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A Kung Ngam is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 16. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Shau Kei Wan Government Primary School and Aldrich Bay Government Primary School.
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from the sea caused fishing boats to anchor elsewhere. Nowadays, the number of shipyards has decreased due to a decrease in number of ships going there.
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is named A Kung Ngam in Shau Kei Wan. The building visible at the top of the hill is Block 07 of the
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A fire broke out in the early morning of 31 October 2005. Some ten houses in the village were burnt.
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At the time of the 1911 census, the population of A Kung Ngam was 269. The number of males was 161.
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in the 19th century, and the area was predominantly inhabited by quarry workers who immigrated from
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who the quarry workers believed in. A temple dedicated to Tam Kung is located in A Kung Ngam.
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means rock, but in the case of this place name, "A Kung" refers to
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were once made by the shipyards. At the end of the 20th century,
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A Kung Ngam and Shau Kei Wan Typhoon Shelter in August 2006
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A Kung Ngam and Shau Kei Wan Typhoon Shelter in August 2006
A Kung Ngam is located in Hong Kong
22°16′59″N 114°13′53″E / 22.28303°N 114.23142°E / 22.28303; 114.23142
People's Republic of China
Special administrative region
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island
Shau Kei Wan
Time zone
UTC+8:00
HKT
Chinese
Shau Kei Wan
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong
terminal market
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
Cantonese
Tam Kung
sea deity

quarry
Huizhou
Chaozhou
shipyards
Dragon Boat Festivals
Shau Kei Wan Typhoon Shelter
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dragon boats

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