Nam Chung

Nam Chung (Chinese: 南涌; pinyin: Nán Chōng) is an area in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, west of Luk Keng and to the southwest of the Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), opposite Sha Tau Kok.

[5] During the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, Nam Chung was the site several events related to the anti-Japanese resistance effort.

Several senior members of the local East River Column, who had been residing there since about a month, were killed during an assault that involved two companies of Japanese soldiers and over fifty Kempeitai.

[6] The small island of A Chau, a Site of Special Scientific Interest,[7] is located in the south-western part of Starling Inlet off Nam Chung.

[4] Nam Chung is located at the northern end of the Wilson Trail, a 78 kilometres (48 mi) long-distance footpath opened in January 1996.