Grass Island or Tap Mun is an island in Hong Kong, located in the northeastern part of the territory. Its area is 1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi). Administratively, it is part of the Tai Po District. There are about 100 people living on the island, and feral cattle are known on the island.
Tap Mun
View from a Grass Island hilltop, a campsite can be seen atop the distant hill
Dirt path on the edge of a Grass Island cliff
Tap Mun New Fishermen's Village, erected 1964, as seen looking east from Tit Shue Pai.
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town, Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ting Kok, Plover Cove, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Mei Tuk and other surrounding areas, and its exclaves Sai Kung North, in the northern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula and including islands such as Grass Island, and Ping Chau. Tai Po proper and Sai Kung North are divided by the Tolo Channel and the Tolo Harbour. The district is located in the Eastern New Territories. The de facto administrative centre of the district is Tai Po New Town.
Day view of Tai Po in the Tai Po District (2017)
Junction of Kwong Fuk Road and Wan Tau Street, Tai Po
The Beverly Hills, with the Pat Sin Leng range in the background.
Tai Po Central Bus Terminus
