According to Professor , there was no market where modern day Sai Kung District is today that were recorded in the Qing dynasty's "Xin'an Xianzhi" (), or in Kangxi edition (1688) nor in Jiaqing edition (1819). Instead, he stated that due to inaccessibility of land based transport, Leung Shuen Wan was probably developed into a moorage inlet in the 18th century. Shops were open on the Leung Shuen Wan Island (known in English as the High Island, and not inside the modern boundary of Sai Kung Town), as well as a Tin Hau Temple, for the boat people that lives on their boats. Objects in the Temple dated back to year 1741 of the western calendar.