Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town,which contains one of the largest residential areas in the New Territories.
Hong Kong has a long coastline that is full of twists and turns with many bays and beaches. Many of them are well sheltered by mountains nearby,as Hong Kong is a mountainous place. As a result,large waves seldom appear at the bays,making them suitable for human swimming.
Hong Kong counts approximately 600 temples,shrines and monasteries. While Buddhism and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions,most religions are represented in the Special Administrative Region.
Sheung Shui is an area in the New Territories,Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town,a part of this area,is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeast.
Shing Mun Reservoir is a reservoir in Hong Kong. It is located in Shing Mun,the area between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin,in the New Territories.
Sha Tin,also spelt Shatin,is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories,Hong Kong. Administratively,it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.
Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920,it runs in the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs West from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po,New Kowloon,to Tuen Mun,then north to Yuen Long then east to Sheung Shui,in the very north of the New Territories. It is divided into 22 sections. It serves south,west and north New Territories,being one of the most distant roads in early Hong Kong.
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories,Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past,it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at Castle Peak Bay. Tuen Mun is now a modern,mainly residential area in the north-west New Territories. As of 2011,487,546 live in Tuen Mun and over 95% of them are Chinese.
Lam Tei is an area in the Tuen Mun District of the New Territories,Hong Kong. The region lies at the north end of Tuen Mun city. It is highly rural,with Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery being a landmark of the region.
The Aberdeen Reservoirs are a group of two reservoirs,consisting of the Upper Aberdeen Reservoir (香港仔上水塘) and the Lower Aberdeen Reservoir (香港仔下水塘),in Aberdeen,Hong Kong.
The Tuen Mun Rural Committee is a rural committee in Hong Kong. It was founded by rural leader Chan Yat-sen in 1953 with representatives from 29 villages in Tuen Mun. Today the rural committee consisted of 36 villages and 69 village representatives.
Tuen Tsz Wai is a village of Hong Kong,located in the Lam Tei area,in the northern part of Tuen Mun District. Part of the village is a historic Punti walled village.
Nai Wai aka. Wong Kong Wai (黃崗圍) is a walled village in Lam Tei,Tuen Mun District,Hong Kong.
Hung Shui Hang Reservoir is a reservoir located to the north of Kau Keng Shan,Tuen Mun,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is located at the northwestern edge of Tai Lam Country Park and less than one kilometre away from Lam Tei Reservoir. Like Lam Tei Reservoir,it is part of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir's further water supply plan and an irrigation reservoir. The reservoir is divided into two reservoirs. The water from the reservoir flows through Tan Kwai Tsuen and Chung Uk Tsuen and then through Hung Shui Kiu,passing through the west side of Tin Shui Wai and finally empties into the Deep Bay.
Lau Shui Heung Reservoir,built in 1968 as part of the Plover Cove Reservoir engineering programme,is a reservoir located within the boundary of Pat Sin Leng Country Park in the eastern part of North District,New Territories,Hong Kong,located at the northeast area of Bird's Hill,at the northeast end of Sheung Shui-Fanling Plain. It covers an area of 3.5 hectares and a water storage capacity of 170,000 m3. It is responsible for collecting water from the northwestern part of Pat Sin Leng and supplying it to the Plover Cove Reservoir through a water conveyance tunnel,while Lau Shui Heung Reservoir is an irrigation reservoir used to irrigate nearby farmland. The Lau Shui Heung Country Trail passes through the reservoir. The main concrete dam is 24 m high and 54.9 m long,the secondary dam is 7.3 m high and 39 m long and the scale of the reservoir is small. The reservoir is the main source of Kwan Tei River,and the water from the reservoir flows into Kwan Tei and then the Ng Tung River.
