https://www.scmp.com/rss/161726/feed Shek O, meaning rocky bay, is characterised by two beaches and a 701-hectare country park, all of which are situated on the south eastern coast of Hong Kong Island. Its northern beach - Big Wave Bay - is popular with surfers and is home to a prehistoric rock carving depicting geometric designs and animals. The south beach, called Shek O, is popular with swimmers and water sport enthusiasts. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Travelling is as much about impressing others as about experiencing for many social media users nowadays. The temptation to go the extra mile to show off something extraordinary can be overpowering, so much so that it may eclipse common sense and result in injuries or even fatal mishaps. The tragic death of a mainland visitor in Sai Kung on New Year’s Eve – reportedly after slipping from a cliff while taking pictures – is yet another grim reminder of the risk that too many are willing to take... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3338512/tourists-must-put-safety-first-quest-perfect-photo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3338512/tourists-must-put-safety-first-quest-perfect-photo?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:45:08 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok A paraglider has died after crashing into a hillside in southern Hong Kong, with strong winds sweeping him into the air ahead of take-off. Police said they received a report at about 2.20pm on Tuesday that a man had been involved in an accident while paragliding at Dragon’s Back in Shek O. The 68‑year‑old was reported to have embarked on a solo paragliding flight. According to a hiker’s report to police, the man had been preparing his equipment when his paraglider was suddenly lifted up by... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3335750/paraglider-dies-after-crashing-hong-kong-hillside-during-flight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3335750/paraglider-dies-after-crashing-hong-kong-hillside-during-flight?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:52:01 +0000 Leopold Chen Leopold Chen A replica of the skeleton of “Hong Kong’s Whale” that famously wandered into Victoria Harbour 70 years ago has been installed in Shek O, where the original bones once stood before they were destroyed by Super Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) Swire Institute of Marine Science (Swims) erected the replica at Cape D’Aguilar on Wednesday. The replica was created by a specialist firm in mainland China. “I see it as a public service for Swims to maintain... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3333447/hong-kongs-whale-tale-famous-fossil-shek-o-gets-new-lease-life?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3333447/hong-kongs-whale-tale-famous-fossil-shek-o-gets-new-lease-life?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:20:41 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu October has arrived, which means this year’s Mid-Autumn festivities will soon be in full swing. Before your schedule gets filled up with family dinners and celebrations, take a moment this weekend to indulge in a creative party with Sanrio products, or kick back with a Hong Kong noir film. Perhaps you would rather make new friends at a sip-and-paint night or help clean up the coastline to ring in the new season. Here are five things to do this weekend to start October right. 1. Sanrio characters... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3327651/5-best-things-do-hong-kong-weekend-october-3-5?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3327651/5-best-things-do-hong-kong-weekend-october-3-5?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 02:15:06 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Drones have been launched into a new role in Hong Kong as police try to enforce traffic laws at some of the city’s worst accident hotspots. The use of the technology to detect violations and boost road safety is to be welcomed, as long as the authorities do not lose sight of the need to ensure privacy. Police announced recently that their first trials of the drones would take place on Shek O Road and Route Twisk, notorious roads with sharp bends that draw illegal racers who all too often wind up... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3325332/privacy-paramount-hong-kong-deploys-drones-enforce-traffic-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3325332/privacy-paramount-hong-kong-deploys-drones-enforce-traffic-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:45:14 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The distinctive topography of Hong Kong, with steep hills rising majestically from the sea and skyscrapers sandwiched in between, gives the city its beauty. But the presence of densely populated areas so close to soaring slopes means landslides are a constant danger, especially during torrential summer rains. A stark reminder was provided in September 2023, when the worst rainstorm in more than a century caused severe landslides and widespread flooding. The resulting disruption highlighted... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3312036/technology-can-help-hong-kongs-rainy-season-poses-threat-landslides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3312036/technology-can-help-hong-kongs-rainy-season-poses-threat-landslides?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 May 2025 00:15:07 +0000 The only road ensuring access to a remote village on Hong Kong Island has 80 slopes in need of investigation and fixing, government engineers have said after massive landslides forced the road to close last year. Authorities said the first phase of construction works was set to start in 2027 and would take 4½ years to complete, prompting Shek O residents to urge officials to speed up the process. The Civil Engineering and Development Department submitted a paper to the Southern District Council... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3269071/hong-kong-authorities-say-80-slopes-remote-road-shek-o-must-be-checked-fixed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3269071/hong-kong-authorities-say-80-slopes-remote-road-shek-o-must-be-checked-fixed?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:05:29 +0000 Hong Kong authorities have inspected about 500 slopes next to sole and busy access points to identify crucial points to prioritise for landslide prevention work. Engineers said on Monday they would carry out further inspections and maintenance of drainage systems on 1 per cent to 2 per cent of the slopes by the end of this month in an effort to minimise the risk from rainstorms. The news came as Legislative Council papers, in a related development, revealed that the estimated HK$8 billion... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3264321/hong-kong-slopes-crucial-choke-points-get-priority-work-reduce-risk-landslides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3264321/hong-kong-slopes-crucial-choke-points-get-priority-work-reduce-risk-landslides?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 May 2024 14:49:15 +0000 Tourists are hungry for unique experiences in the age of social media, so much so that they may take risks to record some “Instagrammable” moments. But those attempts to impress others may end badly, sometimes even at the expense of one’s life. The accident in which two visitors drowned at Tai Tau Chau, Shek O, on Sunday is yet another cautionary tale. The mainland siblings died when a 55-year-old man tried to save his elder sister who was swept into the sea by a wave while taking photos. Their... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3248547/drownings-hong-kong-another-heartbreak-warning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3248547/drownings-hong-kong-another-heartbreak-warning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:30:18 +0000 A mainland Chinese man and his sister drowned in Hong Kong on Sunday when he and their older brother tried in vain to save her after she was swept into the sea while taking photos at a spot dubbed an “unknown paradise” by tourists. The 57-year-old woman’s two daughters, aged 27 and 29, watched in horror as their uncles dived into the water after she was carried away by a wave at Tai Tau Chau in Shek O. A source said initial investigations suggested the woman “was standing at the edge of a cliff... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3248379/brother-and-sister-drown-after-she-falls-sea-and-two-siblings-try-rescue-her?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3248379/brother-and-sister-drown-after-she-falls-sea-and-two-siblings-try-rescue-her?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:31:52 +0000 The Hong Kong government will explore the use of big data and artificial intelligence to boost emergency preparedness and early-warning systems for climate change after extreme weather battered the city twice over the past two months, the chief executive has said. John Lee Ka-chiu explained in Wednesday’s policy address that the government’s emergency response to recent stormy weather was hampered by “technological constraints”, which led to chaos in the public transport system and at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3239170/hi-tech-methods-be-deployed-hong-kongs-battle-against-natural-disasters-and-climate-change-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3239170/hi-tech-methods-be-deployed-hong-kongs-battle-against-natural-disasters-and-climate-change-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:10:22 +0000 Two areas of Hong Kong still reeling from damage caused by last month’s “once-in-500-years” rainstorm are bracing themselves for Typhoon Koinu’s approach later this week. Shau Kei Wan and Shek O were still repairing damage after the deluge caused landslides and road subsidence as Koinu approached the city on Tuesday. The typhoon, named after the Japanese name for the constellation of Canis Minor, is forecast to close in on Hong Kong and come within 400km (248.5 miles) of the city by Friday, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3236691/hong-kong-areas-still-reeling-last-big-storm-and-record-rainfall-brace-super-typhoon-koinu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3236691/hong-kong-areas-still-reeling-last-big-storm-and-record-rainfall-brace-super-typhoon-koinu?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:00:11 +0000 One of the traffic lanes connecting Shek O with the rest of Hong Kong Island was reopened on Saturday night for light vehicles, after authorities evacuated about 200 residents who were isolated when two landslides triggered by a rainstorm damaged the only road leading out of the area. Ahead of its reopening at 9pm, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu inspected the site and said he had instructed all departments to race against time to repair roads, provide necessary supplies to residents in Shek O... https://www.scmp.com/weather/hong-kong/article/3233949/thousands-shek-o-village-residents-left-stranded-record-breaking-rainstorm-hong-kong-destroys-only?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/weather/hong-kong/article/3233949/thousands-shek-o-village-residents-left-stranded-record-breaking-rainstorm-hong-kong-destroys-only?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:50:41 +0000 A 74-year-old paraglider was rescued by firefighters in Hong Kong after he was trapped on a hillside ridge for six hours, police said on Saturday. The force said fire services personnel had located the man, surnamed To, who crashed earlier near the Dragon’s Back hiking trail in Shek O, at around 11.30pm on Friday night, and subsequently sent him to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. A police spokeswoman added the man was conscious when found. The rescue operation was launched after police... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3221997/emergency-services-mount-rescue-operation-after-paraglider-crashes-hong-kong-hillside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3221997/emergency-services-mount-rescue-operation-after-paraglider-crashes-hong-kong-hillside?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 May 2023 15:17:43 +0000 Only 18 of Hong Kong’s 42 public beaches had lifeguards on duty last weekend because of a severe labour shortage, a union has said, with swimmers potentially at risk as most locations remain open. Unattractive salaries and keen competition from private housing complexes caused the lack of manpower, lifeguard union representatives said. They urged authorities to become more competitive in attracting staff. In response to Post inquiries, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department said seasonal... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3215871/lifeguards-worked-only-18-hong-kongs-42-beaches-over-weekend-labour-shortages-put-swimmers-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3215871/lifeguards-worked-only-18-hong-kongs-42-beaches-over-weekend-labour-shortages-put-swimmers-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:12:22 +0000 Ika Butoni loves walking on the beach in Shek O, the tiny village on the southside of Hong Kong Island that she has called home for more than 30 years. For the Indonesian fashion designer, it’s a chance to get some fresh air and exercise – and to forage for fallen leaves and flowers to incorporate into her ecoprints, a form of natural dyeing in which colours are extracted from tannins – chemical compounds – in plant material and transferred onto fabric. “The yellow hibiscus flowers make... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3197266/indonesian-fashion-designers-sustainable-ecoprinting-natural-dyes-i-love-element-surprise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3197266/indonesian-fashion-designers-sustainable-ecoprinting-natural-dyes-i-love-element-surprise?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:00:10 +0000 Police were called to a Hong Kong beach after a discarded sex doll wrapped in a plastic bag was mistaken for a human body on Monday. Officers from the patrol subunit of Chai Wan Police Station were sent to a refuse collection depot on Big Wave Bay Road in Shek O after receiving a report from a female passer-by just before 8.30am. A police spokesman said the woman had reported finding a suspected human body wrapped in a black plastic bag at the rubbish depot. The force initially treated the case... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3170381/passer-calls-police-after-mistaking-sex-doll-human?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3170381/passer-calls-police-after-mistaking-sex-doll-human?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:40:23 +0000 I refer to the article, “Officials will be ‘lenient at first’ as Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ app becomes mandatory to access government facilities” (October 31). I welcome the enforcement of the new rule by the government. It is a necessary step to reinforce the idea of digital governance in Hong Kong. Addressing concerns over data collection through the app, the government has explained more than once that the app will not collect any personal information and the data will only be used for... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3154539/hong-kongs-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-part-good-digital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3154539/hong-kongs-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-part-good-digital?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:30:16 +0000 Living beachside in Shek O village, on the southern coast of Hong Kong Island, offers an idyllic natural environment for Angus Harris and Ellen Ogren to raise their young family. It also provides reminders of the city’s plastic pollution, with waste washing up on our shorelines and choking marine ecosystems (Hong Kong supports more than 6,000 marine species). And it’s not just on a macro level: studies have shown that microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5mm in length – found on Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3116642/hong-kongs-waters-are-polluted-meet-couple-who?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3116642/hong-kongs-waters-are-polluted-meet-couple-who?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:45:16 +0000 Hong Kong-born Kate Babington is the managing director of eco-wood furnishing boutique Tree, which has reopened its Tree Café for snacks and drinks in its Horizon Plaza warehouse store in Ap Lei Chau. If I’m out for lunch or dinner, I usually gravitate towards Asian food. I love a bit of spice! I grew up in Hong Kong and love that Asian characteristic of sharing dishes which means you get a variety. On weekends, I often opt for brunch with bubbles, which is always a great way to catch up with... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3096098/where-pescatarian-eats-hong-kong-sizzling-prawns-must?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3096098/where-pescatarian-eats-hong-kong-sizzling-prawns-must?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Aug 2020 07:15:09 +0000 Hong Kong’s bouldering gyms are shut because of the coronavirus and indoor climbers are wondering where they will get their fix. But in troubled times comes opportunity and this might be the perfect chance to transition from indoor bouldering to outdoors. Bouldering is climbing at a low height, typically with only a few moves. Without rope work to think about, or fatigue, you can push your technical ability to the max. And there are some great spots in Hong Kong to get started. All you need is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/extreme-sports/article/3094882/outdoor-bouldering-spots-hong-kong-climbers-looking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/extreme-sports/article/3094882/outdoor-bouldering-spots-hong-kong-climbers-looking?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:00:13 +0000 A part of Shek O in southeastern Hong Kong was hit by a blackout on Wednesday evening when a cable glitch affected the power supply at 8.39pm, according to HK Electric. The power company said it still needed to investigate the case, adding that workers were deployed to conduct emergency repairs in a bid to resume services soon. Shek O district councillor Chan Lee Pui-ying said even lamp posts were out of power in the affected area. “It’s dangerous. Elderly people who live in village houses have... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3039661/shek-o-rural-hong-kong-hit-blackout-power-cable-glitch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3039661/shek-o-rural-hong-kong-hit-blackout-power-cable-glitch?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:48:10 +0000 Police were called to an upscale residential estate at northern Hong Kong on Monday after two homes were broken into and items stolen. The break-ins came to light just hours after two burglars made off with HK$120,000 (US$15,300) in cash and bottles of liquor from a shop in Sham Shui Po before daybreak. Soon after 10.30am, officers responded to the report of a burglary at the Hong Lok Yuen residential estate in Tai Po after getting a call from the 55-year-old male tenant of the complex. “Initial... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3029951/two-more-luxury-homes-robbed-hong-kong-police-warn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3029951/two-more-luxury-homes-robbed-hong-kong-police-warn?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:02:16 +0000 “When you create something that cannot be seen, no one knows how to interact with it. My installation work is about reconnecting to nature using one of our most important senses,” explains Haley Alexander van Oosten, one of the artists featured in the Asia Society Hong Kong chapter’s latest exhibition, “To See the Forests and the Trees”, which explores the ecological devastation caused by 2018’s Typhoon Mangkhut. Van Oosten’s installation, The Ripening of Mangosteen: A Scent Offering in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3025088/scents-senses-aromatherapists-journey-becoming?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3025088/scents-senses-aromatherapists-journey-becoming?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:00:10 +0000 A scenic Shek O beach has been closed down because of flood damage, with officials pointing fingers over who is going to fix the deeper problems at the popular, government-run recreation site. Big Wave Bay beach was closed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department after flash flooding from a nearby river broke through embanking sand dunes and split the beach in two after heavy rains on Tuesday. The trail of debris from the river water fanned out as it made its way to the ocean, leaving... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3013482/big-wave-bay-beach-closed-flood-damage-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3013482/big-wave-bay-beach-closed-flood-damage-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:30:08 +0000 I love good street art, when a dull wall or shop shutter is brought to life by someone who knows how to handle a spray can. Who wouldn’t appreciate the work of Portugal’s Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils, known for his bas-relief carving technique, or the cool pixelated images of French urban artist Invader. Both have left their creative fingerprints all over the world, including in Hong Kong. But let’s get one thing clear. Wielding a spray can does not make you a creative genius and hate speech and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3004696/hong-kongs-magnificent-rocks-defaced-vandals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3004696/hong-kongs-magnificent-rocks-defaced-vandals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Apr 2019 02:45:05 +0000 I refer to the letter from Carly Fung thanking the disciplined services, maintenance workers, street cleaners, company janitors and volunteers for returning normalcy to the typhoon-hit city (“After Typhoon Mangkhut, a big thank you for Hong Kong’s spirited clean-up effort”, September 18). The stereotype about Hongkongers is that they are selfish and rude. So I was glad to learn that the same people so often maligned as self-absorbed came out in large numbers to help clean up communities after... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2165679/how-typhoon-mangkhut-blew-away-selfish-hong-kong-stereotype?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2165679/how-typhoon-mangkhut-blew-away-selfish-hong-kong-stereotype?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:48:34 +0000 Sewage has been leaking into the sea in “Hong Kong’s back garden” of Sai Kung as a treatment facility there was damaged when Typhoon Mangkhut battered the city over the weekend, authorities warned on Thursday. Elsewhere, three sections of water mains in Southern District on Hong Kong Island had also broken, leading to “the discharge of sewage”, according to officials. While drainage officials said it could take months to repair the Sai Kung facility, they estimated they would need three weeks to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2165107/hong-kong-sewage-treatment-facility-leaking-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2165107/hong-kong-sewage-treatment-facility-leaking-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:59:09 +0000 The clean-up effort at the golf course of Shek O Country Club will run well into next week after Typhoon Mangkhut caused the lower nine holes of the 99-year-old club to become completely submerged on Sunday. Downed trees and broken fences will take days to clear as the water retreats, according to the course’s general manager, Paul Brown. “We got flooded on the lower nine [holes],” Brown said. “There’s a lot of debris everywhere and quite a lot of trees down. We are closed.” Hong Kong sport... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2164528/super-typhoon-mangkhut-devastates-shek-o-golf-course-will-be-closed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2164528/super-typhoon-mangkhut-devastates-shek-o-golf-course-will-be-closed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:03:22 +0000 When my now-wife and I celebrated our engagement in 2015, it felt only natural that we hold the party in Shek O, at the beach barbecue pits, the centre of our community. Late in the afternoon, as we downed a few drinks and played some music, our group was visited by two police officers acting on a noise complaint. They had been called by a man who had arrived after our little party was already well under way, and decided to place his towel on the sand directly next to where we were... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2136365/why-does-hong-kong-allow-killjoys-close-much?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2136365/why-does-hong-kong-allow-killjoys-close-much?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:30:16 +0000 One of four vendors accused of illegally occupying government land for decades to run a barbecue business at scenic Hong Kong beach Shek O launched a signature campaign on Saturday against a closure order. Liu’s BBQ, which closed its doors on Thursday along with three other operators, decided to open over the weekend to complete its last bookings, including one placed about a month ago to celebrate Holi, a Hindu festival known as the Festival of Colours. The Leisure and Cultural Services... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2135576/shek-o-bbq-rental-stalls-collect-signatures-stay-open-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2135576/shek-o-bbq-rental-stalls-collect-signatures-stay-open-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Mar 2018 02:00:27 +0000 After decades of providing beachgoers with rental barbecue facilities, tables and chairs, the sun may have set on these vendors on Hong Kong’s Shek O Beach as they face an order to vacate government-owned land.  The stalls currently occupy a strip on the eastern side of the beach and all of them were closed when the Post visited on Thursday.  Tables and chairs were tucked away under a canopy. Sources said the shelter was built by stall operators. According to a letter issued by the Leisure and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2135333/end-road-barbecue-rental-stalls-shek-o-beach-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2135333/end-road-barbecue-rental-stalls-shek-o-beach-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Mar 2018 02:02:41 +0000 Tomson buys sites in Shanghai's Pudong Tomson Group announced it had agreed to acquire two sites, with a total site area of 450,460.8 square metres, in Shanghai's Pudong for a total of 1.09 billion yuan (HK$1.34 billion). The two sites are close to its proposed residential project at Area B-13-4 at Jinqiao-Zhangjiang, according to the company statement filed to the stock exchange on Monday. Since the land use rights of the two sites are held by Shanghai Pudong Land Holdings and the board... https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1138710/property-digest-january-30-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1138710/property-digest-january-30-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A paraglider takes off from the Dragon's Back trail near Shek O in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon. The spot is known for high-flying enthusiasts, and the weather conditions - at 17 degrees, and cloudy and cool - were ideal for the adventure sport. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1137140/paraglider-takes-dragons-back-trail-hong-kong-video?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1137140/paraglider-takes-dragons-back-trail-hong-kong-video?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:58:50 +0000 HK$4.4m of silver seized at checkpoint Customs seized 515kg of smuggled silver valued at HK$4.42 million on Friday from a private car entering the city via the Western Corridor border post. A man and a woman were arrested. It was the biggest such seizure in a year.   Visits to HK won't be capped, Shenzhen says Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin says there is no plan to restrict multiple entries to Hong Kong to curb trading in parallel goods, Xinhua reported. Hong Kong's Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131838/briefs-january-20-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131838/briefs-january-20-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A school attended by two teenage boys who drowned at Shek O while celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival was in "crisis mode" yesterday dealing with pupils' grief after the second boy's body was found. The tragedy at the popular but often dangerous beach brought a warning from a lifeguard union that swimmers should take the dangers of the sea more seriously. The body of Chan Yan-shi, 16, was found at about 7.30am, 50 metres from the beach. He was one of three teenagers swept away by strong waves... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1052535/fellow-pupils-shek-o-drowning-victims-get-grief-counselling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1052535/fellow-pupils-shek-o-drowning-victims-get-grief-counselling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Police and firemen were searching for the missing body of a 16-year-old boy in the water off Shek O beach early Monday evening after recovering the body of a 15-year-old boy in the afternoon and rescuing a 16-year-old girl from the ocean in the morning. The search was suspended at 8pm because of the darkness, but authorities said they would keep monitoring the waters. The operation will resume at first light on Tuesday. The three were part of a group of youngsters who spent the night on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1051577/teenager-drowns-shek-o-beach-second-missing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1051577/teenager-drowns-shek-o-beach-second-missing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:13:42 +0000 Rare Hakka village must be protected I read with great interest Hazel Knowles's article in the Sunday Magazine about Pak Sha O ('Plots on the landscape', May 20), a village I am very familiar with as a result of walking trips my husband and I take through Sai Kung Country Park. Pak Sha O is a treasure not to be casually abandoned to developers intent on building yet another Hong Lok Yuen within what we are told by government is a 'protected area'. I have heard that the applications made by... https://www.scmp.com/article/1002124/letters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1002124/letters?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 There is nothing like a good wedding, but the trend in recent years for happy couples to have their photographs taken in idyllic Shek O has worn a bit thin for some living there. The beachside village located on the southeastern corner of Hong Kong Island has become a haven for newly-weds looking for romantic photographs. There is no law against having your picture taken from a public thoroughfare in front of someone's house if you find it attractive. But the frequent appearance of such... https://www.scmp.com/article/988107/hordes-posing-couples-have-picturesque-shek-o-singing-wedding-bell-blues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/988107/hordes-posing-couples-have-picturesque-shek-o-singing-wedding-bell-blues?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Villagers in Shek O have complained that despite informing New World First Bus Services about Nazi graffiti on the wall of the village's bus terminus nearly three weeks ago, nothing is being done about it. Two swastikas were sprayed in pink on the terminus at the beginning of this year along with the letters RAI. Complainants know they are Nazi swastikas, since the four arms of the cross are bent to the right, rather than to the left as in the Buddhist swastika. Shek O resident Mark Presley... https://www.scmp.com/article/987491/swastikas-remain-despite-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/987491/swastikas-remain-despite-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 The article ('Sun goes down early on beach food kiosks', November 28) implies that standardised furniture is being introduced due to noise complaints, but this is not the case. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department decided as policy to install its own furniture upon kiosk contract renewals, at St Stephen's in Stanley in 2009, with Shek O, Big Wave Bay and Deep Water Bay following suit. None had noise issues. Now South Bay, Middle Bay and Stanley main beach will incur the same fate. If... https://www.scmp.com/article/986747/officials-unwilling-compromise-over-seats-and-eateries-citys-beaches?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/986747/officials-unwilling-compromise-over-seats-and-eateries-citys-beaches?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Only two of six tycoons found to have encroached on public land by erecting gates leading to their luxury houses have complied with orders to remove them or expressed willingness to do so. And two lawmakers have been found re-erecting rooftop glasshouses on their homes after earlier removing the windows. The only tycoon who has actually demolished his gates is Chang Wa-shan, director of Taifair Securities, who owns a house at 17 Shek O Road. Three contractors took down the structure yesterday... https://www.scmp.com/article/974748/one-set-tycoons-gates-down-five-still-go?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/974748/one-set-tycoons-gates-down-five-still-go?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Wharf (Holdings) chairman Peter Woo Kwong-ching reopened roads in front of his two luxury Shek O homes after concerns that he and other tycoons encroached on public land by erecting gates on public roads leading to their houses. Woo was one of four tycoons named in a newspaper report as having privatised public roads without government permission to increase the privacy of their residential areas. The others included Macau gambling baron Stanley Ho Hung-sun, Central Development chairman Hui... https://www.scmp.com/article/973881/tycoons-taken-task-over-private-roads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/973881/tycoons-taken-task-over-private-roads?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000 A 49-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with a killing at Big Wave Bay, near Shek O, on Saturday night. He is the seventh person arrested in the case. A postmortem examination will be held today to determine the cause of death of the 36-year-old man, who was attacked by a group of people at a Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue. https://www.scmp.com/article/652833/seventh-arrest-made-big-wave-bay-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/652833/seventh-arrest-made-big-wave-bay-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000 A group of nature enthusiasts visited Shek O as part of a programme launched by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) to raise public awareness of rock conservation. In collaboration with the Association for Geoconservation, the AFCD launched a series of eco-tours, called Exploring Hong Kong Landscape, last month to provide people with a better understanding of Hong Kong's geology. The programme comprises six visits to some of the most magnificent scenic spots in Hong... https://www.scmp.com/article/633819/close-view-rocky-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/633819/close-view-rocky-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Shek O residents are demanding more support for public art after a 4.8-metre mural by a local artist was wiped out by government contractors because it was deemed illegal graffiti. The brightly coloured artwork, Keep Shek O Beautiful, was painted by village artist Ray Yip on March 14 on slope works at the junction of Shek O Road and Cape D'Aguilar Road. The abstract landscape represented the sea view from above Shek O's main beach. But on Wednesday morning contractors for the Highways... https://www.scmp.com/article/632696/shek-o-artists-splash-colour-dashed-graffiti-busters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/632696/shek-o-artists-splash-colour-dashed-graffiti-busters?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Shek O residents are complaining that government-contracted workers have left construction waste and tools 'dumped in the bushes' at leisure sites near the village. The waste - which includes metal railings and leftover concrete - has been left at barbecue pits and a picnic pavilion on Tai Tau Chau, the headland at Shek O linked by a narrow footpath. The area is a popular walking spot for local dog owners. They have been left for several weeks and were still there when a reporter visited on... https://www.scmp.com/article/625397/residents-angry-workers-treating-shek-o-dustbin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/625397/residents-angry-workers-treating-shek-o-dustbin?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Police are trying to identify a man whose body was found off Shek O yesterday. He was seen floating 1km off Rocky Bay Beach at 4.45pm. He is described as being 1.65 metres tall and wearing a yellow polo shirt and dark underpants. Meanwhile, police said the body of 74-year-old Lai Loi-fuk, who had been missing since a sampan carrying him and five others from Tong Fuk sank on its way to Siu A Chau Island last Thursday, had been recovered in Zhuhai. https://www.scmp.com/article/612728/body-found-shek-o?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/612728/body-found-shek-o?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 More manpower urged after rough conditions spark a spate of incidents at beaches Lifeguards have called for new arrangements to boost manpower at beaches in emergencies after 50 people - 37 at one beach alone - had to be rescued in two consecutive days. The swimmers were swept away by big waves and strong currents whipped up by the combined effects of a northeast monsoon and Severe Tropical Storm Lekima churning across the South China Sea. The rescues came after hundreds of people ignored red... https://www.scmp.com/article/609975/50-rescues-2-days-lifeguards-call-help?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/609975/50-rescues-2-days-lifeguards-call-help?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 The city's paddlers will be able to test their skills at the Hong Kong Open Marathon Canoeing Championships 2007 which will be held at Victoria Harbour on Sunday. Organised by the Hong Kong Canoe Union, the competition was launched about 20 years ago. This year, the race will start at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in Causeway Bay and end at the Hong Kong Sea School in Stanley, a distance of about 29 kilometres. The competition is divided into several categories. These include men's and... https://www.scmp.com/article/606772/hk-canoeists-face-test-endurance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/606772/hk-canoeists-face-test-endurance?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:00:00 +0000