Tai Long, including Lam Uk and Ham Tin, are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy.
[1] In the past, the people in Tai Long mainly relied on fishing and farming (e.g. rice and sugarcane) to earn a living.
Lives were simple and tough; many of them walked 4 or 5 hours to Ngau Chi Wan in Kowloon in order to sell their crops and fish.
Some of them transported timber to Shau Kei Wan and Aberdeen by boat and sold them in exchange for daily necessities.
The Wans moved from northern China and settled in Tai Nam Wu, Sai Kung, long time ago.