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Sunshine Island (Chinese :日光島),also known as Chau Kung To (周公島) indigenously,is a companion island of Hei Ling Chau in Hong Kong. Located northeast of Hei Ling Chau and south of Peng Chau,the island was once the site of a drug addiction treatment centre. The island features scenic rocks and some abandoned buildings. It has only one inhabitant,a 78-year-old named Lam Chi-ngai, [1] and there is no public transport to the island.
Friend (Quaker) Gus Borgeest,born in Ningbo in 1909,gave the island its English name and founded an audacious and successful resettlement and rehabilitation centre for Chinese refugees on Sunshine island in 1952. At the time opium addiction was endemic among many Chinese and the model farming community founded by Borgeest provided many mainland refugees and addicts in Hong Kong with a second chance. Borgeest's method was to provide land,housing,tools,seeds,training and assistance to refugees and give them the opportunity to each start a small farm on the island. The opportunity provided by Borgeest's project helped many refugee families re-establish themselves after the trauma of fleeing to Hong Kong. On a May 1956 visit to Sunshine Island one of the resettled refugees expressed the success of the project to then Hong Kong Governor Sir Alexander Grantham:"Sir,owning one's own land,managing one's own affairs,does something to a man. Such cannot be achieved,or even understood,by those who are content to let the government fill their rice bowls for them." For this work,Borgeest was awarded the 1961 Ramon Magsaysay Prize,also known colloquially as "Asia's Nobel Prize". The work of the Sunshine Island community was supported by The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Hong Kong. Sunshine Island formed the basis of later drug rehabilitation settlements still existing in Hong Kong.
After the construction of Hong Kong Disneyland,white-bellied sea eagles moved from their habitat in Pa Tau Kwu (扒頭鼓) of Lantau Island to Sunshine Island. There is also an endemic species,the Bogadek's legless lizard ( Dibamus bogadeki ) living on the island.
Lantau Island is the largest island in Hong Kong,located West of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula,and is part of the New Territories. Administratively,most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong. A small northeastern portion of the island is located in the Tsuen Wan District.
The Islands District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 170,900 in 2018.
Hei Ling Chau,formerly Hayling Chau,is an island of Hong Kong,located east of Silver Mine Bay and Chi Ma Wan of Lantau Island. Administratively,it is part of the Islands District.
Tai A Chau 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.
Hong Kong &Kowloon Ferry Ltd (HKKF) is a ferry service company in Hong Kong. It was formed by a number of shipping and shipbuilding firms,and was incorporated in Hong Kong in February 1998.
This is a list of prisons in Hong Kong managed by the Correctional Services Department.
Many of the Vietnamese people in Hong Kong immigrated as a result of the Vietnam War and persecution since the mid-1970s.
Kau Yi Chau,also known as Tai Kau Yi Chau,is an uninhabited island located west of Victoria Harbour,between Peng Chau and Green Island in Hong Kong. It is located on the crossroad of sea routes,east to west and north to south. The ferry between Central and Mui Wo sails close to the south of the island. Administratively it is part of Islands District.
Shek Kwu Chau is an island of Hong Kong,located south of Lantau Island and between Cheung Chau and the Soko Islands. Administratively,it is part of Islands District.
Christian Zheng Sheng College is a private school in Hong Kong established by the Christian Zheng Sheng Association (ZSA). Its founder and principal is Chan Siu Cheuk. The school aims to correct problematic students with drug addiction and other problems using life education.
Kam Peng Estate is a public housing estate in Peng Chau,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is the only public housing estate in Peng Chau,and has only one residential block built in 1996.
Gus Borgeest was the founder of a camp for refugees from mainland China on Sunshine Island,Hong Kong. He was also winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1961.
Josephine Tsang Sau-ho is an elected member of the Hong Kong District Council,representing the Peng Chau and Hei Ling Chau constituency. Tsang first ran for the District Council after the then incumbent,Mr On Hing-Ying,died on 18 April 2014,while in office. During the subsequent by-election,Ms Tsang secured 55.7% of the vote and was duly elected on 7 September 2014. Regular District Council elections were held the following year during which Ms Tsang ran uncontested.
Peng Chau &Hei Ling Chau is one of the 10 constituencies in the Islands District in Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Islands District Council,with an election every four years.
Dibamus bogadeki,or Bogadek's burrowing lizard,is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Hong Kong.
The Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre is a government-run drug rehabilitation centre located on the island of Hei Ling Chau in Hong Kong. The Centre is operated by the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department and reserved for male detainees only. The current superintendent of the Centre is Or Suen-wai,Timothy.
The penal system of Hong Kong,with its colonial tradition, is responsible for carrying out criminal penalties and the supervision and rehabilitation of former prisoners.
Shap Long is a village located on Lantau Island,Hong Kong.
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