Tai A Chau

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Tai A Chau
大鴉洲
Tin Hau Temple, Tai A Chau 14.jpg
Tin Hau Temple on Tai A Chau
Tai A Chau
Geography
Location4.5 km south of Lantau Island
Coordinates 22°9′41″N113°54′30″E / 22.16139°N 113.90833°E / 22.16139; 113.90833
Area1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Highest elevation154 m (505 ft)
Administration
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Islands District Council. Paper No. IDC 107/2008. Draft South Soko Island Outline Zoning Plan No. S/I-SSI/E
  2. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  3. Schofield, Walter (1983). "The Islands Around Hong Kong (notes for a talk given in 1937)" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch . 23: 91–112. ISSN   1991-7295.
  4. 1 2 Hong Kong. Legislative Council. Panel on Security. "Administration's press release on "Closure of Tai A Chau Detention Centre in September"".
  5. Hong Kong. Legislative Council. Panel on Security. "Vietnamese Migrants General Update and the Closure of Tai A Chau".[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "HKFP History: A brief history of Hong Kong's notorious Whitehead refugee detention centre". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. Grundy, Tom (21 February 2023). "Exclusive: Hong Kong police leave 100s of spent tear gas rounds on marine park island after exercise". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and Associated Facilities. EIA Report. Section 12 Cultural Heritage Assessment. December 22, 2006

Further reading

Tai A Chau
Traditional Chinese 大鴉洲
Simplified Chinese 大鸦洲
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Dàyāzhōu
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Daaih ā jāu
Jyutping Daai6 aa1 zau1