Shan Pui River passing through Yuen LongShan Pui River near Yuen Long Industrial EstateYuen Long Industrial Estate viewed from Nam Sang Wai Road across Shan Pui River.
The river was at the centre of attention in November 2003, when a 1.5 metre-long female crocodile was found in the river near Nam Sang Wai. It attracted many people to the village, all wanting to see the once-in-a-lifetime sight.
Many efforts were made to catch the crocodile, but it wasn't until over six months later, in June 2004, before it was caught. Afterwards, the AFCD and RTHK held a naming contest for the crocodile. On 12August 2004, the crocodile was named Pui Pui (貝貝), a transliteration of the Chinese characters, meaning that it came from the Shan Pui River.
shan, river, also, known, yuen, long, creek, chinese, 山貝河, river, yuen, long, territories, hong, kong, many, tributaries, most, them, starting, from, inside, country, park, passes, villages, joined, more, streams, after, flowing, through, yuen, long, town, con. The Shan Pui River also known as Yuen Long Creek Chinese 山貝河 is a river in Yuen Long New Territories Hong Kong It has many tributaries most of them starting from inside Tai Lam Country Park It passes six villages and is joined by a few more streams After flowing through Yuen Long Town it continues northeast into Yuen Long Industrial Estate and Nam Sang Wai The Kam Tin River flows into it on the way It eventually empties into the Mai Po Nature Reserve and then Deep Bay Shan Pui River passing through Yuen LongShan Pui River near Yuen Long Industrial EstateYuen Long Industrial Estate viewed from Nam Sang Wai Road across Shan Pui River Shan Pui RiverChinese山貝河Cantonese Yalesaan bui hohTranscriptionsYue CantoneseYale Romanizationsaan bui hohJyutpingsaan1 bui3 ho4 Contents 1 Crocodile 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCrocodile editThe river was at the centre of attention in November 2003 when a 1 5 metre long female crocodile was found in the river near Nam Sang Wai It attracted many people to the village all wanting to see the once in a lifetime sight Many efforts were made to catch the crocodile but it wasn t until over six months later in June 2004 before it was caught Afterwards the AFCD and RTHK held a naming contest for the crocodile On 12 August 2004 the crocodile was named Pui Pui 貝貝 a transliteration of the Chinese characters meaning that it came from the Shan Pui River After it was caught it was housed in Kadoorie Farm It was moved to Hong Kong Wetland Park in August 2006 See also editList of rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong Fung Lok WaiReferences editThis article draws some information from the corresponding article in Chinese Wikipedia 2006 Hong Kong Driving Guide Universal Publications Ltd ISBN 962 8797 39 5External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shan Pui River Rivers of Hong Kong in Chinese Yuen Long crocodile named Pui Pui22 27 56 N 114 01 43 E 22 4655 N 114 0286 E 22 4655 114 0286 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shan Pui River amp oldid 1094933340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
