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Cheung Chau

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number 5 and Cheung Chau. The ferries run approximately every 30 minutes depending upon time of day. Schedules on Sundays and public holidays differ from weekdays. The trip of about 20 kilometres (12 miles) takes 55 minutes for ordinary ferries or 35 minutes for high speed ferries. Cheung Chau also
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Due to inaccessibility to cars and other vehicles, most residents use bicycles for personal transportation. A number of bicycle rental shops near the ferry pier rent bicycles to tourists. The only motor vehicles on the island are those used by the emergency services, as well as
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There are currently three primary schools in Cheung Chau, including C.C.C. Cheung Chau Church Kam Kong Primary School (中華基督教會長洲堂錦江小學), Cheung Chau Sacred Heart School (長洲聖心學校), and Kwok Man School (國民學校), and two secondary schools :
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is a festival which includes a parade of floats, most famously including young children dressed as famous characters doing impossible balancing acts. It lasts three to four days and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the island.
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Cheung Chau in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 97. Within the school net are the three aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) on Cheung Chau; no government schools are in this net.
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The central part of the island is well-developed with shops and houses. The lane-ways are so narrow that normal motor traffic is impossible. Instead, there are small motorised trucks officially termed "
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is "Long Island". Thus, it is redundant to say "Cheung Chau Island". The island is dumbbell-shaped, with hills at the northern and southern ends and the settlements concentrated in between.
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The village of Cheung Chau, viewed from the north. The bay of Tung Wan is on the left and Cheung Chau Typhoon Shelter is on the right.
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At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Cheung Chau, both land and boat based, was 7,686. The number of males was 4,519.
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In 1945, the ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Cheung Chau Residents' Association (
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and only functioned as a refuge for poor homeless patients to die in peace and dignity and as a
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Kong-Kwan Cheung, First Principal of Cheung Chau Fisheries Joint Association Public School
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than on land. Cheung Chau had already been settled by people from other places in
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working from the harbour. However, in recent years, the island has become a major
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The island of Cheung Chau has one operating hospital and one abandoned hospital.
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From the late-1990s to the early-2000s, a spate of suicide cases (usually by
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Hong Kong’s Other Peak – and the City’s Overlooked History of Segregation
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Davis, S.G.; Edelstein, Shirlee; Madeleine H., Tang (26 September 1973).
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located near Tung Wan Beach were reported by geologists in 1970, and are
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has a ferry service to other outlying islands and regions such as
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A First Ferry ferry at Cheung Chau Ferry Pier, within Cheung Chau
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Residential areas also exist on the hills of the north and south.
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Since the 1934 opening of the St. John Hospital, which provides
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Lam Kit-sing suggested converting the notorious villa into a
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Medical evacuation by helicopter from Cheung Chau's helipad
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Temporary altar built during the Cheung Chau Bun Festival.
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and has been the island's main hospital since 1988.
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Geographically the island is formed from two mostly
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Before the altar are statues of two generals, " 1604:(precipitation 1996-2020, rainy days 1993-2016) 345:, located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of 3088: 2442: 1822:Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department: 219: 205: 8: 744:In 1915, the Asylum was expanded by a local 32: 1774:List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong 322: 3095: 3081: 3073: 2724: 2659: 2449: 2435: 2427: 1028: 717:The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital (closed) 228: 31: 1032:Climate data for Cheung Chau (1993–2020) 401:", which include specially designed mini- 817: 1790: 963:Cheung Chau Government Secondary School 944:Cheung Chau Government Secondary School 748:known as the Cheung Chau Kai Fong Hui ( 439:In 1898, Cheung Chau was leased to the 2359:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch 1849:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch 599:. 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Changzhou Island
China


Hong Kong
22°12′38″N 114°01′44″E / 22.210556°N 114.028889°E / 22.210556; 114.028889
Hong Kong
Islands District
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping

Chinese
outlying island
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island
Chinese
dumbbell
Islands District
granite
tombolo
Cantonese
village vehicles
fire engines
ambulances
police cars

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