Chi Ma Wan

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Chi Ma Wan

Chi Ma Wan is a bay on southeastern Lantau Island

Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
, New Territories

New Territories

New Territories, abbreviated to NT or N.T., is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory....
, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Chi Ma Wan Peninsula is where the Chi Ma Wan, as well as Cheung Sha Wan, Tai Long Wan, Yi Long Wan and Mong Tung Wan are located.

The Chi Ma Wan Correctional Institution is near Cheung Sha Wan on the peninsula. Established in 1956, it is the first open prison in Hong Kong.

Sea Ranch is a housing estate developed by Hutchison Whampoa Properties in the late 1970s at Yi Long Wan on Chi Ma Wan Peninsula on Lantau Island.

The Sea Ranch is only reachable by ferries from Central Piers

Central Piers

The Central Piers are situated on the northeast part of Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island. They currently contain 9 piers.The ferries mostly depart to Outlying islands in the New Territories, with the exception of Pier 1 serving as a government pier, Pier 7, 8 going to Kowloon....
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Chi Ma Wan is a bay on southeastern Lantau Island

Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
, New Territories

New Territories

Hong Kong

The Sea Ranch

The Sea Ranch is a housing estate developed by Hutchison Whampoa Properties in the late 1970s at Yi Long Wan on Chi Ma Wan Peninsula on Lantau Island.

The Sea Ranch is only reachable by ferries from Central Piers

Central Piers

Queen's Pier

Queen's Pier, named after Queen Victoria, was a public ceremonial pier in front of City Hall, Hong Kong in Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong....
) in Central or from Cheung Chau

Cheung Chau

Cheung Chau is a small island 10 km southwest of Hong Kong Island. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in the territory of Hong Kong, with a population of about 30,000 up to 2006....
. The ferries are free for residents and their invited guests, as the cost is included in the management fee paid by the residents. Only residents and their guests are allowed to visit the property.

The property has had very little development since it was built. There are no shops or restaurants within the entire estate. Officially, none of the properties are available for weekend rental because non residents and non-invited guests are not allowed access. But unofficially, a few agents in Hong Kong do have properties for weekend rentals.

The clubhouse has been in a state of disuse for years. Only LPG

LPG

LPG may stand for:* Liquefied petroleum gas* Laboratoire de Planetologie, Grenoble, France* Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft * Llanfairpwll railway station, Wales; National Rail station code LPG....
is available from Cheung Chau. Broadband internet is not available and Cable TV

Cable TV Hong Kong

Cable TV Hong Kong , previously known as Wharf Cable before October 1998, is owned and operated by i-CABLE Communications Limited. It is the first subscription television service provider in Hong Kong, offering a broad range of information and entertainment to its viewers through over 100 different pay channels, of which 54 are produced by HK...
is only available by installing a satellite dish

Satellite dish

A satellite dish is a type of parabolic antenna that receives or transmits electromagnetic signals to and from another location typically a satellite....
as receiver.