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19 Antiquities Advisory Board site visit 1996.
20 HKGG 12 February, 1876, p. 87.
21 http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/dept/pressrelease/dec/2912h.html
22 HKPRO HKRS156 1/144 No.49, 1888 May 21.
23 The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, on page 330 under the heading Gap Rock Lighthouse.
24 T. Roger Banister (1932). The Coastwise Lights of China, Shanghai: Inspectorate General of Customs, Statistical Department.
25 Patrick Beaver (1973). A History of Lighthouses, Citadel Press, p.5.
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26 Loran (Long range navigation) is a navigational system operating over long distances. Synchronized pulses are transmitted from widely spaced radio stations to aircraft or shipping, the time of arrival of the pulses being used to determine positions.
27 Tat Hong Lighthouse, on Tung Lung Island, was the last to be manned in Hong Kong. It was manned by two technicians until 1993.
28 [Hon. Editor - Died 27th December 2002. R.I.P.]
29 The author was informed by retired Marine Department staff member, James Deakin, in 1990, that a baby was born in the Cape Collinson Lighthouse at the turn of the century. On reaching maturity, he too became a lighthouse keeper.
As another aside, in Ma Wan Village, not far from Kap Sing Lighthouse, a large quantity of gold was discovered on Tung Lung Island after World War Two. This was handed over to the government.
30 In the spring of 1999, the dilapidated basket was still kept in a store (which had a telephone when the lighthouse was manned), halfway up the steps to Waglan Lighthouse.