Fat Tong Chau

View of Fat Tong Chau across Junk Bay in June 2018.
View of LOHAS Park and Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. Fat Tong Chau is visible in the top left part of the picture.
Site of Chinese Customs Station at Fat Tong Chau in October 2015
Objects from Fat Tong Chau displayed at the Hong Kong Museum of History in May 2020.

Fat Tong Chau (Chinese: 佛堂洲; lit. 'Buddhist Hall Island'), also known as Junk Island in English, and formerly called Fat Tau Chau (佛頭洲; 'Buddhist Head Island') or Fu Tau Chau (斧頭洲; 'Axe Head Island'),[1] is a former island of Hong Kong. It is now part of Tseung Kwan O (also called Junk Bay) and Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung as a result of land reclamation.[2] It is located in the southeastern part of Junk Bay.

  1. ^ Hamilton, Eric; Schofield, Walter; Peplow, S. H.; Tsui, Paul; Coates, Austin; Hayes, James (2010). Strickland, John (ed.). Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 321–323. ISBN 9789888028382.
  2. ^ Kilpatrick, Ryan (25 July 2018). "Island Stories, Part II: Hong Kong's Disappearing Islands". Zolima City Mag.