Po Toi O

Po Toi O.

Po Toi O from higher perspective.

Po Toi O and Clear Water Bay Golf Course.

Hung Shing Temple of Po Toi O (left) and adjacent Kung So (right).

Po Toi O Pier.

Po Toi O (Chinese: 布袋澳; lit. 'Cloth Pouch Bay')^[1] is a small fishing village^[2] at Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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).^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3] 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. [1][2]
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".[3]
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.^[4]^[2]