ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
O Tau area plastered with notices demanding money
Perps — as the Americans would put it — have plastered the O Tau area with notices demanding money. O Tau is the village of 12 houses in the valley on the left as you […]
ALL STORIES
BOOKS
Guy Shirra’s memoirs: candour, comedy, colourful characters and tales of heroism
Sai Kung’s ubiquitous expat, Guy Shirra, has published his memoirs in a 185-page book called “The Accidental Prawn”. Good memoirs must be candid and Guy knows this. His dad suffered from depression and killed himself, […]
ART
One man, kayak and camera on quixotic quest filming 80 Sai Kung islands
Simon Wan Chi-chung launches himself on a quixotic quest this month in the cheapest kayak he could find. Simon will be photographing about 80 islands in Sai Kung waters from his tiny craft. He plans […]
DEVELOPMENT
Resurrection hopes to build own church but fears cost too high
Resurrection Church, now renting at Pak Sha Wan, expects to be offered land for its own new-build place of worship and community centre in about two months. “We have been trying to get land from […]
ENVIRONMENT
The state of coral in Hong Kong by Oliver Petterson Stubbs
Sai Kung has some of the best and most easily accessible coral communities in Hong Kong. Though Hong Kong may not be a place most people would associate with coral reefs, it has a surprisingly […]
COMMUNITY
Non-profit group wants you to run and paddle in 'outdoor heaven'
RunLightPaddle, a group of sports enthusiasts, staged a fun event in Sai Kung recently, describing our area as “literally outdoor heaven”. Starting from Sha Ha Beach, competitors paddled kayaks seven kilometres and ran six kilometres […]
COMMUNITY
Non-profit group wants you to run and paddle in ‘outdoor heaven’
RunLightPaddle, a group of sports enthusiasts, staged a fun event in Sai Kung recently, describing our area as “literally outdoor heaven”. Starting from Sha Ha Beach, competitors paddled kayaks seven kilometres and ran six kilometres […]
EDUCATION
Teachers with the moves and the music
Long-term residents Lauralynn and Tom Goetz, recently returned from Vietnam, have set up practice tutoring young Sai Kung children in English through music and movement. Four years ago the couple compiled a white paper entitled […]
BUSINESS
Coffee shop merry-go-round: old town yawns, landlords laugh
Colour Brown closes. Little Cove opens. And the landlords shuffle off to the bank. Edwin Lee, the popular owner of Colour Brown coffee shop, has upped stakes, driven out by rent increases, and moved to Jordan. […]
PEOPLE
Dylan Hughes, charismatic school principal, moves to Africa but vows to return
Dylan Hughes, the O Tau and then Silverstrand resident, has moved to Africa as director of an international school there. Dylan is the charismatic former Lower House principal of the Canadian International School where there […]
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