[6] According to Professor David Faure, no market was recorded, where modern-day Sai Kung District is located, in the Qing dynasty's Xin'an Xianzhi (Chinese: 新安縣志; lit.

[7] Instead, Faure stated that, due to inaccessibility of land-based transport, Leung Shuen Wan (High Island) was probably developed into a moorage inlet in the 18th century.

[7] Shops were opened on Leung Shuen Wan (though not within the modern bounds of Sai Kung Town), as well as a Tin Hau Temple, for the boat-living people of the area.

There were no proper educational institutions or other schools on Sai Kung Peninsula at that time, as traditional learning establishments were located in the smaller settlements.

However, the Catholic Church of Hong Kong had established a primary school there, at the end of the 19th century, which taught a Western curriculum in the market town.

[7] During WWI, ships were required to undergo inspection by the Royal Navy upon entering or prior to leaving Victoria Harbour.

The Port Shelter and Sai Kung market town were located outside of the harbour and thus benefited from the policy by becoming places for resupply.

[7] A temple, inside Sai Kung market town, also became a local civic centre, such as for the settlement of disputes.

[7] The local business owners, who were not from the surrounding villages, even acted as representatives for Sai Kung in Heung Yee Kuk in the 1920s.

Heung Yee Kuk represented the interests of the rural villages of the New Territories and was recognized by the colonial government as a consulting institution.

[7] Nowadays, however, the Heung Yee Kuk seat for the Sai Kung Central constituency is elected by the local residents of the town through universal suffrage.