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According to archaeologists, Tuen Mun have people settled down since New Stone Age, who are mainly fishermen.
During the 20th century, the predominant activities in Tuen Mun were fishing and agriculture. In the 50's, pirate and smuggling activities were frequent.
It takes only about 1 hour by public transportationation to go to Tuen Mun from downtown such as Tsim Sha Tsui and Central.
The first heavy rail serving the district, KCR West Rail, has connected Tuen Mun with Kowloon since December 2003. It takes 30 minutes to travel between the termini, Tuen Mun and Nam Cheong (Sham Shui Po) in Kowloon. There's another station, Siu Hong, located in the northern part of Tuen Mun. Both stations are connected with the KCR Light Rail (LRT).
The KCR Light Rail, which was in service in 1988, is a light rail system which has connected the 3 towns in North West New Territories, including Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, and Tin Shui Wai.
In the past Tuen Mun was connected with the city (Tsuen Wan) by the Castle Peak Road. In 1977, Tuen Mun Road (phase 1) was built. It is the first highway ever built in Hong Kong. Although the new highway has been facilitating the transport between Tuen Mun and the city, any traffic accident happened on the highway regardless of its seriousness, usually results in serious traffic congestion. As a matter of fact, the highway has been notorious for this. The Road is regarded as one of the most dangerous highway in Hong Kong, with the highest accident rate. The most serious traffic accident in Hong Kong, where a double decker bus fell off from the flyover and casuing 22 deaths, was also occured on the Road on 10 July, 2003.
In the near future, Tuen Mun will also be linked to the neighbour cities in Pearl River Delta such as Macau and Zhuhai in China by the ferry travelling to and fro Tuen Mun Ferry Pier.
Hong Kong Gold Coast
The Hong Kong Gold Coast is one of the major tourist hot spots in Hong Kong, which features a world-class hotel, a convention centre, a shopping mall, marina club, a 480m long Promenade and the Golden Beach.
The Golden Beach, which is the largest beach in Tuen Mun and the first man-made beach in Hong Kong, with the sand imported from Hainan Island, China. The beach lengths 545 metres long and covers a total area of 7.85 hectares and is linked to the Cafeteria New Beach.
Ching Chung Koon
Ching Chung Koon is also one of the high spots for tourists to visit. It is a Taoist temple originally opened as a rural retreat in 1949. This peaceful temple also contains many treasures, such as lanterns from Beijing's Imperial Palace. The temple is divided into several houses where many dead peoples' bone dust is permanently stored in special apartments with their picture, name, date of birth and origin. At Ching Ming Festival many people go there to have a memory of their relatives or friends who have passed away.
Lingnan University
Another attraction is the Lingnan University of Hong Kong, which is also located in Tuen Mun.
Dragon Boat racing
Every year's Tuen Ng Festival, which is the 5th day of the fifth lunar month, there are dragon boat racing at the Castle Peak Bay.
Town Hall
The Tuen Mun Town Hall and public library are located near the Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, which is quite busy with buses and lightway transit.
Castle Peak Hospital
Castle Peak Hospital, which is opened in 1961, is a psychiatric hospital which provides general psychiatric treatment. It is the psychiatric hospital with longest history in Hong Kong.
See also:
History
Transportation
Tourist Attractions
Public Facilities
External links