Wooden pedestrian bridge across a creek in Tai O, Lantau Island. It can be opened to allow boats to pass.
Next to the bridge, a signboard is attached reading:
新基橋及棚屋
Sun Ki Bridge & Stilt Houses
新基橋是當地居民自資興建的橋,至今已有超過三十年的歷史。 由於在水上棚屋不算是蓋在陸地,所以棚屋漁民需要自己解決棚屋區內的出入問題,新基橋的興建則是其中一個例子。建於泥灘上,縱橫交錯的棚屋是大澳的一大特色。棚屋居民大多是古代越族的後人,亦即俗稱的水上人家,是最早在香港定居的人士。
Sun Ki Bridge was funded and built by the local residents, it has been more than 30 years of history. As the stilt houses are not launching on land and the fishermen need to resolve the access issues within stilt houses by themselves. Construction of the Sun Ki Bridge is one of the examples. Built on stilts in a narrow river channel, these huts are the most distinctive characteristic of Tai O. They are inhabited mostly by the fisherfolk, descendants of the ancient Yueh tribe, Hong Kong's first …..
The inscription "more than 30 years of history" does not help in finding the construction date. When I visited the bridge in November 2025, the board was likely older than 30 years (which would be in the early 1990s). This can be judged from the missing last line because of rusting.
The Chinese Wikipedia reports that the bridge opened in June 1979. This would fit with the appearance of the signboard.
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