TUEN MUN – A FACT FILE

• Tuen Mun probably means “door to the garrison”.

• Historical records indicate that Tuen Mun was perhaps an important trading port, with a garrison posted here from as early as the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907); the location of this garrison has been disputed, however.

• The area was once home to the boat-dwelling Tanka people from southern China.

• The British named the area Castle Peak after the 583-metre peak, Pui To Shan, that rises here.

• Tuen Mun is one of 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong and it has a population of around half a million people.

• Golden Beach was one of Hong Kong’s first artificial beaches; it was made using 74,000 square metres of sand, opening in 1995.