The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) announced that Hong Kong's only public golf course at Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung, which was established by the Club in 1995, opened its third golf course from April 2008.

     The new 6,640-yard par 72 East Course has been designed to utilise fully the dramatic natural features along the eastern coastline of Kau Sai Chau. The signature hole on the site is the 366-yard, par 4, 14th hole. Golfers will play from an elevated tee to a fairway doglegging to the left and heading straight out to the picturesque South China Sea.

     A desalination plant has also been constructed to provide irrigation water, as well as a closed drainage system to conserve and reuse the run-off water. Construction of the golf courses has helped recontour some of the eroded sites and improve the overall ecological state of Kau Sai Chau. Apart from the lush greenery regenerated, numerous animal species have recolonised the island.
     Construction of the new East Course cost HK$300 million of which HK$184 million came from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, with the balance being injected from surplus cashflow of the management company that operates the existing two courses.