lantau

1. The History Located inside the historic Tung Chung Fort on Lantau Island, Tung Chung Public School is a former rural primary school on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. The school was founded between 1937 and 1941 by the Tung Chung Rural Committee. It served local village children for decades before...

1. The History Not too much to say about the history here. An old house where the person has sadly passed away and there are no immediate relatives in the area to deal with the property. HK has a lot of abandoned houses in its many deserted rural villages, particularly in the New Territories and...

1. The History Tai O is a fishing town, located on western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, The traditional stilted fishing village is one of five major areas of settlement on the island and takes its name from the Chinese for “large inlet”, and is located predominantly on the banks of the...

1. The History Tai O is a fishing town, located on western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, The traditional stilted fishing village is one of five major areas of settlement on the island and takes its name from the Chinese for “large inlet”, and is located predominantly on the banks of the...

1. The History Mui Wo Mui Wo is a town situated on the east coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It has a rich past with the first historical records dating back to 1277 and the Southern Song dynasty. The imperial court sought refuge in Silvermine Bay after fleeing south from the invading Yuan...

1. The History Tai O is a fishing town, located on western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, The traditional stilted fishing village is one of five major areas of settlement on the island and takes its name from the Chinese for “large inlet”, and is located predominantly on the banks of the...

Hi everyone My first post here. Sorry for the bad English, I am French. This report is about the Shek Pik '66 tunnels that @siologen explored 3 years ago but didn't finish. Here is the Shek Pik Reservoir: it is said that there was a village here before, that is now under water... That will be...

1. The History The story of the Ngong Tea Plantation on Hong Kong’s Lantau island is inextricably linked to the man behind it. Brook Antony Bernacchi was born in London on 22nd January 1922. Son of Antarctic explorer Louis Bernacchi, he was called to the bar in Britain in 1943 and joined the...

1. The History Can’t find too much on this place but this former café lies on the Ngong Ping fun walk on Lantau island, just a stone’s throw away from the Po Lin Monastery and the even more famous Tian Tan buddha. It was linked with the tea plantation established by Brook Bernacchi, a British...

Another re-visit on Lantau Island in the fishing village of Tai O. Still not too sure what this compound and couple of buildings were used for. They sit right next to the seaside near the pier by the former Police Station. I think they may be something to do with water supply. The buildings have...

1. The History Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong and is popular for its seafood, stilt-houses and fishing culture. The village name means “large inlet”, referring to outlet for the waterways of Tai O Creek and...

This house can be found right at the seafront in the fishing village of Tai O, Lantau - the biggest island and the one where everyone first touches down when arriving in HK. This place itself is nothing special from an architectural point of view - it's all about the view as you will very...

1. The History Yuen's Mansion, also known as "Yu De Li Wai", is a characteristic old house located in the bridgehead village of Mui Wo Chung Kau, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The old house and associated buildings were built in the 1920s and the 1940s out of granite. The house was built by Yuan...