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Chung Hom Kok ( or ) is an area in the southern Hong Kong Island in
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, Chung Hom Kok is referred to as the most southern point on a peninsula. The peninsula is also named Chung Hom Kok and the hill Chung Hom Shan () occupies the largest part of the peninsula.


History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Chung Hom Kok was 10.


Features

Chung Hom Kok Beach () is located on the western shore Chung Hom Kok in Chung Hom Wan (). A Home Ownership Scheme estate and a public housing estate is located in the Ma Hang area, to the northeast of Chung Hom Kok.


Signals intelligence history

Government Communications Headquarters Government Communications Headquarters, commonly known as GCHQ, is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) to the government and armed forces of the Uni ...
established a signals intelligence centre at Chung Hom Kok in the late 1970s and consolidated operations there in 1982; the site closed in 1995.


Education

Chung Hom Kok is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School.


See also

* Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok


References

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