Marine Department Tuen Mun Marine Office

Marine Department Tuen Mun Marine Office is a building in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong which is located on Sam Shing Street. Marine Department Tuen Mun Marine Office is situated nearby to the community center Yan Oi Tong Ng Kam Yuk Memorial Neighbourhood Elderly Centre, as well as near the park 三聖街海濱休憩處.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sam Shing and Mouse Island Children’s Playground.

Sam Shing

Railway station

Photo: LRT505, FAL.

Sam Shing is an MTR Light Rail terminus located on the ground near Hoi Wing Road, inside Hanford Garden and next to Sam Shing Estate in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Sam Shing is situated 220 metres north of Marine Department Tuen Mun Marine Office.

Mouse Island Children’s Playground

Playground

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Mouse Island Children’s Playground is situated 300 metres northwest of Marine Department Tuen Mun Marine Office.

Castle Peak Beach

Beach

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Castle Peak Beach is a gazetted beach in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, beside Sam Shing Estate. It looks onto Castle Peak Bay and the Tuen Mun typhoon shelter, although it is separated from the typhoon shelter by a breakwater. Castle Peak Beach is situated 330 metres southeast of Marine Department Tuen Mun Marine Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Peak Bay and Tuenmen.

Castle Peak Bay

Quarter

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Castle Peak Bay is a bay outside Tuen Mun. Tuen Mun River empties into the bay. In the past, many Tanka fishermen harboured at the bay. In 1513, explorer Jorge Álvares arrived in the Pearl River Delta and started a Portuguese settlement, Tamão.

Tuenmen

Town

Photo: Eddie Yip, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the west of New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period.