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Tai Tau Chau (Sai Kung District)

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67: 47: 459: 74: 784: 422:, a former island that near to the Fish Culture Zone. Councillors and fishermen worried that sea water of the Fish Culture Zone would be polluted by the increasing human population. 1159: 376:
in 1910. The book described that vessels can enter Rocky Harbour from Port Shelter by passing through water passage near islets Urn Island (Tai Tau Chau) and
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The island hosts Permitted Burial Grounds (PBGs), land used for graves. In 2021, the government took action against illegal burials on the island.
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Several floating fish farms were located in the waters next to the island, known as Tai Tau Chau Fish Culture Zone. In 1982, councillors of the
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However, in recent years some of them were converted to use by the tourists for recreational fishing.
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Since the 1980s, some part of the island became an approval burial site for fishermen.
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In 2019, a teen tourist was drowned in a fish farm of the island.
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Aerial view of Tai Tau Chau (bottom left) and the West Dam of
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62 species of vascular plant were discovered on the island.
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were also observed, affecting the Fish Culture Zone.
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In the past, the fish rafts were used for commercial
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Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)

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Tai Tau Chau is located in Hong Kong
22°22′26.33″N 114°19′36.37″E / 22.3739806°N 114.3267694°E / 22.3739806; 114.3267694
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