Shek Lei Pui Reservoir | |
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Location | Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°21′20″N114°08′53″E / 22.35563°N 114.14816°E |
Lake type | reservoir |
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Traditional Chinese | 石梨貝水塘 | ||||||||||||
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Shek Lei Pui Reservoir is a reservoir in Kam Shan Country Park,Sha Tin,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs. The total water storage capacity is 116 million gallons.
Formerly the site of Shek Lei Pui Village, [1] the construction works of the reservoir began in 1923 and completed in 1925. Most of the villages were resettled in Hin Tin,a new village in Tai Wai,and the others to Kwai Chung. [2]
Its two dams and the valve house built at the centre of the dam are listed as Grade II historic buildings. [3] [4]
The daily exercise routine of Luk Tung Kuen was started by Master Ha Kinh at this reservoir in 1963. [5]
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Tai Lam Country Park,established on 23 February 1979,is a country park located in Tai Lam,at the south of Yuen Long Town,Kam Tin and Shek Kong and east of Tuen Mun Town,in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. This country park has an area of 54 km².
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Pat Heung is an area in the middle of New Territories,Hong Kong. Located at the east of Kam Tin and north of Shek Kong,it is the exit to Sheung Shui and Fanling. Administratively,it belongs to Yuen Long District.
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Shek Pik Reservoir is a reservoir in Shek Pik on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Built between 1957 and 1963,it has a storage capacity of 24 million cubic metres and is the third largest reservoir in Hong Kong after High Island Reservoir and Plover Cove Reservoir.
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Woh Chai Shan,a.k.a. Shek Kip Mei Hill (石硤尾山),Mission Hill or Bishop Hill (主教山),is a hill in Shek Kip Mei,New Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is approximately 86 metres tall.