Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung District)

There are four main beaches along the bay: None of the beaches in the Tai Long Wan area is suitable for swimming because of the presence of strong rip currents year-round, which means swimmers could be pulled into the open sea when caught in a rip current.

The beaches are not gazetted and do not offer lifeguard services or shark nets that are common elsewhere in Hong Kong.

[3] Tai Long, including Lam Uk and Ham Tin, are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy.

[2] Tai Long Tsuen (大浪村), a village near Ham Tin Wan, was established over 250 years ago.

There were about 600 to 700 villagers living in 10 surnames, including Zhan, Zhang, Li, Dai, Kong, Lin, etc.

The villagers have stayed in Ham Tin for 7 to 8 generations and most of the buildings were built in the pre-war period.

In the past, the people in Tai Long mainly relied on fishing and farming (e.g. rice and sugarcane) to earn a living.

Lives were simple and tough; many of them walked 4 or 5 hours to Ngau Chi Wan in Kowloon in order to sell their crops and fish.

Some of them transported timber to Shau Kei Wan and Aberdeen by boat and sold them in exchange for daily necessities.

Xin’an County Gazetter records that Tai Long Village came under the management of Guanfu magistrate.

[2][7] It also forms an important part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, High Island volcanic rock region.

The Immaculate Conception Chapel in Tai Long Tsuen has been listed as a Grade III historic building.

After building up a good relationship with the residents, the missionaries tried to spread religious belief and practices among the village.

However, villagers have started to move out to urban areas or immigrate overseas since the 1960s and the number of followers going to the chapel kept decreasing.