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Tsiu Hang, Sai Kung District
Tsiu Hang (; ) is a village in the Hebe Haven area of Sai Kung District in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Recognised status Tsiu Hang is a recognised village under the New Territories Small House Policy. See also * Che Keng Tuk * Lions Nature Education Centre * Pak Sha Wan Peninsula * ''Planispectrum hongkongense'' * Tsiu Hang Special Area Tsiu Hang Special Area () is a nature reserve in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong. Covering 24 hectares, it was designated as a Special Area in 1987. The special area is located at the north of the Pak Sha Wan Peninsula Pak Sha Wan Peninsula ... References Further reading * External links Delineation of area of existing village Tsiu Hang (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong {{NewTerritories-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebe Haven
Hebe Haven, also known as Pak Sha Wan (), is a harbour on the south shore of Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. The harbour has one opening to Port Shelter in its south. The Pak Sha Wan Peninsula, spanning south from Tsiu Hang () hugs the Hebe Haven and separates it from Inner Port Shelter (Sai Kung Hoi). Villages are established along its shores. The haven is an excellent natural harbour for yachts and boats and is home to a number of yacht clubs, including the Shelter Cove yacht club (part of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club), and Hebe Haven Yacht Club. There is also a Sea Scouting activity centre situated by the haven. There are numerous moorings and many boats distributed around the area along with a clearly marked navigational channel. The channel marks are not lit at night. Geography Two main rivers run into the haven, Ho Chung River at the west and Tai Chung River in the north west. Tides, sea currents and river drifts form alleviates and beaches in the haven, although th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Kung District
Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Kowloon. Areas in the district include Sai Kung Town, Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, Tseung Kwan O and over 70 islands of different sizes. The administrative centre had been located in Sai Kung Town until the Sai Kung District Office was relocated to Tseung Kwan O recently. The district's population is concentrated in Tseung Kwan O, as of 2011. In 2011, the district was the third youngest district, with a median age of 39.3. Known as the "back garden of Hong Kong", Sai Kung has been able to retain its natural scenery. Many traditional customs and cultures are still retained in the rural villages. History The modern geopolitical entity of Sai Kung District was formed after World War II. Settlements existed in the area p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. According to that treaty, the territories comprise the mainland area north of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River (which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China), as well as over 200 outlying islands, including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of HK. Later, after New Kowloon was defined from the area between the Boundary Street and the Kowloon Ranges spanned from Lai Chi Kok to Lei Yue Mun, and the extension of the urban areas of Kowloon, New Kowloon was gradually urbanised and absorbed into Kowloon. The New Territories now comprises only the mainland north of the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. According to that treaty, the territories comprise the mainland area north of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River (which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China), as well as over 200 outlying islands, including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of HK. Later, after New Kowloon was defined from the area between the Boundary Street and the Kowloon Ranges spanned from Lai Chi Kok to Lei Yue Mun, and the extension of the urban areas of Kowloon, New Kowloon was gradually urbanised and absorbed into Kowloon. The New Territories now comprises only the mainland north of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small House Policy
The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories, an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one house. The policy has generated debates and calls for amendments to be made. History The Small House Policy has been in effect ever since 1972 to provide a once-in-a-lifetime small house grant for an indigenous villager who is "a male person at least 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident of 1898 of a recognized village (Ding, ) which is approved by the Director of Lands". An indigenous villager therefore enjoys small house concessionary rights (ding rights, ) in building a house of not more than three storeys nor mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lands Department
The Lands Department is a government department under the Development Bureau responsible for all land matters in Hong Kong. Established in 1982, it comprises three functional offices: the Lands Administration Office, the Survey and Mapping Office and the Legal Advisory and Conveyancing Office.Land Department"Welcome Message"/ref> See also * ''Hong Kong Guide ''Hong Kong Guide'' () is a Hong Kong atlas published by the Survey and Mapping Office (SMO), Lands Department of Hong Kong Government. From 2005, ''Hong Kong Guide 2005'' includes photomaps in parallel to traditional maps.Lands Department ...'', an atlas published annually by the Survey and Mapping Office References {{authority control Hong Kong government departments and agencies Land management Urban planning in Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Che Keng Tuk
Che Keng Tuk () is a village in the Hebe Haven area of Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Administration Che Keng Tuk is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye .... References External links Delineation of area of existing village Che Keng Tuk (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Sai Kung District {{HongKong-geo-stub Villages in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lions Nature Education Centre
Lions Nature Education Centre is a facility situated on of land to the east of Hiram's Highway near Sai Kung Town, Hong Kong used for the purposes of public education, recreation, nature conservation and scientific studies. The centre includes many informative and attractive field and outdoor display areas, such as an arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ..., a rocks and mineral garden, a medicinal plants garden, a demonstration tree nursery, an insectarium and a shell house. Lions ECC Shell House Lions ECC Shell House is jointly sponsored by Lions Clubs International District 303, Shell Hong Kong Limited and Environmental Campaign Committee and now managed by Agriculture, Fishies and Conservation Department. The Shell House displays several differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak Sha Wan Peninsula
Pak Sha Wan Peninsula (; ), also known as Ma Nam Wat Peninsula (), and sometimes referred to as Hebe Haven Peninsula, is a peninsula in the Sai Kung District in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Geography Pak Sha Wan Peninsula spans south from the village of Tsiu Hang (). It forms the eastern edge of Hebe Haven (, Pak Sha Wan) and separates it from Inner Port Shelter (Sai Kung Hoi). Features * Villages established along the shores of Pak Sha Wan Peninsula include Che Keng Tuk and Ma Nam Wat * Most of the area of Pak Sha Wan Peninsula is part of the Ma On Shan Country Park * A section of the waters offshore of Ma Nam Wat is one of the 26 designated marine fish culture upright=1.3, Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture) at Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye">mariculture.html" ;"title="Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture">Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture) at Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Scotland Fish farming or ... zones in Hong Kong. * Trio Beach is located on Pak Sha Wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planispectrum Hongkongense
''Planispectrum hongkongense'' is a Phasmatodea species native to Hong Kong, of which only females are known so far. Characteristics With length about , the females of ''Planispectrum hongkongense'' are among the larger representatives of the genus. Due to the laterally flattened abdomen, which is significantly wider than the thorax, the species is considered easy to identify. It can be distinguished from the closely related '' Planispectrum hainanense'' by the hairless legs, which have their middle and hind femurs only slightly widened fin-like lamellae on the front and rear area. The ones from ''P. hainanense'' are clearly fin-like there and with short brownish setae at the legs. The anal segment of ''P. honkongense'' is slightly emarginate, that of ''P. hainanensis'' is strongly emarginate. The long head is significantly longer than wide. The supra antennals located there are pointed and connected to the interorbitals by a raised crest. The three pre occipitals become larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsiu Hang Special Area
Tsiu Hang Special Area () is a nature reserve in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong. Covering 24 hectares, it was designated as a Special Area in 1987. The special area is located at the north of the Pak Sha Wan Peninsula, in the Tsiu Hang area of Sai Kung District. The Lions Nature Education Centre Lions Nature Education Centre is a facility situated on of land to the east of Hiram's Highway near Sai Kung Town, Hong Kong used for the purposes of public education, recreation, nature conservation and scientific studies. The centre inclu ... is located within the special area. The Tsiu Hang Nature Trail () is located within the special area. References Country parks and special areas of Hong Kong Sai Kung District {{HongKong-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
