Sam Shing Hui

Sam Shing Hui is an area and a former fishing village in Tuen Mun, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. It is located on the southeast coast of Castle Peak Bay, between Tseng Tau Village and So Kwun Wat Village. The Sam Shing Hui Seafood Market there is one of the famous seafood markets in Hong Kong.

History

The original name of Sam Shing Hui was Castle Peak Bay, and later it was named after the Sam Shing Temple, which was built on the hillside next to the village and dedicated to three local saints. Next to the temple stands a huge stone with an inscription in front of it that reads, "Before reclamation, the coastline was marked by this stone." This is the symbol of Tuen Mun’s coastline in the past. The residents in the village are mainly Tanka people and Hakka people. By the early 1950s, due to the increasing number of immigrants from the China, many huts had been built on the hillside and Sam Shing Village was formed. Residents built shacks on the beach and the coastal areas gradually developed into markets called Sam Shing Hui.
In 1976, the Hong Kong government developed the new town of Tuen Mun. Many shacks in Sam Shing Village were demolished and Sam Shing Estate was built after land reclamation.。Many private residences were also built nearby from the 1980s to the early 1990s.