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Like Yuen Long, Tai Po used to be a traditional market town. Tai Po New town has now a population of approximately 282,000 people. Upon full development, the population is expected to reach 283,000.
In addition to the mainland part of the district, the following islands of Hong Kong are under the juridiction of Tai Po district:
Hong Kong Note Printing Limited, which prints all the Hong Kong dollar|bank notes in Hong Kong, is located in the Tai Po Industrial Estate, an industrial area of light industries (food processing, printing, etc.) Also located in Tai Po:
This district is served by Tolo Highway, KCR East Rail and Tai Po Road. It is remindable that 71B, which runs between Fu Heng and Tai Po Centre, is the cheapest route in Hong Kong, with the fare of just HK$1.2 (US15c). Also, E41 (Long Win Bus), which runs between Tai Po Tau and Hong Kong International Airport is the cheapest bus route per kilometre. (HK$0.22/km, with total distance of 56.7km and full fare of HK$13) Railway stations serving the district:
Hong Kong HK new towns Hong Kong-geo-stub category:Places in Hong Kong fr:Tai Po zh:大埔區 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Tai Po".
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