Chek Keng

Chek Keng (Chinese: 赤徑) is an area and village of Sai Kung North in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of Tai Po District.

Location[edit]

Chek Keng is located within Sai Kung East Country Park,^[1] on the northern coast of Sai Kung Peninsula and facing the Chek Keng Hau (赤徑口) aka East Arm Bay of Long Harbour.^[2]

Administration[edit]

Chek Keng is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[3]

History[edit]

Chek Keng was probably founded more than 200 years ago. It was historically a multi-surname Hakka village. It was reported in 2003 that Chek Keng had only one resident, an 84 year old woman.^[4]

Features[edit]

Chapel[edit]

The Holy Family Chapel (聖家小堂) 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 chapel was a base of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Battalion of the East River Guerrilla (東江縱隊港九獨立大隊).^[5]^[6] The chapel is listed as a Grade II historic building.^[7]

Others[edit]

Chek Keng Pier
Bradbury Hall youth hostel^[8]

Transportation[edit]

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.^[2]

A kai-to service is available between Wong Shek, Wan Tsai (Nam Fung Wan) and Chek Keng.^[9]

References[edit]

^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Sai Kung East Country Park Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Ng, Kang-chung (16 October 2019). "How an abandoned village deep in a Hong Kong country park, inaccessible by road and poorly served by ferries, could be saved". South China Morning Post.
^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
^ Cheung, Sindney (2003). "Traditional dwellings, conservation and land use: A study of three villages in Sai Kung" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 43: 10–11. ISSN 1991-7295.
^ Heaver, Stuart (27 February 2016). "The abandoned churches of Sai Kung: how Italian missionaries established Hakka congregations in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post.
^ Historic Building Appraisal: Holy Family Chapel, Chek Keng, Tai Po, New Territories
^ Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association: Bradbury Hall Archived September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ Transport Department: Kaito Ferry Services

External links[edit]

22°25′17″N 114°21′00″E / 22.421462°N 114.350025°E / 22.421462; 114.350025

[1] Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Sai Kung East Country Park Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine

[saved-2] Ng, Kang-chung (16 October 2019). "How an abandoned village deep in a Hong Kong country park, inaccessible by road and poorly served by ferries, could be saved". South China Morning Post.

[3] "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.

[4] Cheung, Sindney (2003). "Traditional dwellings, conservation and land use: A study of three villages in Sai Kung" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 43: 10–11. ISSN 1991-7295.

[abandoned-5] Heaver, Stuart (27 February 2016). "The abandoned churches of Sai Kung: how Italian missionaries established Hakka congregations in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post.

[6] Historic Building Appraisal: Holy Family Chapel, Chek Keng, Tai Po, New Territories

[7] Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association: Bradbury Hall Archived September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[9] Transport Department: Kaito Ferry Services

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