Chek Keng

Chek Keng (Chinese: 赤徑) is an area and village of Hong Kong. Located within Sai Kung East Country Park,[1] on the northern coast of Sai Kung Peninsula and facing Long Harbour, it is administratively part of Tai Po District.

A foggy spring day
Holy Family Chapel in Chek Keng.
Mangrove at Chek Keng.
Bradbury Hall youth hostel

Features

Chapel

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).[2][3] The chapel is listed as a Grade II historic building.[4]

Others
  • Chek Keng Pier
  • Bradbury Hall youth hostel[5]

Transportation

A kai-to service is available between Wong Shek, Wan Tsai (Nam Fung Wan) and Chek Keng.[6]

References
  1. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: Sai Kung East Country Park Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Heaver, Stuart (27 February 2016). "The abandoned churches of Sai Kung: how Italian missionaries established Hakka congregations in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post.
  3. Historic Building Appraisal: Holy Family Chapel, Chek Keng, Tai Po, New Territories
  4. Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association: Bradbury Hall Archived September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Transport Department: Kaito Ferry Services

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