Shek Lei Pui Reservoir is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

Kam Shan Country Park Golden Hill Country Park or Kam Shan Country Park (), also known in Hong Kong as Monkey Hill (), established on 24 June 1977, is a country park located in the ranges north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It covers an area of . Most of the area is covered b ...

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new ...

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 ...

, Hong Kong. It is part of the

Kowloon Group of Reservoirs The Kowloon Group of Reservoirs is located in the Kam Shan Country Park, north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. They include: * Kowloon Reservoir * Kowloon Byewash Reservoir * Kowloon Reception Reservoir (Eption Reservoir) Also located in the Kam Shan ...

. The total water storage capacity is 116 million

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. Formerly the site of Shek Lei Pui Village, the construction works of the reservoir began in 1923 and completed in 1925. Most of the villages were resettled in

Hin Tin Hin Tin () is a village in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. Location Hin Tin is located south of the main part of Hin Keng Estate, across Hin Keng Street (). Ha Keng Hau, Sheung Keng Hau and Hin Tin are three adjacent villages ...

, a new village in

Tai Wai Tai Wai (Chinese: 大圍 ) is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District. With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, fiv ...

, and the others to

Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a popula ...

. Its two

dams A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, ...

and the

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house built at the centre of the dam are listed as Grade II historic buildings.Water Supplies Department
Kowloon Reservoir
/ref> The daily exercise routine of Luk Tung Kuen was started by Master Ha Kinh at this reservoir in 1963.

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{{Reservoirs of Hong Kong Dams completed in 1925 Kowloon Group of Reservoirs 1925 establishments in Hong Kong

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