Sai Kung villages

29 June 2018

Chek Keng sits in the shadow of Sharp Peak in the remote Sai Kung Peninsula. The village by the sea is now mostly abandoned.

22 February 2025

To Kwa Peng, nestled by the sea near Wong Shek, is a largely abandoned village but it is undergoing renovation, with new houses being built in this idyllic cove.

16 January 2021

No longer in use.

16 January 2021

Tan Ka Wan is in the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula near to Ko Lau Wan. It is semi-inhabited and features St. Peter’s Chapel and Sung Min School, set up Catholic missionaries in the 1860s.

5 February 2022

Sham Chung Tsuen is a Hakka village first settled by the Lees and then the Wongs during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) of the Qing Dynasty. One house is open serving snacks and drinks at weekends but most of it is uninhabited and becoming consumed by nature.

5 February 2022
The dilipadated Epiphany of Our Lord Chapel in Sham Chung, on the shore of Three Fathoms Cove in Sai Kung peninsula. This Roman Catholic chapel was established in 1879 and rebuilt in 1956. It also housed a school for the village which had around 50 pupils. 

6 November 2021

Wong Chuk Yeung in the shadow of Ma On Shan, settled by the Lees in 1660. One house is inhabited, the rest are abandoned and dilapidated.