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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Islands of Hong Kong | | | | |  Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - NameTsing Yi (青衣) means green (or black) clothes. It is also a kind of fish, probably Green Wrasse, once abundant in nearby waters. People named the island after the fish. Tsing Yi Tam (青衣潭, lit. Tsing Yi Pool) or Tsing Yi Tam Shan (青衣潭山, lit. Tsing Yi Pool Hill) also appeared on some early Chinese maps.
The Island was also known as Chun Fa Lok (春花落) once in a time, which means "the fall of spring flowers", or Chun Fa Island, on some Western maps. Now, Chun Fa Lok is still a place name on the s ...
See also:Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi - Name, Tsing Yi - Administration, Tsing Yi - Population, Tsing Yi - History, Tsing Yi - Housing Estates and Villages, Tsing Yi - Hotels, Tsing Yi - Transport, Tsing Yi - Bridge, Tsing Yi - Tunnel, Tsing Yi - Railway, Tsing Yi - Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi - Pier, Tsing Yi - Religious buildings, Tsing Yi - Schools, Tsing Yi - Medical services, Tsing Yi - Shopping, Tsing Yi - Leisure, Tsing Yi - Nature Read more here: » Tsing Yi: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Name |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Ap Lei Chau - Geography and Demography Ap Lei Chau was named after the shape of the island, which looks like the tongue of a duck. Ap means duck, Lei means tongue, and Chau means island. The northern part has the highest population, while the southern part of the island has minimal population.
The highest hill on the island is Yuk Kwai Shan (aka Mount Johnston).
It is comprised of four main residental estates — Lee Tung Estate, Ap Lei Chau Main Street, Ap Lei Chau Estate and South Horizons, each of which comprises several highrise towers. There is ...
See also:Ap Lei Chau, Ap Lei Chau - History, Ap Lei Chau - Geography and Demography, Ap Lei Chau - Place to visit, Ap Lei Chau - Transportation Read more here: » Ap Lei Chau: Encyclopedia II - Ap Lei Chau - Geography and Demography |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Administration Tsing Yi, together with Kwai Chung, is part of Tsuen Wan New Town of the Kwai Tsing District in the New Territories. Though Tsing Yi is a de facto outlying island, it is not accordingly included in the Islands District.
Historically, Tsing Yi Island, with Kwai Chung, were usually in the same administration unit of Tsuen Wan because of their proximity and closely-knitted neighbourhood. Unlike Kwai Chung, however, whose villages are part of Tsuen Wan Rural Committee, Tsing Yi Island has its own, Tsing Yi Rural Committee. The rura ...
See also:Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi - Name, Tsing Yi - Administration, Tsing Yi - Population, Tsing Yi - History, Tsing Yi - Transport, Tsing Yi - Bridge, Tsing Yi - Tunnel, Tsing Yi - Railway, Tsing Yi - Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi - Pier, Tsing Yi - Religious buildings, Tsing Yi - Medical services, Tsing Yi - Shopping, Tsing Yi - Leisure, Tsing Yi - Nature Read more here: » Tsing Yi: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Administration |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Lamma Island - Southern part Sham Wan is one of the five most important archaeological sites in Hong Kong. According to the archaelogical findings, human settlement on the northern and eastern part of Lamma Island could be traced back to around 1600 BC, the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
It is also a place for Green Sea Turtles, the only species of turtle that breeds in Hong Kong, to lay eggs. The endangered green turtles are a special group of marine organisms with distinctive navigation behaviour between their nesting, breeding, development and reproduction sites. ...
See also:Lamma Island, Lamma Island - Northern part, Lamma Island - Eastern part, Lamma Island - Southern part, Lamma Island - Traditional festival, Lamma Island - Villages on Lamma Island Read more here: » Lamma Island: Encyclopedia II - Lamma Island - Southern part |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Medical services The Department of Health runs two general out-patient clinics on the island. The first one is Tsing Yi Cheung Hong Clinic in Cheung Hong Estate and another is Tsing Yi Town Clinic near Tsing Yi Garden. There is also one maternal and child health centre, Tsing Yi Maternal and Child Health Centre, on the island, at the same floor of Tsing Yi Cheung Hong Clinic.
There are also at least one private clinics in each housing estate.
In town planning, Tsing Yi Hospital is supposed to be built near Cheung Hang Estate but the plan was put off owning t ...
See also:Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi - Name, Tsing Yi - Administration, Tsing Yi - Population, Tsing Yi - History, Tsing Yi - Transport, Tsing Yi - Bridge, Tsing Yi - Tunnel, Tsing Yi - Railway, Tsing Yi - Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi - Pier, Tsing Yi - Religious buildings, Tsing Yi - Medical services, Tsing Yi - Shopping, Tsing Yi - Leisure, Tsing Yi - Nature Read more here: » Tsing Yi: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Medical services |
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| | | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Leisure Facilities
Tsing Yi Swimming Pool
Tsing Yi Sports Ground
Fung Shue Wo Sports Centre
Tsing Yi Indoor Recreation Centre
Cheung Fat Indoor Recreation Centre
Tsing Yi Public Library
Tsing Yi Park
Tsing Yi Nature Trail
Tsing Yi Promenade
People practice Tai Chi in Tsing Yi Promenade near Maritime Square in the early morning hours. Some gathers and practises dancing in the playground near Tsin ...
See also:Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi - Name, Tsing Yi - Administration, Tsing Yi - Population, Tsing Yi - History, Tsing Yi - Transport, Tsing Yi - Bridge, Tsing Yi - Tunnel, Tsing Yi - Railway, Tsing Yi - Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi - Pier, Tsing Yi - Religious buildings, Tsing Yi - Medical services, Tsing Yi - Shopping, Tsing Yi - Leisure, Tsing Yi - Nature Read more here: » Tsing Yi: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Leisure |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Cheung Chau - Miscellaneous The yearly Cheung Chau Bun Festival - is a festival which includes a parade of floats, most famously including young children dressed as famous characters doing impossible balancing acts. It last seven days and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the island.
Cheung Chau was the birthplace of Ms. Lee Lai Shan (born 1970), a windsurfer who won the first Olympic gold for Hong Kong in 1996.
After 2000, a number of cases of suicide (most of them by "burning charcoal") have taken place on the island. For some time holiday resor ...
See also:Cheung Chau, Cheung Chau - Geography, Cheung Chau - Economy, Cheung Chau - Sights, Cheung Chau - Temples, Cheung Chau - Others, Cheung Chau - Miscellaneous, Cheung Chau - Transportation Read more here: » Cheung Chau: Encyclopedia II - Cheung Chau - Miscellaneous |
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| | | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Cheung Chau - Sights
Cheung Chau - Temples.
Pak Tai Temple - one of the oldest temples in Hong Kong. The temple was built in 1783 and completely repainted in 1989. In front of the temple, there are 4 pairs of guarding lions. Before the altar are statues of two generals, Thousand Miles Eye and Favourable Wind Ear, who together are traditionally said to be able to hear and see anything
Four temples dedicated to Tin Hau, including the Pak She Tin Hau Temple
Kwan Gong Chung Yi Ting, a traditional temple built in 1973, dedicated ...
See also:Cheung Chau, Cheung Chau - Geography, Cheung Chau - Economy, Cheung Chau - Sights, Cheung Chau - Temples, Cheung Chau - Others, Cheung Chau - Miscellaneous, Cheung Chau - Transportation Read more here: » Cheung Chau: Encyclopedia II - Cheung Chau - Sights |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Name Tsing Yi (青衣) means green (or black) clothes. It is also a kind of fish, probably Green Wrasse, once abundant in nearby waters. People named the island after the fish. Tsing Yi Tam (青衣潭, lit. Tsing Yi Pool) or Tsing Yi Tam Shan (青衣潭山, lit. Tsing Yi Pool Hill) also appeared on some early Chinese maps.
The Island was also known as Chun Fa Lok (春花落) once in a time, which means "the fall of spring flowers", or Chun Fa Island, on some Western maps. Now, Chun Fa Lok is still a place name on the s ...
See also:Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi - Name, Tsing Yi - Administration, Tsing Yi - Population, Tsing Yi - History, Tsing Yi - Transport, Tsing Yi - Bridge, Tsing Yi - Tunnel, Tsing Yi - Railway, Tsing Yi - Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi - Pier, Tsing Yi - Religious buildings, Tsing Yi - Medical services, Tsing Yi - Shopping, Tsing Yi - Leisure, Tsing Yi - Nature Read more here: » Tsing Yi: Encyclopedia II - Tsing Yi - Name |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - B Badaling - Badaling Expressway - Bagua zhang - Baguwen - Bai - Bai hua - Bai Juyi - Bai Ling - Bai Shouyi - Baitou Mountain - Baiyun International Airport - Ban Gu - Banana - Banco Nacional Ultramarino - Bank of China Tower - Bank of China - Banner (Inner Mongolia) - Banner system - Bao'an - Bao'an (Shaanxi) - Baoding - Baoguo Temple
Battle of Beijing - Battle of Changban - Battle of Changping - Battle of Changsha - Battle of Changsha (1930) - Battle of Changsha (1939) - Battle of Changsha (1941) - Battle of Changsha (1942) - Battle o ...
See also:List of China-related topics 123-L, List of China-related topics 123-L - 0-9, List of China-related topics 123-L - A, List of China-related topics 123-L - B, List of China-related topics 123-L - C, List of China-related topics 123-L - D, List of China-related topics 123-L - E, List of China-related topics 123-L - F, List of China-related topics 123-L - G, List of China-related topics 123-L - H, List of China-related topics 123-L - I, List of China-related topics 123-L - J, List of China-related topics 123-L - K, List of China-related topics 123-L - L Read more here: » List of China-related topics 123-L: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - B |
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| | | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - H H. H. Kung - Ha Jin - Hai He - Hai jin - Haicheng - Haidian District - Haier - Haikou - Haikouella - Haikouichthys - Hainan - Hakka - Hakka cuisine - Hakka Hill Songs - Hakka (linguistics) - Han - Han (state) - Han chauvinism - Han Chinese - Han Dynasty - Han Sui - Han unification - Han Yu - Han Zhao - Han Zheng - Haner language - Hanfu - Hang Seng Bank - Hang Seng - Hang Seng Composite Index Series - Hang Seng Composite Industry Indexes - Hang Seng Freefloat Index - Hangshui - Hangzhou - Hani - Hanja - Hankou - Hanoi - Hanyang - Hao Lulu - ...
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - E Earthly Branches - East Asia - East Asian Tigers - East China Normal University - East China Sea - East Rail, KCRC - East Touch - East Turkestan - East Turkestan Islamic Movement - East Week - East Wind: West Wind - Eastern district - Eastern Express - Eastern philosophy - Easy Finder - Ecology of Hong Kong - Economy of China - Economy of Hong Kong - Economy of Macau - Economy of Taiwan - Economy of the Spratly Islands - ECS - Edgar Snow - Edison Chen - Edmund Ho - Education in Hong Kong - Education in Maca ...
See also:List of China-related topics 123-L, List of China-related topics 123-L - 0-9, List of China-related topics 123-L - A, List of China-related topics 123-L - B, List of China-related topics 123-L - C, List of China-related topics 123-L - D, List of China-related topics 123-L - E, List of China-related topics 123-L - F, List of China-related topics 123-L - G, List of China-related topics 123-L - H, List of China-related topics 123-L - I, List of China-related topics 123-L - J, List of China-related topics 123-L - K, List of China-related topics 123-L - L Read more here: » List of China-related topics 123-L: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - E |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - K K-8 - K. H. Ting - Kadampa - Kagyu - Kai-lan - Kai Tak International Airport - Kaifeng - Kaiping - Kaiyuan - Kang Sheng - Kang Youwei - Kangxi Dictionary - Kangxi Emperor of China - Kanji - Kaohsiung - Kaohsiung Incident - Kaolinite - Kap Tai Shap - Kara-Khitan Khanate - Karakash River - Karakoram - Karakorum highway - Karamay - Karaoke - Karmapa - Kashgar - Kat O Chau - Katherine Young - Katrina Leung - Katsura Taro - Kawashima Yoshiko - Kazakh - Kazakh language - Keelung - Kegon - Kekexili - Kelly Chen - Kemal Bokhary - Keno - Khan - Khitan - ...
See also:List of China-related topics 123-L, List of China-related topics 123-L - 0-9, List of China-related topics 123-L - A, List of China-related topics 123-L - B, List of China-related topics 123-L - C, List of China-related topics 123-L - D, List of China-related topics 123-L - E, List of China-related topics 123-L - F, List of China-related topics 123-L - G, List of China-related topics 123-L - H, List of China-related topics 123-L - I, List of China-related topics 123-L - J, List of China-related topics 123-L - K, List of China-related topics 123-L - L Read more here: » List of China-related topics 123-L: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - K |
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| | | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Hong Kong Island - Transport The Island Line of the MTR metro network runs exclusively on Hong Kong Island, from West to East, along the northern coastline of the island.
Hong Kong Tramways and the Peak Tram run exclusively on Hong Kong Island.
Hong Kong Island is connected to the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland by three road-only tunnels (the Cross-Harbour_Tunnel, the Western Harbour Tunnel and the Eastern Harbour Tunnel), two MTR metro tunnels and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel, the Western Harbour Crossing (in separate conduits running sid ...
See also:Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Island - Administration, Hong Kong Island - History, Hong Kong Island - Geography, Hong Kong Island - Demographics, Hong Kong Island - Transport, Hong Kong Island - External link Read more here: » Hong Kong Island: Encyclopedia II - Hong Kong Island - Transport |
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| | | | | Islands of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - List of China-related topics 123-L - C Cai Lun - Cai Wen - Cai Yuanpei - Caijing - Cairo Conference - Calligraphy - Callistephus - Cangjie method - Canidrome - Cantonese (linguistics) - Cantonese cuisine - Cantonese opera - Cantopop - Cao Cao - Cao Cao Unification of the North - Cao Fang - Cao Pi - Cao Rui - Cao Xueqin - Cao Yu - Cao Zhang - Cao Zhi - Caodong - Capital of China - Capitals of subnational entities of China - Carbon dioxide emissions in China - Cardamom - Careertimes.com.hk - Casino Lisboa - Cathay Pacific - Cathedral Parish - Catholic Church in Taiwan - Causeway Ba ...
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