Lai Chi Chong

Hong Kong National Geopark sign in Lai Chi Chong.
Lai Chi Chong
Traditional Chinese荔枝莊
Simplified Chinese荔枝庄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLìzhī Zhuāng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglai6 zi1 zong1
Residential houses and Hui (許) Ancestral Hall in Lai Chi Chong.
Mangroves at Lai Chi Chong.
Lai Chi Chong ferry pier.

Lai Chi Chong (Chinese: 荔枝莊) is a village and an area of Hong Kong, located on the southeastern shore of Tolo Channel, and on the northern shore of the Sai Kung Peninsula, in the Eastern New Territories.[1] Administratively, it is part of Tai Po District.

Administration

Lai Chi Chong is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2]

History

It has been reported that the villages of Sham Chung, Lai Chi Chong and Pak Sha O had historically close social ties.[3]

Features

The coast of Lai Chi Chong near Lai Chi Chong Pier is the site the "Lai Chi Chong Formation", a set of Early Cretaceous volcaniclastic sedimentary rock strata.[1]

The Caritas Jockey Club Siu Tong holiday camp is located in Lai Chi Chong.[4]

Conservation

Lai Chi Chong is located within Sai Kung West Country Park, that was established in 1978.[5]

Lai Chi Chong has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985,[6] because of its geological interest.[7] The Lai Chi Chong Formation is part of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, that was inaugurated in 2009.[1]

Access

Lai Chi Chong is served by a scheduled kai-to ferry service, along the route Ma Liu Shui – Sham Chung – Lai Chi Chong – Tap Mun – Ko Lau Wan – Chek Keng – Wong Shek Pier.[8] The Lai Chi Chong Pier was built in 1962.[9]

Lai Chi Chong can also be accessed via a 3.5 km hiking path from Pak Sha O.[1]

Further reading

  • "Lai Chi Chong Formation - Jll". Civil Engineering and Development Department.
  • Cheung, Chi-fai (26 July 2010). "Another sensitive land sale emerges: As anger simmers over a Sai Wan project, 42 plots are snapped up at Lai Chi Chong". South China Morning Post.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lai Chi Chong. Giant's Washboard (Half-day course)". Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark.
  2. ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  3. ^ Faure, David (1982). "Saikung, The Making of the District and its Experience during World War II". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 23: 207. ISSN 1991-7295.
  4. ^ "Caritas - Hong Kong - Jockey Club Siu Tong Camp". Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
  5. ^ "Sai Kung West". Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
  6. ^ List of SSSIs in Hong Kong Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Morton, Brian (1998). The Marine Biology of the South China Sea III. Hong Kong University Press. p. 549.
  8. ^ "Kaito Ferry Service Details". Transport Department.
  9. ^ "PWP Item No. 59TF – Improvement works at Lai Chi Chong Pier" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 23 March 2021.
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