Tseung Kwan O

Geography

Tseung Kwan O is located near the southeastern tip of the New Territories mainland, east-southeast from the Central District of Hong Kong. The town is bounded on the south by the namesake Junk Bay, known as Tseung Kwan O () in Chinese. Most of the residential developments in the new town stand on land reclaimed from the bay. The mountains of Devil's Peak, Chiu Keng Wan Shan, Black Hill and Tai Sheung Tok form the new town's western boundary, where it borders Kwun Tong District of Kowloon. Lying to the north and southeast of the town are Razor Hill and High Junk Peak, which separate the new town from the rural parts of Sai Kung District. The whole of Tseung Kwan O belongs to Sai Kung District, part of the New Territories. The town is, however, situated far away from other major population centres of the New Territories, and is instead in close proximity with Kwun Tong in Kowloon. While the town is entirely within the New Territories East geographical constituency, a number of governmental bodies and large corporations would, for the sake of administrative convenience, classify Tseung Kwan O as part of Kowloon East, adding to the confusion of the town's residents. For example, the Hospital Authority places Tseung Kwan O under its Kowloon East Cluster. From 1992 to 2017, Tseung Kwan O had been policed under the Tseung Kwan O Division of the Kwun Tong Police District, and the upgraded Tseung Kwan O Police District still belongs to the Kowloon East Police Region. It is under such a situation that the new town is often incorrectly, or intentionally, referred to as part of Kowloon. This is illustrated by the fact that the two hotels in Tseung Kwan O are named Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East and Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East. The development of Tseung…

Most-observed species

• Red-whiskered Bulbul

  Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,817
• Spotted Dove

  Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
  15,770
• Oriental Magpie-Robin

  Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,176
• Swinhoe's White-eye

  Zosterops simplex Swinhoe, 1861 · Aves
  12,842
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,322
• Light-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus sinensis (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  11,853
• Common Tailorbird

  Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769) · Aves
  11,215
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  10,846

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