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Pillar Point, also known in Chinese as Mong Hau Shek () is a coastal area of
Pillar Point, also known in Chinese as Mong Hau Shek () is a coastal area of Tuen Mun Town
Tuen Mun New Town (formerly Castle Peak New Town), commonly referred to simply as Tuen Mun, is a satellite town of Hong Kong. It is one of the new towns that were developed by the Hong Kong Government in the New Territories from the 1960s. I ...
(Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...
), Tuen Mun District
Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or simply Tuen Mun), w ...
, in 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 ...
, Hong Kong.
Pillar Point is located west of the Butterfly Bay (), south of the hill Castle Peak, east of Tap Shek Kok () and north of Urmston Road
Urmston Road ( Chinese: 龍鼓水道, literally 'Dragon Drum Channel', also named as 暗士頓水道) is a broad body of water between Lantau Island and Tuen Mun in Hong Kong. It forms an inshore passage between the northwest end of Victoria Har ...
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History
Pillar Point was the site of the Pillar Point Vietnamese Refugees Centre (PPVRC), the last Vietnamese refugee camp in activity in Hong Kong. It closed on 31 May 2000.See also
*River Trade Terminal
The River Trade Terminal (RTT) is the only container terminal in Hong Kong for river cargo. The operator is known as River Trade Terminal Company Limited. Located in Siu Lang Shui / Pillar Point, within Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District, it mainl ...
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