Sai Kung Public Pier

This guide to Sai Kung Public Pier follows the shouted, centuries-old trade between fishermen moored below in flat-bottomed sampans and buyers leaning over the railing above. You'll hear about the Tanka people, a seafaring community who lived aboard boats rather than on land and farmed these waters long before Hong Kong had much else here. The guide traces how that pier-to-sea negotiation still plays out every morning, basket and net swinging between boat and quay. Lean over the railing near the long-pole nets to watch a deal happen in real time.