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Sai Kung redirects here. For the district of Hong Kong, see Sai Kung District. For the peninsula in eastern New Territories, Hong Kong, see Sai Kung Peninsula.

Sai Kung Town (traditional Chinese: 西貢市) or simply Sai Kung (西貢/西贡, Pinyin: Xigong) is a town on Sai Kung Peninsula, facing the Sai Kung Hoi (Inner Port Shelter), part of Sai Kung District in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sai Kung is the centre of the surrounding villages, and hence the name may refer to the areas in its immediate surroundings.

Having evolved from a fishing village, it is a mecca for seafood lovers, locals and tourists alike. Visitors can stroll around the market centre of Sai Kung Town or explore the back lanes, visit the Tin Hau Temple, feast on seafood or enjoy different delicacies at Western-style pubs and restaurants. Sai Kung is home to a famous dessert restaurant called Honeymoon Dessert that brings in many visitors from all over Hong Kong and even from abroad.

Sai Kung Hoi is a fishing harbour and fishermen gather there. There is a typhoon shelter in the harbour protecting a marina, where some of the last remaining Tanka junks in Hong Kong are to be found. Many of these boats are now abandoned as homes with their former residents moving to land but they are still kept as pleasure boats by their owners. The are boats that you can hire for cuttlefish catching trips. A typical trip would last 3-hours, costing perhaps HKD500 for a group of five.

The development of the town has been remarkably restrained. There are few condominiums that rise above ten storeys. Before the relocation of the airport of Hong Kong from Kai Tak to Chep Lap Kok, the town was a popular residential area for airport staff from all over the world. The town, with its relatively clean air and slow pace of life, for Hong Kong, is still a popular place for many people of Hong Kong to live.

Most of public transport on the Sai Kung Peninsula start and stop at the bus and minibus terminus in the town. There is no MTR link in Sai Kung. Ferry service is available to the outlying islands and isolated coastal villages in the Sai Kung Hoi.

Sai Kung can be reached by minibus routes 1 and 1A from Choi Hung MTR station, or bus route 92 from Diamond Hill MTR Station. People going via Tseung Kwan O can take minibus route 101 from Hang Hau MTR station or bus route 792M from Tiu Keng Leng MTR station. Sai Kung can also be reached by bus routes 99 (from Wu Kai Sha Station) or 299 (from Sha Tin Central).

There is a direct Public light bus service from Sai Kung to Dundas Street in Mong Kok. There is also a service to Wanchai on the weekend - can be caught from in front of the sports stadium.

This is the "Seafood Street" in Sai Kung Town. Sai Kung Town is best known for its high concentration of seafood restaurants.

Sai Kung Tin Hau Temple, Sai Kung

Sai Kung Waterfront Promenade, Sai Kung

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