A typical example is that in 1841, the bay was used as a base by pirates and caused serious concern to foreign merchant ships trading with China.

It is known that the name appeared on the earliest British official map of Hong Kong by Lt TB Collinson RE in 1845.

In 1898, the Hong Kong Golf Club opened in the valley behind the Deep Water Bay and became a social hub.

The writer Ernest Hemingway and the American actor Marlon Brando stayed at the Repulse Bay Hotel.

[4] During the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II, Repulse Bay was an important strategic location.

[5] American actors William Holden and Jennifer Jones stayed at the Repulse Bay Hotel in 1955 when they acted there in the film "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.

[8] In 2018, Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, was living near Repulse Bay.

Later a boutique shopping mall was constructed on part of the old hotel site to mimic some of the lost colonial architecture.

Emperor International Holdings Limited bought Lido Mall at Repulse Bay and renamed it The Pulse, but due to its expansion to five storeys and 13,300 m2 (143,000 sq ft), it was in negotiations with the government over the land premium.

[11] Author Eileen Chang's novel, Love in a Fallen City (傾城之戀) is set at the Repulse Bay Hotel.