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A house (leather factory) on Peng Chau Island, Hong KongSource: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HK_PengChau_LeatherFactory.JPG
Author: Chong Fat
Outlying Islands 離島 is the archipelago of islands surrounding Hong Kong Island. There are all together 236 islands of various sizes. Most of these are administered under the Islands District, with some falling under the Sai Kung District, Tai Po District and North District of Hong Kong.
As it is often difficult to establish a regular ferry service between the populated areas of Hong Kong with the Outlying Islands, many of these are sparsely populated, if at all. There are clusters of villages on these islands that have remained largely unchanged and untouched by urban development. Visiting the Outlying Islands is like stepped back in time by a few generations.
Islands that happen to be in the path of Hong Kong's rapid urbanization have seen a boom in development, accompanied by a quantum leap in property prices. In recent years, Lantau and Stonecutter's Island are two that have seen such development, brought on largely by the relocation of the Hong Kong International Airport to Chep Lap Kok as well as the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland on the northern part of Lantau Island.
Green Island and Little Green Island, Hong Kong
Author: Chong Fat
Outlying Islands 離島 is the archipelago of islands surrounding Hong Kong Island. There are all together 236 islands of various sizes. Most of these are administered under the Islands District, with some falling under the Sai Kung District, Tai Po District and North District of Hong Kong.
As it is often difficult to establish a regular ferry service between the populated areas of Hong Kong with the Outlying Islands, many of these are sparsely populated, if at all. There are clusters of villages on these islands that have remained largely unchanged and untouched by urban development. Visiting the Outlying Islands is like stepped back in time by a few generations.
Islands that happen to be in the path of Hong Kong's rapid urbanization have seen a boom in development, accompanied by a quantum leap in property prices. In recent years, Lantau and Stonecutter's Island are two that have seen such development, brought on largely by the relocation of the Hong Kong International Airport to Chep Lap Kok as well as the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland on the northern part of Lantau Island.
Green Island and Little Green Island, Hong KongSource: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Island_and_Little_Green_Island_3.jpg
Author: Minghong
Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Author: Minghong
List of Hong Kong's Outlying Islands
- A Chau Island, North district
- Adamasta Rock, Islands District
- Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai Island, North District
- Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai Island, North District
- Ap Chau Island, North District
- Ap Lei Chau Island, also called Aberdeen Island, Southern District
- Ap Lei Pai Island, Southern District
- Ap Lo Chun Island, North District
- Ap Tan Pai Island, North District
- Ap Tau Pai Island, North District
- Bay Islet, Sai Kung District
- Breaker Reef, Tai Po District
- Bun Bei Chau Island, Sai Kung District
- Chau Tsai Kok Island, Tai Po District
- Chau Tsai Island, Sai Kung District
- Che Lei Pai Island, Tai Po District
- Chek Chau Island, also called Port Island, Tai Po District
- Cheung Chau Island, Islands District
- Cheung Sok Island, Tsuen Wan District
- Flat Island, Tai Po District
- Fo Shek Chau Island, also called Basalt Island, Sai Kung District
- Green Island, Central & Western District
- Hau Tsz Kok Pai Island, Tai Po District
- Hei Ling Chau Island, Islands District
- Kat O Island, also called Crooked Island, North District
- Kau Sai Chau Island, Sai Kung District
- Kau Yi Chau Island, Islands District
- Kiu Tsui Chau Island, also called Sharp Island, Sai Kung District
- Kowloon Rock, Kowloon City District
- Kwun Cham Wan Island, Sai Kung District
- Lamma Island, Islands District
- Lantau Island, Islands District
- Little Green island, Central & Western District
- Loaf Rock, Islands District
- Lung Kwu Chau Island, Tuen Mun District
- Ma Shi Chau Island, Tai Po District
- Ma Wan Island, Tsuen Wan District
- Magazine Island, Southern District
- Middle Island, Southern District
- Moon Island, Tai Po District
- Nam Fung Chau Island, Sai Kung District
- Ngo Mei Chau Island, also called Crescent Island, North District
- Ninepin Group of Islands, Sai Kung District
- Pak Chau Island, also called Tree Island, Tuen Mun District
- Pak Sha Chau Island, also called Round Island, North District
- Peak Hill Island, Islands District
- Peng Chau Island, Islands District
- Ping Chau Island, Tai Po District
- Po Tai Islands, Islands District
- Pyramid Rock, Sai Kung District
- Sam Pui Chau Island, Tai Po District
- Sha Chau Island, Tuen Mun District
- Shek Chau Island, Sai Kung District
- Shek Kwu Chau Island, Islands District
- Shek Ngau Chau Island, Tai Po District
- Shui Cham Tsui Pai Island, North District
- Soko Islands, Islands District
- Steep Island, Sai Kung District
- Sunshine Island, Islands District
- Tai O Island, Islands District
- Tang Lung Chau Island, Tsuen Wan District
- Tap Mun Chau Island, also called Grass Island, Tai Po District
- The Brothers Group of Islands, Tuen Mun District
- Tiu Chung Chau Island, also called Jin Island, Sai Kung District
- Town Island, Sai Kung District
- Tsing Chau Island, North District
- Tsing Yi Island, Kwai Tsing District
- Tung Lung Chau Island, Sai Kung District
- Wang Chau Island, Sai Kung District
- Wong Wan Chau Island, also called Double Island, North District
- Yeung Chau Island, Tai Po District
- Yin Tin Tsai Island, Tai Po District
- Yin Tin Tsai Island, also called Little Salt Field, Sai Kung District
- Yuen Kong Chau Island, Sai Kung District
Lamma Island, Hong KongSource: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamma_Island_and_Pok_Fu_Lam_1.jpg
Author: Minghong
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