fire has also been reduced. !"#$%&'()*#+,-./012 A 1961 advertisement for electric rice cookers illustrates the increasing use of electricity NQM.