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21-522: Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island , with an area of 0.97 square kilometres (240 acres). Administratively, it is part of Tsuen Wan District . The Lantau Link that passes through Ma Wan was constructed in the mid-1990s as part of the Hong Kong Government 's Rose Garden plan to connect the new Hong Kong International Airport to the city centre. Its development fostered plans to develop

42-606: A 3-storey traditional village house of 2,100 square feet (0.048 acres) or 3 separate units, each of 700 square feet (65 m) in one single block. Park Island is a private housing estate that was mainly developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties as part of the Ma Wan Development joint venture project and completed from 2002 to 2006 in six phases. Ma Wan Main Street Village and Tin Liu are recognized villages under

63-468: A Customs house, still recorded by a stone monument named "Kowloon Gate" monument. (near the old Rural Committee building). It ceased activity on 4 October 1899. Similar customs stations had been established at Fat Tau Chau and Cheung Chau . In 1965 as part of the United States CARE program, 12 two storey housing units, and one communal house were donated and built on a top of a hill near

84-520: Is a coarse ash crystal tuff containing lapilli . Some layers of fine volcanic ash are found in the far north of the island. The contained mafic minerals are biotite and amphibole . The tuff contains mostly quartz and alkali and plagioclase feldspar. Other minerals include apatite , magnetite , monazite and zircon . The Ma Wan granite is fine grained. It contains microcline , and few feldspar phenocrysts. The main minerals are quartz, perthitic orthoclase , and plagioclase. The dark mineral

105-747: Is a village in the Hang Hau area of Sai Kung District , New Territories , Hong Kong . Fat Tau Chau is a recognised village under the New Territories Small House Policy . The current Fat Tau Chau Village is a resite village that was relocated together with the nearby Tin Ha Wan Village in the early 1990s. The historical location was on Fat Tong Chau . 22°18′50″N 114°16′07″E  /  22.31395°N 114.268706°E  / 22.31395; 114.268706 This New Territories location article

126-529: Is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial settlement of Victoria City , where the financial district of Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as the Outlying Islands . The Kowloon Peninsula , across Victoria Harbour from Hong Kong Island is another notable commercial centre in Hong Kong. In terms of

147-501: Is mostly biotite. Also contained is zircon, fluorite , and allanite . It is found on the south of the east coast. Dykes formed later with a mafic dyke injected first followed by a felsic material. A feldsparphyric dyke crosses the island east–west near the ferry pier. Several Cenozoic age quartzphyric rhyolite dykes cross the island. These are also injected with narrow dacitic dykes, and last of all very fine grained mafic basaltic dykes. A north east trending fault crosses Ma Wan from

168-692: The Lantau Link . Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates bus services from Park Island to Tsing Yi MTR station , Kwai Fong Metroplaza , Hong Kong International Airport , Tsuen Wan West and Tsuen Wan (close to the Tsuen Wan MTR station ). Starting from 3 July 2008, urban taxis were permitted access into Ma Wan between 8 pm and 7 am the following morning to meet residents' transport needs. Starting from 14 December 2012, urban taxi were permitted access into Ma Wan 24 hours daily. Private vehicles are generally not permitted to enter

189-650: The New Territories Small House Policy . Although the Hong Kong government originally claimed it would be "physically impossible" to give the island a road connection via the Lantau Link, this was disproved with the beginning of construction of Park Island. The island is now connected to Tsing Yi by the Tsing Ma Bridge (a suspension bridge ), and to Lantau Island by the Kap Shui Mun Bridge (a cable-stayed bridge ). Both bridges are part of

210-487: The districts of Hong Kong , while one of the 18 districts is called the Islands District , many islands of Hong Kong are actually not part of that district, which only consists of some twenty large and small islands in the southern and the south-western waters of Hong Kong. These islands belong to respective districts depending on their locations. Below is a partial list of the peninsulas of Hong Kong and

231-762: The typhoon shelter on the west side to the Tun Wan. The island is separated from Lantau Island by a fault under the channel called the Kap Shui Mun Fault. This is angled to the North West, and has its direction controlled by the major tectonic zone it is in called the Linhua Shan Fault System that extends from the coast of Guangdong to Fujian. Prominent joints are at 85° parallel to the dykes. Other joints are close to horizontal, can cause rocks to form sheets. Remains have been found from

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252-617: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences found complete Neolithic human skeletal remains in tombs at the Tung Wan Tsai North site. 20 tombs were found spanning from the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age. The prehistoric island had late neolithic inhabitants as proved by recent excavations. There were also inhabitants here during the Han dynasty . Foreign visitors first arrived on the island in 1794. Ma Wan once had

273-694: The Fishermen's Association. The new village costed around HK$ 200,000 to build, and could house 24 families. After naming it Ma Wan Fishermen's Village ( 馬灣漁民新村 ), it was officially opened on the 7th of December 1965 by Arthur Patrick Richardson (李作新), the Assistant Director of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department . In the early 1970s, the island across from Ma Wan was occupied by three families. Their family names were Woo, Pang, and Woo. The children of these families attended

294-745: The Mid-Neolithic Age (about 3000 BC), the late Neolithic Age (about 2000 BC), the early to late Bronze Age of coastal South China (1500–500 BC), the period of the Warring States to the Han dynasty (206 BC −220 AD), the Tang dynasty (618–917 AD) and the Qing dynasty (1644–1911 AD). In 1997, a joint excavation by the Antiquities and Monuments Office and the Institute of Archaeology of

315-403: The airport platform had not yet been built and the area of Tsing Yi increased later as a consequence of land reclamation. The original Chek Lap Kok had an area of 3.02 km (other sources mention 2.8 km ). By the time when the airport was open the size of the island was cited to be 1,248 hectares. Fat Tau Chau Fat Tau Chau Village ( Chinese : 佛頭洲村 ) aka. Fu Tau Chau ( 斧頭洲 )

336-488: The districts they belong to: Below is a partial list of the islands of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to: The following is a list of the largest islands of Hong Kong, sorted by area (km ): Leung Shuen Wan was connected to the mainland in the 1970s to form the High Island Reservoir . It historically had an area of 8.511 km and was in 1960 the 4th largest island of Hong Kong. At that time,

357-611: The island , an arrangement which also exists in Discovery Bay on the nearby Lantau Island ; however a permit can be requested from the Transport Department of Hong Kong. Minibuses are not allowed, but the Park Island management company operates cars in case of emergency or special situations, though their availability is not guaranteed. Lorries may enter the island between 10 am to 4 pm daily without

378-631: The island. Today, a large part of Ma Wan is occupied by the Park Island apartment complex. A theme park , named Ma Wan Park , was built to accompany the housing project, with its first phase opened on 1 July 2007. Ma Wan has an area of 0.97 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi). Its highest point is Tai Leng Tau (69 metres (226 ft)) in the southeast. Two channels separate Ma Wan and other major islands. Ma Wan surface rocks are mostly volcanic rocks called Yim Tin Tsai Formation. This

399-480: The kindergarten and Fong Yuen School in Ma Wan. Water transportation to Ma Wan was signalled by waving a flag at the pier. As of 1995, fish farming was the predominant economic activity on Ma Wan. Ma Wan had a population of 800 in 2000. With the development of the Park Island apartment complex, villagers were rehoused in the northern part of the island. As part of the compensation package, they could choose either

420-410: The need for a special permit. There are several ferry piers on the island: Park Island Ferry Pier on the northeast, one on the old Tin Liu village on the west (formerly hosting Sham Tseng ferries), Man Wan Public Pier on the southwest at Ma Wan Main Street Village, Tai Pai Tsui Pier on the south of the island facing Tang Lung Chau , one on the north of the island used for the garbage removal, one on

441-684: The southeast side (but on a Government land not open). Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates ferry services between Park Island and Central Piers (Pier 2). Another route to Tsuen Wan Pier (near West Rail Tsuen Wan West station ) is also available. Ma Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 62, which includes schools in Tsuen Wan and areas nearby. The net includes multiple aided schools and one government school, Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School. List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong Hong Kong Island

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