Chek Keng () is an area and village of Sai Kung North in

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 i ...

. It is administratively part of

Tai Po District Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, ...

Location

Chek Keng is located within

Sai Kung East Country Park Sai Kung East Country Park () is a country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong, measuring . It opened in 1978 and has features including: * High Island Reservoir * High Island * Pak Tam Au * Sheung Yiu * Wong Shek Pier * Beaches of ...

, on the northern coast of

Sai Kung Peninsula The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administrated by Sai ...

and facing the Chek Keng Hau () aka East Arm Bay of Long Harbour.

Administration

Chek Keng is a recognized village under 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 ...

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 ...

Features

Chapel

The Holy Family Chapel () in Chek Keng was built in 1874 to replace an earlier chapel that had been severely damaged by a storm in 1867. The whole village later converted to Catholicism. During the

Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. The surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce ...

, the chapel was a base of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Battalion of the East River Guerrilla (). The chapel is listed as a Grade II historic building.

Others

* Chek Keng Pier * Bradbury Hall youth hostel

Transportation

Chek Keng is not accessible by car. It is located along the Stage 2 of the MacLehose Trail, about an hour's walk from Pak Tam Au. A

kai-to The kai-to, sometimes kaito or kaido () is a type of small, motorised ferry that operates in Hong Kong. They are usually used to serve remote coastal settlements in the territory's outlying islands.: "Cargo junks of the type still known as k ...

service is available between Wong Shek, Wan Tsai (Nam Fung Wan) and Chek Keng.

Transport Department The Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong is a department of the civil service responsible for transportation-related policy in Hong Kong. The department is under the Transport and Logistics Bureau. The Transport Department was cre ...

Kaito Ferry Services
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References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Chek Keng (Sai Kung North) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

Picture of the Holy Family Chapel in Chek Keng
Villages in Tai Po District, Hong Kong Sai Kung North {{Coord, 22.421462, 114.350025, display=title