Cheung Muk Tau (Islands District)
Cheung Muk Tau may refer to: * Cheung Muk Tau (Islands District), an island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group * Cheung Muk Tau (Tai Po District) Cheung Muk Tau () is a village of in the Shap Sze Heung area of Sai Kung North, in Tai Po District, Hong Kong. Administration Despite its proximity to the neighbouring areas administered by Sha Tin District, Sha Tin and Sai Kung District, Sai Ku ...

Cheung Muk Tau (Islands District)
Cheung Muk Tau may refer to: * Cheung Muk Tau (Islands District), an island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group * Cheung Muk Tau (Tai Po District) Cheung Muk Tau () is a village of in the Shap Sze Heung area of Sai Kung North, in Tai Po District, Hong Kong. Administration Despite its proximity to the neighbouring areas administered by Sha Tin District, Sha Tin and Sai Kung District, Sai Ku ...

Soko Islands
The Soko Islands () are a group of islands in Hong Kong. The group consists of Tai A Chau, Siu A Chau and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwesternmost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island. An older name for this island group was "Sok Kwu Kwan To" (Fishing Net Islands). The islands are mainly composed of granite and a band of rhyodacite. Waters of the island group are brackish due to being in the Pearl River estuary. Islands The islands of the group are: * Cheung Muk Tau () * Ko Pai () * Lung Shuen Pai () * Ma Chau () * Shek Chau () * Siu A Chau () * Tai A Chau () * Tau Lo Chau () * Wan Hau Chau () * Yuen Chau () * Yuen Kong Chau () History Now uninhabited, the islands formerly accommodated a refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people. Vietnamese detention centres were established in Hong Kong following waves of Vietnamese fleeing after the fall of Saigon in 1975. The Tai A Chau Detention Centre (IN59) was closed in September 1996. In 2 ...
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