Chung Hom Kok

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File:Chung Hom Kok Battery.JPG

Chung Hom Kok ({{zh|t=舂坎角}} or {{zh|t=舂磡角|labels=no}}) is an area in the southern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is a popular site for barbecue and swimming with a beach and lifeguard services available from April to October.{{cite web|url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/beach/en/beach-address-south.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803203014/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/beach/en/beach-address-south.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-03 |title=Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Beaches and Swimming Pools |publisher=Lcsd.gov.hk |date=2010-05-20 |accessdate=2011-04-13 }} West of Stanley, 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 ({{zh|t=舂坎山|labels=no}}) occupies the largest part of the peninsula.{{cite web|url=https://gwulo.com/node/32837|title=Chung Hom Shan Lewis AA gun position, Chung Hom Kok [1940- ]|accessdate=18 January 2020}}

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Chung Hom Kok was 10.{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 36| page = 83| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}

Government Communications Headquarters established a signals intelligence centre at Chung Hom Kok in the late 1970s and consolidated operations there in 1982;{{cite web|url=http://www.littlesaiwan-367su.talktalk.net/history.html|title=367 Signals Unit history|publisher=Little Sai Wan|accessdate=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093334/http://www.littlesaiwan-367su.talktalk.net/history.html|archive-date=29 March 2014|url-status=dead}} the site closed in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/111838/spy-station-chiefs-hand-over-australia|title=Spy station chiefs hand over to Australia|date=26 March 1995|publisher=South China Morning Post|accessdate=25 February 2018}}

Features

Chung Hom Kok Beach ({{zh|t=舂坎角泳灘|labels=no}}) is located on the western shore Chung Hom Kok in Chung Hom Wan ({{zh|t=舂坎灣|labels=no}}).{{cite web|url=https://bluebalu.com/2016/04/08/urban-getaway-chung-hom-kok-beach/|title=Chung Hom Kok Beach|date=8 April 2016 |publisher=Blue Balu|accessdate=25 February 2018}}

A Home Ownership Scheme estate and a public housing estate is located in the Ma Hang area, to the northeast of Chung Hom Kok.{{cite web |url=http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-18_4894,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031105140350/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0%2C%2C1-347-18_4894%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-11-05 |title=Ma Hang Estate |publisher=Housingauthority.gov.hk |accessdate=2011-04-13 }}

{{ill|Chung Hom Kok Battery|zh|舂坎角炮台}}, located at the southern end of the peninsula, was built around 1938.{{cite web |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/409_Appraisal_En.pdf |title=Historic Building Appraisal. Chung Hom Kok Battery, Chung Hom Kok |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board |access-date= |quote=}} It is listed as a Grade II historic building.{{cite web |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/AAB-SM-chi.pdf |title=List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board |access-date= |quote=}}

A narrow cave called Cheung Po Tsai Cave ({{zh|t=張保仔洞|labels=no}}) is located along the coast below Chung Hom Kok Battery. It is said that the Qing dynasty pirate Cheung Po Tsai used it as a shelter.

Chung Hom Kok is a hub for internet cables and cable landing stations. SUNeVision Holdings, the largest data centre provider in Hong Kong, constructed two carrier-neutral cable landing stations at Chung Hom Kok since 2020.{{Cite web |title=Cable Landing Stations in HK - Submarine Networks |url=https://www.submarinenetworks.com/stations/asia/hongkong |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=www.submarinenetworks.com}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-18b.pdf|title=POA School Net 18|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}

References

External links

{{cite web |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/409_Photo.pdf |title=Pictures of Chung Hom Kok Battery, Chung Hom Kok |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board |access-date= |quote=}}