Tai A Chau
Tai A Chau (Chinese: 大鴉洲) is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. It is referred to as South Soko Island in some media articles.
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[edit] Geography
With an area of 1.19 km², Tai A Chau is the largest of the Soko Islands. It is located 4.5 km to the south of Lantau Island and about 2 km north of the boundary of the Hong Kong territorial waters.[1] The island has small hills with heights ranging from 85m to 154m. Its coastline is mainly steeply sloped and rocky in nature.[1]
[edit] History
There were historically two villages on the island: Ha Tsuen and Sheung Tsuen on the west and south sides of the island. The villagers left in the 1980s, when a detention camp for Vietnamese refugees was built.[1] In 1937, Walter Schofield, then a Cadet Officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service, wrote "There is a shrimp paste factory here which exports to Europe and America".[2] Tai A Chau Detention Centre was home to thousands of Vietnamese refugees from 1991 to 1996.[citation needed] The centre was closed prior to the handover in 1997 and all the building structures were demolished.[1]
[edit] Features
The island has a temple dedicated to Tin Hau and seven earth shrines.[3]
Two helicopter landing pads and a small jetty remain from the island's former detention centre.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Islands District Council. Paper No. IDC 107/2008. Draft South Soko Island Outline Zoning Plan No. S/I-SSI/E
- ^ W. Schofield: "The islands around Hong Kong (text of a talk given in 1937)", from Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 23, 1983
- ^ Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and Associated Facilities. EIA Report. Section 12 Cultural Heritage Assessment. December 22, 2006
[edit] External links
- Photographs of the Tai A Chau Tin Hau Temple
- Location Plan of Identified Cultural Heritage Resources on Tai A Chau
- More details about Tai A Chau. From EIA-125/2006. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and Associated Facilities
Coordinates: 22°9′41″N 113°54′30″E / 22.16139°N 113.90833°E
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