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Removing from Category:Islands of Hong Kong removed redundant parent category of Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|Uninhabited island of Hong Kong}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Siu A Chau
| local_name = 小鴉洲
| image_name = Siu A Chau (tilted).jpg
| image_caption = Aerial view of Siu A Chau looking towards the South coast of [[Lantau Island]]
| map_image = Siuachau.png
| map_caption = Location of Siu A Chau in Hong Kong
| location = South of [[Lantau Island]]
| area_km2 = 
| length_km = 
| width_km = 
| elevation_m = 74
| highest_mount =
| country = {{HKG}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|order=
|showflag=
|t=小鴉洲
|s=小鸦洲
|j=Siu2 aa1 zau1
|y=Síu ā jāu
|p=Xiǎoyāzhōu
}}

'''Siu A Chau''' ({{Zh|t=小鴉洲}}) is an uninhabited [[List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong|island]]<ref>[http://www.atal.com.hk/proj/sp/sac/doc/ema/EChapter%202.pdf Low Level Radioactive Waste Storage Facility at Siu A Chau. Environmental Monitoring and Audit Manual]</ref> of Hong Kong, part of the [[Soko Islands]] group, located south of [[Lantau Island]].

==Geography==
Siu A Chau is the northernmost and the second largest of the Soko Islands, after [[Tai A Chau]]. It is dumbbell-shaped<ref name="schofield"/> and has a rugged indented coastline with steep slopes.<ref>[http://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/p_study/comp_s/swnt/final-report/final-report.htm South West New Territories Development Strategy Review. Recommended Development Strategy. July 2001]</ref> The highest point of the island is at 74 meters.<ref name="no man">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=22 March 2007 |title=No Man Is an Island |url=http://hk-magazine.com/article/lifestyle/travel/3928/no-man-island |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310011852/http://hk-magazine.com/article/lifestyle/travel/3928/no-man-island |archive-date=2016-03-10 |work=[[HK Magazine]] |location= |access-date=}}</ref> A beach lies to the south, and another to the north of the island.<ref name="no man"/><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=8 June 2006 |title=Far From the Madding Crowd |url=http://hk-magazine.com/article/lifestyle/travel/5339/far-madding-crowd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310020718/http://hk-magazine.com/article/lifestyle/travel/5339/far-madding-crowd |archive-date=2016-03-10 |work=[[HK Magazine]] |location= |access-date=}}</ref>

==Administration==
Siu A Chau is a recognized village under the [[New Territories]] [[Small House Policy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=[[Lands Department]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

==History==
In 1937, Walter Schofield, then a Cadet Officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service, wrote that Siu A Chau was "another settlement of early man" and that it had a "fishing village of huts very different from ordinary Chinese dwellings" at the time of writing.<ref name="schofield">{{cite journal |last1= Schofield|first1=Walter |author-link1= |year= 1983|title=The Islands Around Hong Kong (notes for a talk given in 1937)|journal= Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]|volume= 23 |pages= 91–112|doi= |url=https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/b9d5480a618a698a5ffd49eb900bb8d9.pdf|issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }}</ref>

==Features==
There is a temple on the south side of the island.<ref name="no man"/>

A [[low-level radioactive waste]] (LLRW) facility began operation at Siu A Chau in July 2005. Low-level radioactive wastes which had previously been stored in disused tunnels, two factories and five hospitals were subsequently transferred to the Siu A Chau facility.<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/waste/prob_solutions/radioactive_waste.html Environment Protection Department: Low-level Radioactive Waste]</ref> Part of this waste was relocated from the disused [[Mount Parish]] [[Air-raid shelter|air-raid tunnels]] at [[Queen's Road East]], in [[Wan Chai]]. The 55 m3 of LLRW stored there had raised objections.<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/panels/ea/papers/eacb1-1956-1e.pdf Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affair – PWP Item 70DR – Low-level radioactive waste storage facility, June 2003]</ref><ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/fc/pwsc/papers/p03-35e.pdf Item for Public Works Subcommittee of Finance Committee, June 2003]</ref> The opening ceremony of the facility was held in June 2006.<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/news_events/press/press_060624a.html Environment Protection Department: Low-level Radioactive Waste Storage Facility opens, 24 June 2006]</ref>

==References==
{{portal|Islands}}
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://www.openlife.com.hk/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%BB%9F%E5%AE%87%E5%90%8D%E5%86%8A/%E5%B0%8F%E9%B4%89%E6%B4%B2%E5%A4%A9%E5%90%8E%E5%BB%9F/%E5%A4%A9%E5%90%8E%E5%AE%AE Webpage about Siu A Chau Tin Hau Temple] {{in lang|zh}}
* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/T/t-sl-14.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Siu A Chau (South Lantao) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
{{Islands District}}
{{Islands of Hong Kong}}

{{Coord|22|10|57|N|113|54|44|E|display=title|type:isle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

[[Category:Islands District]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Villages in Islands District, Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Populated places in Hong Kong]]

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