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  Shek Pik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shek Pik (石壁) is a place in the south coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison.
Rock carvings from neolithic age was found by Chen Kung-chiek in Shek Pik in 1939 when the local villagers told him there was an engraved craving on the upper part of the beach to the west of Tung Wan
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shek_Pik   (302 words)

  
 Shek Pik Reservoir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shek Pik Reservoir (石壁水塘) is a reservoir in Shek Pik of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
The reservoir was built on the a valley Shek Pik Heung (石壁鄉).
There were four villages, Shek Pik Tai Tseun (石壁大村), Wan Pui Tsuen (墳背村), Kong Pui Tsuen (崗貝村) and Hang Tsai Tseun (坑仔村) in the Shek Pik Heung.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shek_Pik_Reservoir   (206 words)

  
 HONG KONG
Another prisoner at Shek Pik was placed in segregation nearly three months prior to the delegation's visit because he "actively instigated other local/I.I. prisoners to launch a group assault against Vietnamese prisoners."
Shek Pik reported thirty incidents of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults from April 1996 through March 1997.
Twelve of them were segregated for their own protection because of their former job or their testimony for the prosecution; nine had requested protection because of gambling debts or similar problems; and seven were "violent and influential characters." One of the former police officers had been in segregation since 1994.
www.hrw.org /reports/1997/hngkng/Hongkong-04.htm   (4404 words)

  
 HKIE Online - Print Version
The tertiary treatment method adopted involves the use of a dual media filter consisting of an upper layer of carbon grinds and a lower layer of silicon sands to remove very fine suspended solids; and UV disinfection to reduce pathogenic organisms to a very low level.
The alternative involved the construction of a 5.7 km long, 250 mm diameter twin pipeline to the south, for onshore discharge at Shek Pik.
In addition to the treatment processes, the on-site control system is also responsible for flow monitoring with the help of flow meters located in Ngong Ping and Shek Pik respectively.
www.hkengineer.org.hk /program/home/articlelist.php?cat=cover&volid=72&print=true   (1464 words)

  
 Finance Committee (Papers) 24 Nov 95   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Members are invited to approve a commitment of $9.4 million for the replacement of the Closed Circuit Television system in Shek Pik Prison.
Shek Pik Prison is a maximum security prison.
In order to continue to provide proper surveillance in Shek Pik Prison, there is a need to replace it.
www.legco.gov.hk /yr95-96/english/fc/fc/papers/fc241179.htm   (321 words)

  
 HONG KONG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In an important innovation, maximum security Shek Pik Prison has been offering open visits to prisoners whose sentences are longer than four years.
This pilot program, which only applies to visits from close family members, is strictly regulated: prisoners must make a special application to be considered for it; they must have gone twelve months without a disciplinary report; and they cannot have any past history of drug use in prison.
Letter from Wai Heung-wing, superintendent, Shek Pik Prison, to Law Yuk-kai, director, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, April 2, 1997 (stating that sixty-eight visits were recorded at Shek Pik from April 1996 through March 1997).
hrw.org /reports/1997/hngkng/Hongkong-05.htm   (3551 words)

  
 Hiking.com
You can take the Tai O bus to Shek Pik Reservoir from Mui Wo and get off the bus when you see the reservoir.
You can walk eastward along the Shek Pik Dam, pass Tung Wan, Shek Lam Chau, Lo Kei Wan and arrive at Shui Hau.
There are good campsites at Shek Lam Chau and Lo Kei Wan.
newmedia.cityu.edu.hk /02she/lantau_trail_9.htm   (98 words)

  
 Le Temps - The Chaplain of Crime in Hong Kong
Pretty soon it will be ten years that the jailers of Shek Pik open the gates for this 40 year old chaplain who looks like a modern day hippy.
It’s a blessed place were one lives life’s frailties and therefore there is a chance of finding God.” Other than Shek Pik, he officiates in two other detention centers; one of them is for psychiatric cases.
The hardest part is when the gates close, leaving behind men who have changed, while we return to the greenery and soon to the frenzy of Hong Kong.
www.letemps.ch /template/transmettre.asp?contenupage=nlreader&page=newsletterdisplay&id=20&NLArtID=6708   (1570 words)

  
 Ancient Rock Carvings of Hong Kong
In addition, several rock carvings have been discovered dating from the Bronze Age (around 3,000 years ago).
With the exception of the carving at Shek Pik, all are sited on rocky outcrops overlooking a small expanse of water, and consist of geometric patterns resembling those on Bronze Age stamped pottery and bronze vessels found both locally and in North China.
Occasionally there are suggestions of human or animal images, which may have represented tribal totems, gods or goddesses, and the ledges or platforms which often found in front of the carvings may have been the sites of ritual gatherings.
www.rupestre.net /tracce/12/hkong.html   (649 words)

  
 GORP - Hong Kong Hiking Escapes - Po Lin Monastery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
We took the ferry from Central Station in Kowloon, disembarked on Lantau at Silver Mine Bay, hopped on a bus, and easily found the trailhead above the turquoise-blue waters of the Shek Pik reservoir.
The hike skirted along the contour lines of the hills, affording superb views of Shek Pik Reservoir and, in the distance, the Lantau Channel of the South China Sea.
During the three-hour hike from Shek Pik to the Buddha, we only encountered three mountain bikers.
gorp.away.com /gorp/location/asia/china/hik_hongkong3.htm   (621 words)

  
 Unauthorised articles were seized in Shek Pik Prison
Unauthorised articles were seized in Shek Pik Prison
Correctional officers conducted a special searching operation today (September 29) in Shek Pik Prison (SPP) as part of the Correctional Services Department (CSD)'s security measures carried out in individual institutions.
In the operation, unauthorised articles including self-made gambling paraphernalia and other articles, food provisions and prison workshop materials were seized from the prison workshops, prisoners’ cells and activity rooms.
www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/200609/29/P200609290298.htm   (214 words)

  
 Album: 20050306 - Tai O to Shek Pik
Album: 20050306 - Tai O to Shek Pik
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www.imagestation.com /album/?id=2129823930   (28 words)

  
 Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Antiquities and Monuments Office
Most of the ancient rock carvings in the territory overlook the sea, but Shek Pik Rock Carving is about 300m from the coastline.
Like most other carvings, apart from those at Shek Pik and Wong Chuk Hang, it is situated on a headland embracing the beautiful bay.
There is some evidence that early inhabitants who created these carvings depended on the sea for their livelihood.
www.lcsd.gov.hk /ce/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_05.php   (388 words)

  
 Shek Pik>Kau Nga Leng>Yim Wong Pik>Lantau Peak>Loh Hon Tap>Po Lam Nunnery>Tei ...
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 HRW Report -- Hong Kong: Prison Conditions in 1997 (Discipline and Punishment)
The Human Rights Watch/Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor delegation met prisoners who owed HK $20,000, $30,000, even $100,000 (approximately US $2,500 to $13,000).(55) Lacking the means to pay these debts, and fearing retaliation, such prisoners confess to gambling and request placement in segregation.
The authorities at Shek Pik reported that three staff members had been assaulted by prisoners in the past year.(67) Stanley Prison tends to be the most dangerous for staff.
A Vietnamese prisoner who had been in segregation at Shek Pik since June 1996 was "removed from association [because] he assaulted staff in Victoria Prison."(85)
www.hrw.org /research/hongkong/hk-disc.htm   (2681 words)

  
 8 September - Ngong ping to Shek Pik
8 September - Ngong ping to Shek Pik
23 trampers enjoyed a leisurely walk from the Po Lin Monastery (Big Buddha) along the ridge overlooking the Shek Pik Reservoir to the South Lantau Road.
A very late start (2pm from Tung Chung) was most welcome in this weather, and we ended our walk on the Tung Fuk beach shortly after 6pm.
www.hktrampers.com /20020908/20020908.html   (96 words)

  
 A brief report of the roosting site in Deep Water Bay by Dr. Lee
Our butterfly watching addict, Henry Tang, discovered the fourth major winter butterfly valley of Hong Kong in the woodlands, behind Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong Island.It is a small place, roughly the size of two tennis courts, off the main footpath by the stream along side the golf course.
This happened just a few weeks after the discovery of the third winter butterfly valley in Shek Pik, Lantau.
The population in Shek Pik was as many as in Deep Water Bay, except that the butterflies disappeared in Shek Pik much earlier perhaps because of the lower temperature there.
www.hkls.org /info-deepwaterbay.html   (497 words)

  
 Jacek Piwowarczyk Photography - ong Kong 2002 - Lantau Trail (Stage Nine from Tung Chung Road to Shek Pik Reservoir)
Jacek Piwowarczyk Photography - ong Kong 2002 - Lantau Trail (Stage Nine from Tung Chung Road to Shek Pik Reservoir)
Weather in Mui Wo Lantau Trail (Stage Nine from Tung Chung Road to Shek Pik Reservoir)
First part of that stage follows a canal collecting water to Shek Pik Reservoir
www.jacekphoto.com /hong_kong/hk59.htm   (176 words)

  
 Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Antiquities and Monuments Office
This was followed by a large scale restoration and repair project in 1990 which also provided for the clearance of the surrounding area.
For visitors going to Fan Lau, they may take the ferry from Central Ferry Piers to Mui Wo and get on New Lantao Bus (Enquiries: 2984 9848) routes No. 1 or No. 2 to Shek Pik (or get on bus routes No. 11 or No. 23 from Tung Chung Town Centre to reach Shek Pik).
Then it takes about 2 hours to walk to Fan Lau via Kau Ling Chung from Shek Pik.
www.lcsd.gov.hk /CE/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_11.php   (364 words)

  
 Upcoming Hiking Events/Activities
R23: Lantau South CP  Shek Pik CT > Kau Nga Leng > Ong Ping > Mt. Lotus > Shum Shek Village > Tung Chung 4/6* ~7-8 hrs, ~17 km
Warning: Hoi Ha is a Marine Park under the surveillance of the Fisheries and Agriculture Dept, please observe the regulations of the Department accordingly.
R50: Luk Chau + Shek Lung Tsai, Ma On Shan CP %%   Legends
www.geocities.com /hlwy.geo/PunctualHikersCUE.html   (4299 words)

  
 Club Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hike from Tai O to Shek Pik Reservoir, Lantau Island
The hike turned out to be longer than we expected as we got a little lost.
Tai O - Lung Tsai Ng Yuen - Man Cheung Po - Tai Long Wan - Shek Pik Reservoir.
clubphoto.com /_cgi-bin/app.pl/albums/large_image_view?id=3079437&...   (73 words)

  
 HK Prehistory Centre -- Bibliography
Rock carvings at Shek Pik, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Study of the bronze dagger with bow-shaped guard and human mask design discovered at Shek Pik of Lantau island in Hong Kong.
A pair of covered jars found at Shek Pik, Lantau Island.
www.hku.hk /hkprehis/biblio2.htm   (3674 words)

  
 SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
Address 35 Shek Pik Reservoir Road, Blocks D & E, Lantau Island.
Ferry from Central to Mui Wo; then by No.1 or 2 Lantau Bus to Shek Pik.
MTR Tung Chung Line or Bus to Tung Chung, then by No.11 23 or 31 Lantau Bus to Shek Pik.
www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/prison-hongkong.html   (3375 words)

  
 MD Hiking Club: Shek Pik > Fan Lau > Tai O on 27.11.2005 in hiking & backpacking photos on webshots
MD Hiking Club: Shek Pik > Fan Lau > Tai O on 27.11.2005 in hiking and backpacking photos on webshots
MD Hiking Club: Shek Pik > Fan Lau > Tai O on 27.11.2005
19 g/g set off from Shek Pik Reservoir, toured the Fan Lau Sai Wan, Fortress, Stone Circle, walked thru Yi O to Tai O. Album Stats
community.webshots.com /album/512937155NmoqkU   (218 words)

  
 List of prisons in Hong Kong - China-related Topics LI-LL - China-Related Topics
Lai Chi Rehabilitation Centre, Shek Pik, Lantau Island, New Territories
Sha Tsui Detention Centre, Shek Pik, Lantau Island, New Territories
Shek Pik Prison, Shek Pik, Lantau Island, New Territories
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/List_of_prisons_in_Hong_Kong   (385 words)

  
 Add Placemark | Shek Pik Au Google Satellite Map
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www.maplandia.com /hong-kong/shek-pik-au/add   (285 words)

  
 Roz's Hiking Pages
Start: Take ferry to Mui Wo and then bus to Tai O (or MTR to Tung Chung and bus to Tai O).
After you see Shek Pik on your right, the bus turns right and goes uphill.
Get off the bus just before the top of the hill where you see the notice board with the Lantau Trail map.
www.hkcrystal.com /hiking/Lantau5&6.htm   (151 words)

  
 Our Travels - Hong Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This nice and easy trail begins at the Shek Pik Reservoir.
Access: from Central, ferry to Mui Wo, then BUS number 1, and stop just after the Shek Pik Reservoir
Short description: easy and flat, but quite long, around 18km, it takes the full day.
www.ava-jn.com /lantau.htm   (180 words)

  
 HKMBA - South Lantau Water Catchment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
One of Lantau's best kept secrets is this charming water catchment road that offers some of the best views of Pui O, Cheung Sha and Tung Fuk Beaches.
This is a very scenic and gentle ride on a concrete water catchment road that extends from above Pui O, to Shek Pik Reservoir and from the western side of Shek Pik Reservoir to the end of the catchment close to Fan Lau in the south-western tip of Lantau.
The ride is great for children and those new to mountain biking, ii is also a good way of getting from one end of Lantau to the other without risking life and limb on the South Lantau Road!
www.hkmba.org /en/article.php3?story_id=48   (184 words)

  
 Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Prisons - Shek Pik Prison
Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Prisons - Shek Pik Prison
File Downloads : Prisons : Shek Pik Prison
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www.googleearthhacks.com /dlfile11738/Shek-Pik-Prison.htm   (133 words)

  
 West Dog Teeth
Description : View of unbroken mountain range hints how much energy you may need for conquering the West Dog Teeth.
Description : Late afternoon sunlight gave Shek Pik Reservoir a golden gown.
Description : This huge rocky tower stands near the end of the Dog Teeth Range.
hkadventurer.com /westdogteeth/westdogteeth.html   (369 words)

  
 PIK EXCAVATION REPORT AND RELATED PAPERS (in MARION)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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