Penny's Bay or Chok Ko Wan () is a bay in north-eastern

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, and had been a port since the

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. The bay has since been reclaimed and is the site of the

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, which consists of the

Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong Disneyland () (abbreviated HKDL; also known as HK Disneyland or Disneyland Hong Kong) is a theme park located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It opened to visitors on Monday, September 12, 2005, at 13:00 H ...

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, Disneyland Hotel, and Disney's Hollywood Hotel, and the Inspiration Lake. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became home to Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility. It is connected by a highway and a rail connection on the

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to Sunny Bay station. Penny's Bay is located in

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, but a small southern portion falls in

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Dioxin contamination

Before the reclamation of the bay, Cheoy Lee Shipyard operated in the bay from 1964 to April 2001. The Government acquired the land from the owners for the sum of HK$1.48 billion, and paid HK$22.7 million in additional compensation, according to a Public Works Subcommittee paper from May 2002. The Government had not realised that its operations accumulated of soil contaminated with dioxin,

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, and

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s. The solid waste was dug up and transferred to To Kau Wan on the north shore of Northeast Lantau for temporary processing, and finally incinerated at the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre on the Tsing Yi Island amid protests by residents. The total cleanup cost not taken into account at the time of acquisition was estimated at HK$450 million.

Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility

Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility (formerly Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre, ) has a total capacity of 1,916 people. During the

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/ref> Hong Kong's last remaining community isolation centre for Covid patients, Penny's Bay on Lantau, officially closed 1 March 2023.

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Delineation of area of existing village Chok Ko Wan and Pa Tau Kwu (Ma Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

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Dioxin contamination

Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility

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