Shek Pai Wan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Cantonese 石排灣／石排湾 (sek6 paai4 waan1).
Proper noun edit
Shek Pai Wan
- An area in Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.
- 2007, Michael Ingham, Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139:
- Adjoining Heung Gong Jai there was a walled village known as Heung Gong Wai, and next to it another village called Shek Pai Wan. Shek Pai Wan is now integrated into modern Aberdeen.
- A bay of Lamma, Islands district, Hong Kong.
- 2019, David Leffman, Jules Brown, The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau, Penguin, →ISBN, page 165:
- The path continues from here for a kilometre or so to the bigger beach at Shek Pai Wan on the southeastern coast, and then to Tung O, a minute settlement famous as the childhood home of Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat.
- 2022 May 21, Peter Lee, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, tram or billboard: Hong Kong superfans reflect their devotion”, in Hong Kong Free Press[1], archived from the original on 28 January 2024, Hong Kong:
- And last November, the fans of Mirror’s Jeremy Lau – better known as “Jer” – celebrated his birthday with an exhibition of artwork and an excursion to clean up Shek Pai Wan beach on Lamma Island.