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Tang Lung Chau, Tung Lo Wan got its new English name, Causeway Bay, from the new causeway.

Nowadays, the area of Hung Heung Lo Shan has been renamed Tai Hang, and Tang Lung Chau is included in the area of Causeway Bay.

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ANTHONY SIU KWOK-KIN

The names of So Kon Po and Wong Nai Chung first appeared in Chapter 2 of the San On Yuen Chi, Chia Ching edition XCR(85)72. This shows that they were established only after the abolition of the Edict of the Coastal Evacuation in early Ching Dynasty.

2 See Chapter 12 of the San On Yuen Chi, Chia Ching edition GR1178/1922/32(III).

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is situated Kellett Island which is by the entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel on Hong Kong side.

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On the three incense burners which are placed outside the Tin Hau Temple of Causeway Bay, the Chinese characters 'Tang Lung Chau Tin Hau Temple' can be seen.

5 The couplets inscribed by the window of the Lotus Palace of Tai Hang show the name 'Lung Chau'.

The Tang Lung Chau Market dilapidation is still in existence in Jardine's Bazaar 603 in Causeway Bay.

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