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The Soko Islands are a group of island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. The group consists of Tai A Chau
Tai A Chau

Tai A Chau is an island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. Area: 1.19 km?. It is referred to as South Soko Island in some media articles....
, Siu A Chau
Siu A Chau

Siu A Chau is an island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. Area: ? km?....
 and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwestermost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island
Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
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Now largely uninhabited, the islands formerly accommodated a refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
 for Vietnamese
Vietnamese people in Hong Kong

Many of the Vietnamese people in Hong Kong immigrated as a result of the Vietnam War and persecution in Vietnam since the mid-1970s.Backed by a humanitarian policy of the Hong Kong Government, and under the auspices of the United Nations, some Vietnamese were permitted to settle in Hong Kong....
 boat people
Boat people

Boat people is a term that usually refers to illegal immigrants or asylum seekers who emigrate en masse in boats that are sometimes old and crudely made rendering them unseaworthy and unsafe....
. CLP Power is currently proposing them as the site for a terminal to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) for use in electricity generation.






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The Soko Islands are a group of island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. The group consists of Tai A Chau
Tai A Chau

Tai A Chau is an island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. Area: 1.19 km?. It is referred to as South Soko Island in some media articles....
, Siu A Chau
Siu A Chau

Siu A Chau is an island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. Area: ? km?....
 and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwestermost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island
Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
.

Now largely uninhabited, the islands formerly accommodated a refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
 for Vietnamese
Vietnamese people in Hong Kong

Many of the Vietnamese people in Hong Kong immigrated as a result of the Vietnam War and persecution in Vietnam since the mid-1970s.Backed by a humanitarian policy of the Hong Kong Government, and under the auspices of the United Nations, some Vietnamese were permitted to settle in Hong Kong....
 boat people
Boat people

Boat people is a term that usually refers to illegal immigrants or asylum seekers who emigrate en masse in boats that are sometimes old and crudely made rendering them unseaworthy and unsafe....
. CLP Power is currently proposing them as the site for a terminal to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) for use in electricity generation. This proposal is opposed by local environmental groups because the surrounding waters are an important habitat for various marine species, particularly the rare Chinese White Dolphin
Chinese White Dolphin

The Chinese White Dolphin , also called Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin, is a species of the Humpback dolphin and is one of eighty cetacean species....
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