Tai po, a town with ancient roots and modern high-rises, is the subject of this week's District Focus.
Last Friday, guided by artists Jennie Li Chun-nei and Lo Wai-hang, seven camera-wielding students set out to capture the unusual mixture of the old and the new, the rural and the urban, which makes this such an interesting part of Hong Kong.
The group took a half-hour ride from the Tai Po Market MTR station to Sam Mun Tsai New Village, a fishing community.
Their second stop was the Tai Po Complex, a seven-storey building that houses a wet market, an indoor food court, a library and a sports centre. The building contrasts sharply with Tai Po Hui, or Tai Po Market, one of the oldest markets in Hong Kong.
'It is the first time I've been to Tai Po. It is a very big district, and it's an odd mix of new stuff and old culture,' said Wong Man-wa, 16, of The Church of Christ in China Kei Long College.
'The new buildings are situated close to the old villages. Going back to the town centre from the fishing village [Sam Mun Tsai New Village] is like travelling through a time tunnel.'
Wong Chun-ming, an 18-year-old student from STFA Yung Yau College, shares a similar feeling. 'It's a well-developed new town, yet it preserves many traces of history, the foundation of the modern world.'