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Long Ke Wan () is a bay in
Sai Kung District Sai Kung District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Ko ...
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Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
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Geography

Long Ke Wan is located in the southeastern part of
Sai Kung Peninsula The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administered by Sai ...
, north of the East Dam of
High Island Reservoir The High Island Reservoir, located in the far south eastern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula, was opened in 1978, helping to alleviate water shortage problems in Hong Kong. Its water capacity is approximately 273 million cubic metres. The are ...
, and within the
Sai Kung East Country Park Sai Kung East Country Park () is a country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong, measuring . It opened in 1978 and has features including: * High Island Reservoir * High Island * Pak Tam Au * Sheung Yiu * Wong Shek Pier * Beaches of T ...
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Village

Long Ke is a village located on the northwestern shore of the bay. It is a recognized village under the
New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...
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Features

The Nativity of Our Lady Chapel (), one of the
historic churches of Sai Kung Peninsula The historic churches of Sai Kung are Roman Catholic churches and chapels established in the 19th and 20th centuries by missionaries in the Sai Kung Peninsula and surrounding islands, across modern day administrative areas: the Sai Kung District ...
, is located in Long Ke. It was built in 1918.


Access

Long Ke Wan is located at the end of stage 1 and the start of stage 2 of the
MacLehose Trail The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses much of the New Territories, Hong Kong, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung District in the east to Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District in the west. It is the longest trail in Hong ...
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See also

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Beaches of Hong Kong Hong Kong has a long and jagged coastline with many bays and beaches. The shelter provided by adjacent mountains keeps wave sizes generally small, and most beaches are thus suitable for swimming and recreation, if they can be reached. About h ...
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List of bays in Hong Kong The following is a list of bays in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Island Clockwise order from northwest: * Belcher Bay *Wan Chai *Causeway Bay *Quarry Bay * Aldrich Bay *Shau Kei Wan * Lyee Mun Bay * Chai Wan *Siu Sai Wan * Ngan Wan * Big Wave Bay * She ...


References

Bays of Hong Kong Beaches of Hong Kong Sai Kung Peninsula Sai Kung District {{TaiPo-geo-stub