Islands of Hong Kong
Cheung Chau 長洲 lies 10km west of HK Island, off the southern shore of Lantau Island, and is administer by the Island District. The island, shaped like a dumbbell with hills at the northern and southern ends and the settlements concentrated in a flattened...
Islands of Hong Kong
Lamma Island 南丫島's Tung O Village in Yung Shue Ha where Chow yun Fat was born. His parents is still running a seafood restaurant called Shau Kee in the main village
Lamma wind turbine, a commercial operation
Fire hydrants on a walk path
Lamma...
Islands of Hong Kong
Lamma Island 南丫島's Sok Kwu Wan 索罟灣, or simply Picnic Bay 野餐灣 by most people, is by a bay in the middle eastern side of the island. There are clusters of seafood restaurants by the pier on the foothill of Mount...
Islands of Hong Kong
Lamma Island 南丫島's Yung Shue Wan Village 榕樹灣 (It was near here a ferry collided with another ship on 10/1/2012 that resulted in many fatalities)
No modern buildings here
What a cute little temple
Lamma Post Office
The...
Islands of Hong Kong
Lamma Island 南丫島 is the third largest island in Hong Kong, after Lantau Island and HK Island, and belongs to Island District 離島區 administratively. This island remains undeveloped as the islanders and HK government demand to remain...
Islands of Hong Kong
Ap Lei Chau 鴨脷洲 Shui Yuet Temple 水月宮 tree trunk
Hung Shing Temple 洪聖廟 c1773
Main Street near Wai Fung Street
Main street bus stop
Ferry Pier by Main Street
A seafood restaurant by the shelter (not...
Islands of Hong Kong
Ap Lei Chau 鴨脷洲 enters from the Ap Lei Chau Bridge
City Bus #90, passes through Ocean Park 香港海洋公園
Shek Pai Wan Aberdeen West Typhoon Shelter
Wind Tower Park, Indonesian or Malaysia house workers having...
Islands of Hong Kong
Hong Kong comprises of 263 islands, the largest being Lantau Island and the second largest is HK Island (Victoria Island). Ap Lei Chau 鴨脷洲 is the second most populated island in the world and the first being Santa Cruz del Islote, a small island off...
HK chief warns housing woes may mean talent drain
HK Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying 梁振英
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's leader on Thursday said the Chinese city needed to boost its housing supply and create more living space or the “best and the brightest” talents...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
The Sea Ranch 澄碧邨 is a private housing estate developed in the late 70s only reachable by ferries, there are no shop and restaurant, only the owners and their invited guests are allowed to enter.
Hmm, a place for people with plenty...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Tong Fuk 塘福 is a small village on southern Lantau. visitors rent small houses or rooms for leisure and recreation. Beaches, hiking and relaxation getaways are simply great here.
Pui O 貝澳 has 4 main village located in southern...
Actually in this modern world the word 'westernize' is rather arbitrary and countries from all over the world 'borrow' the good points from each other. Most people say all the modern buildings are western style but I disagree. They are designed by modern architects from all over the world post...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Peaked Hill 雞翼角 is a very small island off Fan Lau Kok in Lantau and is the western most part of HK
Fan Lau 分流 is peninsula and area in the southwest tip of Lantau Island.
Due to it strategic location a fort was...
^^^Yeah, there were such rules. You know how it was (still exist today) the Brits were very snobbish and they treated their colonial subjects relatively better than the other powers but always with condescension.
That kid is probably doing a brave photo shot, I'm sure there's a relative flat...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
AsiaWorld-Expo 亞洲國際博覽館 in Chek Lap Kok offers over 70,000 square metres of rentable space with 10 ground-level and column-free halls, including the AsiaWorld-Arena – the biggest purpose-built indoor...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Chek Lap Kok 赤鱲角 was the result of merger and leveled with another island when the HK International Airport (open 1998) was built. It lies right off Lantau's northern shore separates by a narrow channel and it also houses the Hong...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Discovery Bay 愉景灣 Marina's residential boats
Still a bit cold there
What a life! Golf carts parking lot! BTW there are few golf courses in the area.
Can you beat this?
Notice they are all hose boats in the marina
Don't...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Discovery Bay 愉景灣 is a low density housing development, with many open areas and beautiful beaches, that's perfectly suited for living. It consists of two bays, Tai Pak Bay 大白灣 and Yi Pak Bay...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Tung Chung Road 東涌道 is a two disjointed-section road and also the only road connecting the north and south coast of Lantau Island. The short section is featured with historical Tung Chung Battery that extends to another village. The...
Lantau Island 大嶼山
Tung Chung Fort 東涌古城 was built in the Southern Song era 1174-1179 to fight the pirates. In 1817 the Qing government rebuilt the fort to fight against the pirates, who were robbing this area rampantly again, and foreigners...