Park Island, Ma Wan, Hong Kong

Ma Wan village, traditional houses Ma Wan, in the early days....

Rumor has it that the first sale of Phase 6 of Park Island has taken place at $15,000 per square foot. I don't have any confirmation at this stage, just gossip from estate agents. Stay tuned and I will report out when I have more definitive information.

I don't know too much about this school, other than that the location of the school on Park Island would seem like an ideal place to send your children if you like the idea of children being in a quiter part of Hong Kong with cleaner air. If you lived on Ma Wan you could literally walk your kids to school, and I guess even take them home for lunch time! What I thought was interesting about this Park Island school though, is that each morning there are a number of children whose parents live on Park Island for the clean environment, who send their kids to schools over at Tsing Yi or on Hong Kong Island because they consider those schools better or more prestigious. And yet at the same time, there a number of bus-loads of children who live outside of Park Island, who arrive each morning at Park Island because their parents prefer them to go to the Kei Wai Primary School! Apparently Kei Wai Primary School has a reputation for "a more open and relaxed style of learning", wh

Did anyone see what appeared to be a movie being filmed last night on the far end of the main Ma Wan beach? There was some kind of professional filming going on down there, with around 10 people with lighting, actors, makeup, costumes, etc.

I keep forgetting how damn cold HK can get in winter! A number of times I have looked outside and concluded its not really that cold, only to really regret not wearing more once I am outside. I think the temperature on Ma Wan must get a few degrees colder then more dense and built up places such as on HK island. I do like the big hot pool in the Blue Blue club this time of year. What they do well, is that they make it really quite hot. I can really only last around 15 mins in there max, which is exactly how I like it, rather than a luke-warm pool, which is not quite hot enough for a decent soak. I also use the sauna occasionally, but I must say, I enjoy the hotpool more. Finally, I have discovered I quite like sake in winter. I buy a bottle for the Park and Shop in the Park Island piazza, and then place it into some almost boiling water to heat it. Sipping on that in the evening, while watching a good movie - that's what winter's all about :)

See here for a list and review of some of the Park Island restaurants listed on Open Rice: http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr1.htm?district_id=3022

A lethal pandemic quickly spreads as the medical community races to find a vaccine and people struggle to survive in the thriller “Contagion". Part the movie is based in Hong Kong. Here is a movie screenshot of Park Island, Ma Wan, and the Tsing Ma bridge. Park Island, Ma Wan, Hong Kong Let's hope we never get another SARS in Hong Kong!