Sha Po
Sha Po (Chinese: 沙埔) is a village located in the area of Yung Shue Wan on the North side of Lamma Island, the third largest island in the territory of Hong Kong.
It comprises Sha Po Old Village (沙埔舊村) and Sha Po New Village (沙埔新村).
Administration
Sha Po is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]
Archaeological interest
Sha Po Old Village is a place of archaeological interest. A complete hard geometric pot was unearthed in Sha Po Old Village by the Hong Kong Archaeological Society in 1970.[2] In 1988, Bronze Age hard geometric was found by the same party in basel layers near water table, underlying 2m of kiln debris and clean sand.[3]
Education
All of Lamma Island is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 96. Within the school net is one aided school (operated independently but funded with government money): Northern Lamma School (南丫北段公立小學). No government schools are in the net.[4]
References
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ Journal of Hong Kong Archaeological Society, vol. IV, 1972
- ^ Journal of Hong Kong Archaeological Society, vol. XII, 1988, pp. 7-28
- ^ "POA School Net 96" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
Further reading
- Atha, Mick; Yip, Kennis (2016). Piecing Together Sha Po: Archaeological Investigations and Landscape Reconstruction. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8208-98-2.
- Liu, Chengji (August 2005). "Archaeological Excavation at Sha Po New Village, Lamma Island" (PDF). Heritage Hong Kong. Antiquities and Monuments Office: 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-13.
External links
- Delineation of area of existing village Sha Po (Lamma North) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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