Sai Kung 西貢 (HK)
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Sai Kung Town (Chinese: 西貢市) or simply Sai Kung (Chinese: 西貢) is a town on Sai Kung Peninsula, facing Sai Kung Hoi (Inner Port Shelter), part of Sai Kung District in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sai Kung is the centre of the surrounding villages, and hence the name may refer to the areas in its immediate surroundings. Sai Kung Hoi was a fishing harbour and fishermen still gather there. The harbour is now a typhoon shelter, where motorized junks used in the local tourist trade are moored. They are boats that can be hired for fishing and swimming trips.
Sai Kung town underwent significant expansion during the 1970s when the High Island Reservoir and associated water schemes required some villagers and fishermen to be rehoused in Sai Kung. This provided a core of government-funded new development, both housing and commercial, in the town centre. This was followed by the Tui Min Hoi (literally 'over the harbour') development under the government's market town programme.
Sai Kung Post Office was originally opened well before the Pacific War, in 1908. It closed in December 1941 with the Japanese invasion. The office reopened 1961.10.30 and has since moved several times. It is currently located at:G/F, Sai Kung Government Offices, 34 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung, New Territories [西貢親民街34號西貢政府合署地下].
