The Silverstrand Beach () is small narrow beach located in

Clear Water Bay Peninsula :''The Chinese name'' 清水灣半島 ''should not be confused with Oscar by the Sea, a private housing estate in Tseung Kwan O.'' Clear Water Bay Peninsula (), is a peninsula in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. The peninsula separates Junk Bay fro ...

Sai Kung Sai Kung may refer to: * Sai Kung Town, or just Sai Kung, a town and administrative area in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong * Sai Kung Peninsula, a peninsula in Hong Kong * Sai Kung District, an administrative district in Hong Kong, which does no ...

, Hong Kong.

Management

Like many other

beaches in Hong Kong Hong Kong has a Geography of Hong Kong, long coastline that is full of twists and turns with List of bays in Hong Kong, many bays and beaches. Many of them are well sheltered by List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong, mountains nearby, a ...

, it is managed by the

Leisure and Cultural Services Department The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), is a department in the Government of Hong Kong. It reports to the Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau, headed by the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism. It provides leisure and cultural ...

. A wide range of facilities are available, including car parking facilities, refreshment kiosks, barbecue pits, changing rooms and shower facilities. Life guard and first aid service hours are 9am-6pm April to October and 8am-7pm on weekends and on public holidays from June to August.

Water quality

The Silverstrand Beach, is currently graded as one of the Grade 2 water quality beaches in Hong Kong by the

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Shark attack

There have been two fatal shark attacks on record at Silverstrand beach: *11 June 1993, 60-year-old man Kwong Guang-Hing () lost his right arm and left leg and succumbed to his injuries. *8 June 1991, 65-year-old woman Leung Kam-Ho () was bitten on her right leg and waist and died.探射燈：過去鯊魚出沒及攻擊泳客事件簿
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Oriental Daily ''Oriental Daily News'' is a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969 by Ma Sik-yu and Ma Sik-chun, and was one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited (). Relative to other Hong Kong ne ...

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References

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