Sai Kung

History

According to Professor David Faure, no market was recorded, where modern-day Sai Kung District is located, in the Qing dynasty's Xin'an Xianzhi (), neither in the Kangxi edition (1688) nor in the Jiaqing edition (1819). Instead, Faure stated that, due to inaccessibility of land-based transport, Leung Shuen Wan (High Island) was probably developed into a moorage inlet in the 18th century. Sai Kung town underwent significant expansion during the 1970s, when the High Island Reservoir (and its associated water management schemes) required some villagers and fishermen to be relocated to Sai Kung. This provided new government-funded residential and commercial development in the town centre, and was followed by Tui Min Hoi (literally 'over the harbour')'s development under the government's market town programme. Before the relocation of Hong Kong International Airport from Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok, the town was a popular residential area for the airport's and airlines' international employees. The town is next to Sai Kung Hoi, which was a fishing harbour. The harbour is now a typhoon shelter, where motorized junks, used in the local tourist trade, are moored. These boats can be hired for sightseeing, or for fishing or swimming trips.

Most-observed species

• Red-whiskered Bulbul

  Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,573
• Spotted Dove

  Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
  16,817
• Oriental Magpie-Robin

  Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,734
• Swinhoe's White-eye

  Zosterops simplex Swinhoe, 1861 · Aves
  13,524
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,313
• Light-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus sinensis (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  12,582
• Common Tailorbird

  Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769) · Aves
  11,858
• Black-collared Starling

  Gracupica nigricollis (Paykull, 1807) · Aves
  11,042

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2022-03-13
  37 km W of Shanwei, China
• M 3.8 — 2020-01-04
  14 km SW of Tai O, Hong Kong
• M 3.8 — 2010-11-19
  4 km NNW of Haikuotiankong, China