Sham Chung

[1] It has been reported that the villages of Sham Chung, Lai Chi Chong and Pak Sha O had historically close social ties.

[4] In 1870, Father Luigi Piazzoli, who later became Apostolic Vicar of Hong Kong (1895-1904), left the mission station in Ting Kok and started his missionary work in Sham Chung, helping the farmers build a dam.

[5][6] In the late 1990s and 2000s, Sun Hung Kai Properties planned to build a golf course and a recreation centre in Sham Chung.

[7] In 1999, part of the natural wetland was converted into a grass field, but the application for the change of land use was eventually rejected by the Town Planning Board.

Flat Reef or Bun Sha Pai), located on the southern side of Tolo Channel and in the north-eastern part of Sai Kung Peninsula, covering an area of 26 hectares, was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985.