Hairpin Beach, Bathing beach in Southern District, Hong Kong.
Hairpin Beach is a gazetted bathing beach on the eastern coast of the Stanley peninsula in Southern District, Hong Kong, just north of Stanley Main Beach. The small shore is enclosed by large rocks and trees and has 22 barbecue pits, showers and toilets. It looks out toward Shek O Peak and D'Aguilar Peak.
The beach lost its lifeguard service in 2005 due to low visitor numbers, marking a turning point in its development. This change shaped how the shore has been used since then.
The name Hairpin, rendered 夏萍灣 in Chinese, is the only local label the beach carries; the sources record no festival, ritual or community use tied to the shore. Its 22 barbecue pits, showers and toilets are the facilities bathers and picnickers have used, and the pits were closed for repairs from 2 to 24 December 2008.
No lifeguards have been posted since 1 March 2005, so the beach is not open for swimming. The site has 22 barbecue pits, showers and toilets. It lies on the eastern shore of the Stanley peninsula, north of Stanley Main Beach, and is reached past large rocks and trees.
On 13 July 2016 a woman's body was found floating 100 metres off the beach; police recovered it and brought it to the Marine Police Aberdeen Base, and the case was not treated as suspicious. The beach has 22 barbecue pits.
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