Town Island
{{Short description|Island in Hong Kong}}
Town Island ({{zh|t=伙頭墳洲}}, Fo Tau Fan Chau), also known as Dawn Island[http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/about/symposium/2011/session/ppt/E1_PPT_Paul%20Poon.pdf CLP's First Off-grid Commercial RE Supply Project for Dawn Island]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} is an island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located south of the former High Island, in the Sai Kung District of the territory.
A drug rehabilitation centre was established on the island in 1976. It is run by Operation Dawn.[https://www.clpgroup.com/ourcompany/news/Pages/13012010.aspx CLP Lights up First Hong Kong Customer with Solar Energy Stage 1 of Town Island Renewable Energy Power Station Commissioned] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419124420/https://www.clpgroup.com/ourcompany/news/Pages/13012010.aspx |date=2012-04-19 }}, 13 January 2010
The electricity for the island is supplied from photovoltaic panels by CLP Group.
The island is served by a ferry route from Sai Kung twice a day, except public holidays.
See also
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References
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External links
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- Chan, Tin-kuen, Anthony, [http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/56068 "Parade for the queen: safeguarding the intangible heritage of the Tin Hau Sea Ritual in Leung Shuen Wan, Sai Kung"], University of Hong Kong dissertation, 2006
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Category:Populated places in Hong Kong
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