Po Toi O
Po Toi O (Chinese: 布袋澳) is a small fishing village[1] at Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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The village is situated at a bay shaped like a sack, thus earning its name Po Toi (meaning a "sack"). Everyone living in the village has the same surname: Po (布).
Features
This small fishing village has two seafood restaurants and is popular with tourists.
There is a Hung Shing Temple in Po Toi O. The temple was probably built in 1663. A Kung So (公所) building adjacent to the temple was built in 1740 and was used to deal with village affairs and served as a school until the 1930s.[2] The temple is a Grade III historic building.
In popular culture
- Parts of the Hollywood movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life were filmed here.
- Australian celebrity chef Kylie Kwong visited Po Toi O for an episode of the TV series Kylie Kwong: Simply Magic. The episode was called "Hong Kong Island Hideaway".
- In the 2018 ITV TV miniseries Strangers, an apartment owned by a murder victim in Po Toi O proves important to the plot.
Transportation
Po Toi O can be reached by land using Po Toi O Chuen Road (布袋澳村路). The village is served by green minibus 16 - Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O to Po Toi O.[3][1]
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