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