Chek Keng

Chek Keng is located within Sai Kung East Country Park,Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. [http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_ske/cou_vis_cou_ske.html Sai Kung East Country Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823105557/http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_ske/cou_vis_cou_ske.html |date=2014-08-23 }} on the northern coast of Sai Kung Peninsula and facing the Chek Keng Hau ({{zh|t=赤徑口|labels=no}}) aka East Arm Bay of Long Harbour.{{cite news |last=Ng |first=Kang-chung |date=16 October 2019 |title=How an abandoned village deep in a Hong Kong country park, inaccessible by road and poorly served by ferries, could be saved |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3033096/how-abandoned-village-deep-hong-kong-country-park |work=South China Morning Post |location= |access-date=}}

Chek Keng is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=Lands Department |access-date= |quote=}}

Chek Keng was probably founded more than 200 years ago. It was historically a multi-surname Hakka village. It was reported in 2003 that Chek Keng had only one resident, an 84 year old woman.{{cite journal |last1=Cheung |first1=Sindney |authorlink= |last2= |first2= |title=Traditional dwellings, conservation and land use: A study of three villages in Sai Kung |journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 43|pages= 10-11 |publisher= |location= | year= 2003|doi= |url=https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/720e758b956297d719fcb5804e7fae14.pdf |issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }}

The Holy Family Chapel ({{zh|t=聖家小堂|labels=no}}) 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 ({{zh|t=東江縱隊港九獨立大隊|labels=no}}).{{cite news |last=Heaver |first=Stuart |date=27 February 2016 |title=The abandoned churches of Sai Kung: how Italian missionaries established Hakka congregations in Hong Kong |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1916619/abandoned-churches-sai-kung-how-italian-missionaries |work=South China Morning Post }}Historic Building Appraisal: [http://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/400_Appraisal_En.pdf Holy Family Chapel, Chek Keng, Tai Po, New Territories] The chapel is listed as a Grade II historic building.Antiquities Advisory Board. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB-SM-chi.pdf List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618060809/http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB-SM-chi.pdf |date=2018-06-18 }}

• Chek Keng Pier
• Bradbury Hall youth hostelHong Kong Youth Hostels Association: [http://www.yha.org.hk/eng/hostel.php?action_type=detail&hostel_id=9 Bradbury Hall] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907081426/http://www.yha.org.hk/eng/hostel.php?action_type=detail&hostel_id=9 |date=September 7, 2014 }}

Chek Keng is not accessible by car. It is located along the Stage 2 of the MacLehose Trail, about an hour's walk from Pak Tam Au.

A kai-to service is available between Wong Shek, Wan Tsai (Nam Fung Wan) and Chek Keng.Transport Department: [http://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/ferries/service_details Kaito Ferry Services]

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• [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/P/p-skn-02.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Chek Keng (Sai Kung North) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090729004020/http://www.exploresaikung.com/places/ChekKeng.html Chek Keng - A Piece of Sai Kung History]
• [http://webs-of-significance.blogspot.fr/2012/07/hikes-end-at-chek-keng-photo-essay.html Pictures of Chek Keng]
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/austinjosa/3624439073/in/set-72157621858428128/ Picture of the Holy Family Chapel in Chek Keng]

Category:Villages in Tai Po District, Hong Kong

Category:Sai Kung North

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