Cathy Chan
Tinny Pang
Fanny Fan
Ivy Wong
Charissa Yeung
Welcome to Hong Kong!! We are going to
visit the Hong Kong Railway Museum, Man
Mo Temple, Lookout Tower and Lam Tsuen.
All of these are some interesting and memorial
places in the New Territories especially in Tai
Po. We will visit these spots today.
Are you excited??
YA! Today is
such a sweet day
for visiting !
Time
Activities
9:00-9:45
Breakfast at Dai Pai Dong Noodle Shop inside
the New Mandarin Plaza.
9:50-10:30
Train ride to Tai Po Market.
10:30-10:40
Taxi to the Railway Museum.
10:40-11:40
Visit the Railway Museum.
11:45-12:15
Visit the Man Mo Temple.
12:25-1:30
Lunch in the restaurant.
1:30-1:15
Bus ride to Lam Tsuen.
1:15-2:00
Visit the two wishing trees in Lam Tsuen.
2:00-2:15
Bus ride back to Tai Po.
2:15-2:20
Taxi to the Lookout Tower in the Tai Po
Waterfront Park.
2:20-3:00
Visit the Lookout Tower in the Tai Po
Waterfront Park.
3:00-4:00
Back to hotel.
6:30-9:00
Dinner in the restaurant.
Man Mo Temple
Located at Fu Shin Street,
the Man Mo Temple. The
Temple was built by the
Tsat Yeuk Villagers in the
late 19th century and was
once used as the office of
the Tsat Yeuk Rural
Committee. Careful
restoration work has given
the Temple an authentic
look. There are many rooms
inside the temple and
inside the rooms there are
a lot of god statues for
people to worship, those
statues were just made of
wood.
But after the restoration work people just put the statues
out in the middle of the temple for people to worship.Now
a day, Man Mo Temple already listed as a monument。The open
time of Man Mo Temple is from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m..
Transportation：Man Mo Temple is near the Hong
Kong Railway Museum. We can walk to there in 10 minutes.
Inside the Man Mo Temple…
Smoke is all over the temple. Your eyes
may feel a little bit painful.
Try to guess
what’s
behind this
door!
Answer
People put their joss stick in this vessel.
left
right
They are the gods of the door. They help us to frighten
away the ghosts. They are the General Qin and General
Wu. At night, they stood outside the Tong Tai Chung’s
room so that Tong Tai Chung could sleep and handle the
affairs in day time. But they couldn’t stand outside every
night. So Tong Tai Chung made the painter to draw their
pictures and stick on the door. Then they became the
We will take the bus 64K to Lam Tsuen. 15 to 20
minutes is required. Let me introduce the bus to you!!
Now we are sitting on the Kowloon Motor Bus(KMB).
Nowadays, most of the bus in HK have air
conditioners, some of them may have radios and
televisions. The bus company also take care the
disables, there are seats for the disables. And all the
passengers can pay the fee through the octopus
card so we do not need to carry lots of coins in our
purse.
What is “OCTOPUS CARD”?? Can you tell me
something about that!
Sure!
Octopus is an electronic ticket. It can be used
to pay the transportation fee, buying things in
the convenient shops like 7-11 and Circle K,
supermarket and some fast-food shops like
McDonald’s. Also, we can use Octopus to book
the public recreational activities. In our school,
we put our Octopus Card on the Octopus
Reader to record our attendances, pay the
school fee and buy snacks in the tuck shop.
Wow! How high technology
your school are! Do you enjoy
any discounts when using
the Octopus? Heh! There is
your photo on your Octopus
Card!
Yeah! Because I have an application for a personal
Octopus. Actually there are 5 types of Octopus Card…
They are…
Student Octopus card
Adult Octopus card
Elder Octopus card
Personal Octopus card
Oh! We need
to get off the
buscard
now. We
Child Octopus
have arrived!
Using the elder octopus and child octopus, you can have a 50% off discount on
traveling each public transport, except vans and taxi. And when using the student
octopus, you can have a 50% off discount when traveling the MTR.Do you want
to know how to use the Octopus card? Simply touch the Octopus card on the
Lam Tsuen is located in
Fong Ma Po, there are
two wishing trees
there. One is for all
kinds of wishes, and
one is for marriage.
Many people go there
and try to wish for a
good marriage.
This one for the marriage!
You need to buy
a wish paper, in
Chinese 寶碟.
(It only costs you
$3~5) Be
reminded that you
can only write
You can buy the whole set like Ivy. It costs
you about $20~25.
down 3 wishes on
the sheet, so think
carefully before For the whole process, please link to:
Part-2 (open with the real
you write! (^o^) Part-1
Click here! This Charissa will teach you how to do!
may help you~
Why is there an
orange link with
the wish paper?
I see. It is very
interesting. But
why are there so
many people
coming here and
just make a wish??
Because it will be
more easier for
you to throw it up
on the tree.
Good question!
It’s related to
legends There
are two of them.
Let me tell you
both of them!
Once upon a time,
there was a woman.
Her son was weak in
studying. So she went
to the Wishing Tree with
her son, prayed to the
tree earnestly. After
that, her son became
clever and good at
studying. Then many
people thought that
there was a god in the
tree. They prayed to
the god and made
wishes to the tree.
The following is another
version. One day, there was
a fire burning all the trees.
Before the trees died, two
Chinese redbuds grew in
front of the tree. And the two
redbuds grew bigger and
bigger.So all the residents
thought that it was a very
powerful tree! Then the
powerful tree developed
into nowadays’ wishing tree.
For lunch, we will go to this
restaurant for Yum Cha. This
restaurant is located in the Tai Po
Center.
Why is Yum Cha so special?
It’s mainly because you can eat
many different kinds of Chinese
food there. Hong Kong people
like this kind of style very much.
So how much is it??
It is around $250. You can order
any food you like but remember
that don’t waste any food.
Okay! Is there time limitation?
It starts from 12:00p.m until
5:00p.m..
Wow! That’s great! Certainly I will
be full!
Hah! Let’s go~! I’m sure that
you’ll like it!
Do you know how to use chopsticks?
Just use the hand to hold them
together. Easy job!!
Really? Let’s try!
You must hold them in the
correct way so that you can
hold the food easily,
especially for the sphere
shaped food like fish ball! But
many Chinese also don’t know
how to hold them in the
correct way…
So what is the correct way?
See here
Item
Expense
Breakfast
$15
Train ride (go)
$9
Taxi
$12.5 / ~$2.5 per person
Lunch
$40
Bus ride (go)
$6.9
Bus ride (back)
$4.7
Wish Paper
$4
Wish Set
$25
Taxi
$14.9 / ~$2.5 per person
Train ride (back)
$9
Hotel
$1100 per day
Dinner
$400 / ~$70 per person
Total sum:$1288.6
Currently the largest park
in Tai Po District is the Tai
Po Waterfront Park,
completed in June 1997. It
is located to the south of
Tai Po Industrial Estate
facing the Tolo Harbour.
The Lookout Tower in the
Park is 32.4 meters -high with
the upper levels open to
public daily from 9:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m. Visitors can climb
up the Tower and take a
bird's eye view of the whole
Park.
It’s because some of the people in the New Territories
died when protecting their homeland, so people there
started to participate more in activities concerning
developments there; and this made Hong Kong in one’s
days of prosperity.
Besides, it was also because of when England take
over the New Territories, the starting point was the
Lookout Tower in Tai Po now, so this tower was built
there for commemoration.
Hong Kong Railway Museum
Do you know why it
was located in Tai Po
market but not other
places? Let me tell you.
It is located in the town center of Tai Po Market. Inside is the
Railway Station building which is erected in 1913. It has a pitched
roof of the traditional Chinese building and it was declared a
monument in 1984. One year later, after the restoration and
refurbishment, the building was opened as a museum. It have
received an Annual Awards in December 1986 from the
Architectural Services Department.
Tai Po naturally developed into a center of administration
and trade. The location of the Old Tai Po Market Station
on the south bank of the Lam Tsuen River brought
prosperity to Tai Wo Market and as more and more people
came here to trade, the market gradually became a focus
of Tai Po’s flourishing economy.
For dinner, we will go to
this restaurant.
Why do we have to
go here?
This is a very popular
restaurant in Hong Kong.
It has a very long history,
it was established in
1986.
How much will this
meal cost?
It costs about $400. The
quality of food is quite