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High Island or Leung Shuen Wan Chau (Chinese: 糧船灣洲) is a former island located in the southeast of Sai Kung Peninsula. It historically had an area of 8.511 km² and was the 4th largest island of Hong Kong in 1960.[1] The island is now connected to the peninsula by two dams crossing the former Kwun Mun Channel (官門海峽), thereby forming the High Island Reservoir. The dams were constructed between 1969 and 1979.

The former island is under the jurisdiction of the Sai Kung District. The area is part of the Sai Kung East Country Park.[2] The eastern part of High Island is part of the Sai Kung Volcanic Rock Region of the Hong Kong Geopark.

Etymology

Geologically, high islands are islands of volcanic origin. The term can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs (which have often formed on sunken volcanos).[3]

Geography

High Island is located in the southeast of Sai Kung Peninsula, east of Port Shelter, Kau Sai Chau, Jin Island, Tai Tau Chau, and Bay Islet, north of Town Island, Bluff Island, Basalt Island, Wang Chau, Wong Nai Chau, and Kong Tau Pai, as well as west of Po Pin Chau and Conic Island.

The body of water to the southwest of the former island is called Rocky Harbour or Leung Shuen Wan Hoi (糧船灣海; 'grain ship bay sea').

Villages

There are four villages on High Island, namely: Pak A (北丫), Tung A (東丫), Sha Kiu (沙橋) and Pak Lap (白腊). They are all located along the west coast.[1] In 2006, a few dozen people lived in these four villages, and about 100 people lived in designated fish culture zones.[1] Another settlement, Tai She Wan (大蛇灣) is located further west along the coast.

Pak A, Tung A, Pak Lap and Tai She Wan are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy.[4]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Pak A was 164. The number of males was 76.[5]

Geology

High Island features columnar-jointed volcanic tuff. Most of the columns are sub-vertical, straight-sided and parallel. This type of volcanic rock covers a large area around Sai Kung Peninsula in the eastern part of Hong Kong, including High Island Reservoir and Tai Long Wan.

Features

The water body near Leung Shuen Wan is a designated fish culture zone and its shores feature several seafood restaurants.[6]

Tin Hau Temple

There is a Tin Hau Temple (糧船灣天后宮) on High Island, located between Pak A and Tung A. Built in 1741, it is one of the two temples which have a marine parade to celebrate the Tin Hau Festival (天后誕). The other is the Tin Hau Temple in Tap Mun which has it once every ten years.[7] The Tin Hau Festival at High Island takes place every two years. The religious ceremony lasts six days and the marine parade is held on the eve of Tin Hau's birthday.[1] Other deities including Kwan Tai and Kwun Yam are also worshipped at the temple.[7] The temple was listed as a Grade II historic building in 1996, and as a Grade III historic building in 2010.[8]

Refugee camp

The High Island Detention Centre was a refugee camp built near West Dam of the reservoir for hosting refugees and boat people from Vietnam. The area is now a flat piece of grassland that is grazed by cows. It has a pavilion that leads out of the strip of land.

Transport

There are public piers in Pak A, Tung A and Sha Kiu, but there is no public ferry service to High Island.[9] Sai Kung Man Yee Road (西貢萬宜路) runs through the northern part of High Island, roughly along High Island Reservoir, from West Dam to East Dam. The 9A minibus route is the only public transportation that can reach the East Dam of the High Island Reservoir, meanwhile urban taxis and new territories taxis are also allowed in Sai Kung Man Yee Road.

Education

Leung Shuen Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 95. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Tseung Kwan O Government Primary School (將軍澳官立小學).[10]

See also

• Historic churches of Sai Kung
• Hong Kong National Geopark

References

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Pak A (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Delineation of area of existing village Pak Lap (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Delineation of area of existing village Tai She Wan (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Delineation of area of existing village Tung A (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) (includes Sha Kiu)
• High Island: Internationally rare acidic polygonal volcanic rock columns
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Pictures of Tin Hau Temple, Leung Shuen Wan

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High Island ou Leung Shuen Wan (chinois traditionnel : 糧船灣 ; pinyin : liángchuán wān ; litt. « grain-ship-bay island » liángchuán wān ; littéralement : « grain-ship-bay island ») est une ancienne île située au sud-est de la péninsule de Sai Kung à Hong Kong. L'île a été reliée à la péninsule par deux barrages afin de fermer le détroit de Kwun Mun (chinois traditionnel : 官門海峽) et de former le réservoir de High Island. La construction de ces barrages a duré 10 ans, de 1969 à 1979. L'île fait partie du parc rural de Sai Kung Est[1]. Aujourd'hui désignée comme étant une zone de pisciculture, l'île dispose de plusieurs restaurants de fruits de mer le long de sa rive[2].

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