Wok Tai Wan

'Bay of the Wok Bottom')[1] was a bay on the northwest coast of Tsing Yi Island,[2] Hong Kong.

The difficulties involved in getting to the bay on foot with its high surrounding hills, or by small boat because of turbulence in the nearby sea, made it an ideal place for nudists to swim and sunbathe.

In 1932, Herbert Edward Lanepart (林伯氏), a Latvian believed to be of German origin, set up a nudist club by a river in Heung Fan Liu (香粉寮) in Sha Tin District.

The club moved to Wok Tai Wan in 1936, because the lease on Heung Fan Liu was expiring and the building of Shing Mun Reservoir in 1935 had lowered the level of the river and made the water murky.

The early 1990s saw construction of the Tsing Ma Bridge, an integral part of the Port and Airport Development Strategy.

Aerial view of the eastern end of Tsing Ma Bridge , showing the reclaimed bay of Wok Tai Wan.