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South Lamma
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English
Proper noun
South Lamma
en rural committee district/Islands region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong.
en October 10, 1958 Lamma to Get a Pier w:The China Mail 37176 https://archive.org/details/NPCM19581010/ 12488501 10 https://archive.org/details/NPCM19581010/page/n9/ 5 A reinforced concrete pier together with an approach causeway will soon be built at Sok Kwu Won on South Lamma island.
en 1970 UMELCO (Organization) Annual Report 19.10.70LammaCheung ChauLantauPlaces visited and persons met (i) Meet South Lamma Rural Committee at Sok Kwu Wan. (ii) Tour of Sok Kwu Wan area . (iii) Meet North Lamma Rural Committee at Yung Shu Wan.
en 18 March 2014 New Lamma Developments Inbound? w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20240115132811/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2036085/new-lamma-developments-inbound 15 January 2024 https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2036085/new-lamma-developments-inbound 1563-9371 648902513 Magazines Also on the way: a 260-room hotel, centers for watersports and outdoor recreation, a new ferry pier and a two-story commercial block. The Conservancy Association’s Peter Lee Siu-man believes this will turn the island into another Discovery Bay. The current population of South Lamma is 500 residents.
en 2020 Patrick H. Hase Patrick Hase A Small Island in the Midst of the Sea: The History of Lamma Island Settlement, Life, and Politics: Understanding the Traditional New Territories Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series https://books.google.com/books?id=v3sGEAAAQBAJ Hong Kong w:City University of Hong Kong Press 978-962-937-441-9 1127144148 405 https://books.google.com/books?id=v3sGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA405 In South Lamma, the most important Tin Hau Festival was held at the temple in Sok Kwu Wan. This festival was also marked, before the War, by puppet-opera. Here, as at Yung Shue Wan, the land and boat-people were equally prominent in the festivities. In South Lamma, the villagers of Luk Chau, Tung O, and Yung Shue Ha all attended the Sok Kwu Wan Festival, even though they had their own temples.
Synonyms
en Lamma South
officially en Lamma Island (South)
Translations
rural committee
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 南丫島南段鄉事委員會
Further reading
South Lamma