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Reservoir in New Territories, Hong Kong
Shek Lei Pui Reservoir
Dam of Shek Lei Pui Reservoir
Shek Lei Pui Reservoir is located in Hong KongShek Lei Pui ReservoirShek Lei Pui Reservoir
LocationKam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°21′20″N 114°08′53″E / 22.35563°N 114.14816°E / 22.35563; 114.14816
Lake typereservoir
Shek Lei Pui Reservoir
Traditional Chinese石梨貝水塘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShí lí bèi shuǐ táng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSehk lèih bui séui tòhng
JyutpingSek6 lei4 bui3 seoi2 tong4

Shek Lei Pui Reservoir is a reservoir in Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs. The total water storage capacity is 116 million gallons.

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, a new village in Tai Wai, and the others to Kwai Chung.

Its two dams and the valve house built at the centre of the dam are listed as Grade II historic buildings.

The daily exercise routine of Luk Tung Kuen was started by Master Ha Kinh at this reservoir in 1963.

See also

References

  1. Hayes, James (2006). The great difference: Hong Kong's New Territories and its people, 1898-2004. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 9789622097940.
  2. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items. Items #852, 853, 854. Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Water Supplies Department: Shek Lei Pui Reservoir
  4. Water Supplies Department: Kowloon Reservoir
  5. Holvert Hung (2015), "Field study of "Five paradises" within Kam Shan Country Park" (PDF), Surveying and Built Environment, 24 (1): 79–80, ISSN 1816-9554
Reservoirs of Hong Kong
Drinking-water
Irrigation
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