Fan Lau

Fan Lau Tsuen ({{zh|t=分流村|labels=no}}) is a village on the flat land between the peninsula and the main trunk of Lantau Island. It is located on the west bank of Fan Lau, facing Fan Lau Sai Wan. The village was previously named Shek Sun Village (石筍村, "Village of Stone Shoots") and there were not more than 200 people in the village in the most busy days. Most of the villagers have moved out of the village and some stayed in Tai O and Pui O of Lantau Island[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_III_Items.pdf Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items, pp.738-739] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922201512/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_III_Items.pdf |date=22 September 2013 }} In January 1997, only three people were still living in the village.{{cite news|title=A village lost to marauders|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/181172/village-lost-marauders|date=12 January 1997|page=3|first=Mike|last=Currie|access-date=1 November 2014|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}

Fan Lau is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.{{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=}}

Fan Lau is a Cantonese name that means separating water flows. The tip points to Lantau Channel dividing the current from Pearl River and the water of South China Sea. Due to its military strategic position, Fan Lau Fort was built in Qing Dynasty to defend the territory.

Another archaeological founding on the peninsula is a stone circle of Neolithic and Bronze Age with unidentified purpose.{{Cite web |url=http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_21.php |title=Fan Lau Stone Circle at Antiquities and Monuments Office website |access-date=19 March 2009 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031163051/http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_21.php |url-status=dead }} The Stone Circle and Fan Lau Fort are both declared monuments of Hong Kong.

There is also a Tin Hau Temple in Fan Lau Miu Wan. It was probably erected in 1820 and it is a Grade III historic building since 1985.[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_III_Items.pdf Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items, pp.1051] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922201512/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_III_Items.pdf |date=22 September 2013 }}

There is a lighthouse at Fan Lau Kok.{{Cite rowlett|hkg|accessdate=2016-11-03}}

In the late 1980s, the China Light and Power company sought to build a new electricity generating plant in Hong Kong. Many sites were examined, including Gruff Head in Sai Kung, Fan Lau, and Black Point in Tuen Mun. After Gruff Head was rejected by the government in 1989, CLP proposed to build a coal-fired plant at Fan Lau. The plant would have covered an area of 60 hectares, and would have incorporated chimneys, ash lagoons, pylons, and new roads. This was fiercely opposed by major environmental groups in Hong Kong.{{cite news|last1=Pedrazzini|first1=Fabian|title=Power station would affect more than Fan Lau|work=South China Morning Post|date=24 January 1990|page=12}}{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Jamie|title=Power station site on Lantau rejected|work=South China Morning Post|date=2 August 1990|page=1}} In 1990, the Fan Lau site was rejected by the government for its "unprecedented level of conflict with the Country Parks Ordinance" and air pollution concerns. Instead, the Black Point Power Station, a gas-fired station, opened near the existing Castle Peak Power Station in 1996.{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Jamie|title=Power station proposed for Black Point|work=South China Morning Post|date=21 August 1990|page=5}}

As with other coastal locations in the region, the coastlines of Fan Lau are marred by accumulation of marine refuse.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Fan Lau is part of the Lantau South Country Park.[http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_ls/cou_vis_cou_ls.html Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department] The stage 7 of Lantau Trail passes near the peninsula.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hkwalkers.net/longtrail/eng/ltrail/ltrail_07.htm |title=Lantau Trail Stage 7 at hkwalkers.net |access-date=19 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009205514/http://www.hkwalkers.net/longtrail/eng/ltrail/ltrail_07.htm |archive-date=9 October 2008 |url-status=dead }} Following the Fan Lau Country Trail allows for the exploration of Fan Lau.[http://www.hkwalkers.net/eng/trail/050/info.htm Fan Lau Country Trail at hkwalkers.net]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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• [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/T/t-to-04.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Fan Lau (Tai O) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
• [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&t=k&om=1&ll=22.199723,113.850503&spn=0.01792,0.028925 Aerial image from Google Map]
• {{Cite journal| last = da Silva| first = Armando M.| title = Fan Lau and its Fort: an Historical Perspective| journal = Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 8| pages = 82–95 | year = 1968| url = http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/8b9451c191437123f4f6db5f9f818fc8.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}
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• [http://www.mardep.gov.hk/en/pub_services/ocean/lighth.html Picture of the lighthouse]

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