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Haven".
Pui O at present often uses for its name characters meaning "Shell Harbour".
1* Yi Long Wan ("Second Wave Bay").
1 These villages used to stand just south of Discovery Bay but have since given way to the major housing project of that name.
" Tai Pak Island is now called Tai Lei ("Great Profit").
19 Shau Chau is now called Sha Chau ("Sand Isle").
"Tongkwu is now called Lung Kwu Chau ("Dragon Drum Island”). "The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts (SARDA) has had a treatment centre here since about 1960.
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* Capital of San On District.
** No villages now survive on Hei Ling Chau, which, after the closure of the leprosarium, is now occupied solely by the Correctional Services Department. The remaining villagers were resited to various places on Lantau in 1952-53.
** Chau Kong is now called Sunshine Island (Chau Kung To), after an agricultural rehabilitation programme for refugee families launched there in the 1950s by Mr. Gus Borgeest (of Hong Kong) and others.
"Kau Yi Tsai is now called Siu Kau Yi Chau, with the same meaning.
**A prewar periodical magazine containing many items of great interest, including Father D.J. Finn's contributions on local archaeology, 1933-36. These were reprinted, edited by Rev. T.F. Ryan S.J., by Ricci Hall, University of Hong Kong, 1958, entitled Archaeological Finds on Lamma Island (M) near Hong Kong.
** Waglan at present uses for its name characters meaning "Barrier to the Waves".
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Respectively Cheung Shek Pai, Ngan Wu, and Shan Liu.
" Also known in English as Junk Island. At present the island is known in Chinese only as Fat Tau Chau ("Buddha's Head Island").
Nam Tong Island is now known as Tung Lung Chau ("Eastern Dragon Island”).
* This is the Tin Hau Temple (Tai Miu) on Joss House Bay.
After partial excavation, it is now listed as an ancient monument under the care of the Urban Services Department.
** Respectively Pak A, Leung Shuen Wan, and Pak Lap.
** These inlets were drowned in the mid 1970s to form the High Island Reservoir.
*Tolo Harbour.
Yuen Chau Tsai, see note 2 above.
112
Haven".
Pui O at present often uses for its name characters meaning "Shell
1* Yi Long Wan ("Second Wave Bay").
1 These villages used to stand just south of Discovery Bay but have since given way to the major housing project of that name.
" Tai Pak Island is now called Tai Lei ("Great Profit").
19 Shau Chau is now called Sha Chau ("Sand Isle").
"Tongkwu is now called Lung Kwu Chau ("Dragon Drum Island”). "The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts (SARDA) has had a treatment centre here since about 1960.
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* Capital of San On District.
** No villages now survive on Hei Ling Chau, which, after the closure of the leprosarium, is now occupied solely by the Correctional Services Department. The remaining villagers were resited to various places on Lantau in 1952-53.
** Chau Kong is now called Sunshine Island (Chau Kung To), after an agricultural rehabitation programme for refugee families launched there in the 1950s by Mr. Gus Borgeest (of Hong Kong) and others.
"Kau Yi Tsai is now called Siu Kau Yi Chau, with the same meaning. **A prewar periodical_magazine containing many items of great interest, including Father D.J. Finn's contributions on local archaeology, 1933-36. These were reprinted, edited by Rev. T.F. Ryan S.J., by Ricci Hall, University of Hong Kong, 1958, entitled Archaeological Finds on Lamma Island (M) near Hong Kong.
** Waglan at present uses for its name characters meaning "Barrier to the Waves".
#T
Respectively Cheung Shek Pai, Ngan Wu, and Shan Liu.
" Also known in English as Junk Island. At present the island is known in Chinese only as Fat Tau Chau ("Buddha's Head Island").
Nam Tong Island is now known as Tung Lung Chau ("Eastern Dragon Island”).
* This is the Tin Hau Temple (Tai Miu) on Joss House Bay.
After partial excavation, it is now listed as an ancient monument
under the care of the Urban Services Department.
** Respectively Pak A, Leung Shuen Wan, and Pak Lap.
** These inlets were drowned in the mid 1970s to form the High Island Reservoir.
*Tolo Harbour.
Yuen Chau Tsai, see note 2 above.
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