Pak Tam Chung

Pak Tam Chung (Chinese: 北潭涌) is an area in the southern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula in the New Territories of Hong Kong.[1] It is administratively under the Sai Kung District.

The creek Lung Hang (龍坑) has low flow in winter
Taxi stand at Pak Tam Chung

Features

Pak Tam Chung was described as consisting of six villages in 1911 with fewer than 405 inhabitants: Wong Yi Chau (黃宜洲), Pak Tam (北潭), Sheung Yiu (上窰), Tsak Yu Wu (鯽魚湖), Wong Keng Tei (黃麖地) and Tsam Chuk Wan. The six villages were all inhabited by Hakka people, with the exception of two hamlets in Pak Tam.[2][3]

There is a visitor centre for nature education set up by the Hong Kong Government. Near the centre is a vehicle barrier leading to the restricted portion of Sai Kung East Country Park in Pak Tam Chung. For vehicles, only those with authorisation can enter the area and reach places like Hoi Ha, Pak Tam Au and High Island Reservoir.

There are a number of picnic and barbecue facilities within Pak Tam Chung, including a site designed for physically disabled visitors.

Po Leung Kuk owns a holiday camp site in Pak Tam Chung, the Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Camp (保良局北潭涌渡假營).

Transportation

The most common way to reach Pak Tam Chung is by bus. There are several bus routes that go via Pak Tam Chung.

Kowloon Motor Bus
  • Route #94 - Sai Kung Bus Terminus <-> Wong Shek Pier
  • Route #96R - Diamond Hill MTR Station <-> Wong Shek Pier (Sundays and Holidays only)
  • Route #289R - Wong Shek Pier<-> Shatin (One-way only to Shatin; Sundays & Public Holidays 15:00 - 19:00
Green minibus
  • Route #7 - Sai Kung Minibus Terminus <-> Hoi Ha
  • Route #9 - Sai Kung Minibus Terminus <-> Lady Maclehose Holiday Village (Note that while Route #7 and #9 operate on the same road, Route #7 costs $13.1 and Route #9 costs $7.4 from Sai Kung Town in 2020)
  • Route #9A -Pak Tam Chung Minibus Terminus <-> High Island Reservoir East Dam (Sundays and Holidays only 15:00 - 17:30), Service launched on July 22, 2018 with new schedule commenced on February 3, 2019 to extend return service from East Dam till 19:00

See also

References
  1. "Sai Kung West (Wan Tsai Ext.)". www.afcd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. Faure, David (1986). The structure of Chinese rural society: lineage and village in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780195839708.
  3. Delang, Claudio O. (30 March 2018). "Local livelihoods and global process: complex causalities in Hong Kong's Sai Kung Peninsula". Miscellanea Geographica. 22 (1): 31–39. doi:10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0003. ISSN 2084-6118.


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