{{Short description|Village and area in Hong Kong}} [[File:HK HKNGP LaiChiChong Sign.JPG|thumb|Hong Kong National Geopark sign in Lai Chi Chong.]] {{Chinese |order=ts |t=荔枝莊 |s=荔枝庄 |j=lai6 zi1 zong1 |p=Lìzhī Zhuāng }} [[File:Lai Chi Chong 03.jpg|thumb|Residential houses and Hui ({{zh|t=許|labels=no}}) Ancestral Hall in Lai Chi Chong.]] [[File:Lai Chi Chong 09.jpg|thumb|Mangroves at Lai Chi Chong.]] thumb|Lai Chi Chong ferry pier. '''Lai Chi Chong''' ({{zh|荔枝莊}}) is a village and an area of Hong Kong, located on the southeastern shore of Tolo Channel, and on the northern shore of the Sai Kung Peninsula, in the Eastern New Territories.<ref name="Washboard">{{cite web |url=https://www.geopark.gov.hk/en/en_s2p01h.htm |title=Lai Chi Chong. Giant's Washboard (Half-day course) |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> Administratively, it is part of Tai Po District.
==Administration== Lai Chi Chong is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=Lands Department |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
==History== It has been reported that the villages of Sham Chung, Lai Chi Chong and Pak Sha O had historically close social ties.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Faure |first=David |year= 1982|title=Saikung, The Making of the District and its Experience during World War II |journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 23|pages=207 |publisher= |location= |doi= |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23889664|issn=1991-7295|accessdate= }}</ref>
==Features== The coast of Lai Chi Chong near Lai Chi Chong Pier is the site the "Lai Chi Chong Formation", a set of Early Cretaceous volcaniclastic sedimentary rock strata.<ref name="Washboard"/>
The Caritas Jockey Club Siu Tong holiday camp is located in Lai Chi Chong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/camp/sngocc/p_ng_siutong.html |title=Caritas - Hong Kong - Jockey Club Siu Tong Camp |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Leisure and Cultural Services Department |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
==Conservation== Lai Chi Chong is located within Sai Kung West Country Park, that was established in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_skw/cou_vis_cou_skw.html |title=Sai Kung West |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
Lai Chi Chong has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985,<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/eia_planning/sea/annex_b.html List of SSSIs in Hong Kong] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027031339/http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/eia_planning/sea/annex_b.html |date=2009-10-27 }}</ref> because of its geological interest.<ref>{{cite book |last=Morton |first=Brian |author-link= |date=1998 |title=The Marine Biology of the South China Sea III |url= |location= |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |page=549 |isbn=}}</ref> The Lai Chi Chong Formation is part of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, that was inaugurated in 2009.<ref name="Washboard"/>
==Access== Lai Chi Chong is served by a scheduled kai-to ferry service, along the route Ma Liu Shui – Sham Chung – Lai Chi Chong – Tap Mun – Ko Lau Wan – Chek Keng – Wong Shek Pier.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/ferries/kaito_services_map/service_details/index.html |title=Kaito Ferry Service Details |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Transport Department |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> The Lai Chi Chong Pier was built in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr20-21/english/panels/dev/papers/dev20210323cb1-666-3-e.pdf |title=PWP Item No. 59TF – Improvement works at Lai Chi Chong Pier |last= |first= |date=23 March 2021 |website= |publisher=Legislative Council of Hong Kong |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
Lai Chi Chong can also be accessed via a 3.5 km hiking path from Pak Sha O.<ref name="Washboard"/>
==Further reading== * {{cite web |url=https://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about-us/organisation/geo/pub_info/memoirs/geology/vol/jll/index.html |title=Lai Chi Chong Formation - Jll |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Civil Engineering and Development Department |access-date= |quote=}} * {{cite news |last=Cheung |first=Chi-fai |date=26 July 2010 |title=Another sensitive land sale emerges: As anger simmers over a Sai Wan project, 42 plots are snapped up at Lai Chi Chong |url= |work=South China Morning Post |location= |access-date=}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Lai Chi Chong}} * [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/P/p-skn-12.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Lai Chi Chong (Sai Kung North) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
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Category:Geography of Hong Kong Category:Villages in Tai Po District, Hong Kong Category:Sai Kung North Category:Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark