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Yam O

Sunny Bay redirects here. For the MTR station, see Sunny Bay (MTR)
Sunny Bay (MTR)

Sunny Bay is an MTR List of Hong Kong MTR stations in Yam O . It is between Tung Chung Station and Tsing Yi stations. The station is an interchange station between the and the to Hong Kong Disneyland....

Yam O is a bay located on the northeast shore 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 ....
, in the New Territories

New Territories

New Territories, abbreviated to NT or N.T., is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory....
of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. It is part of the Tsuen Wan Rural West constituency of the Tsuen Wan

Tsuen Wan

Tsuen Wan is a bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong, opposite to Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. A market town of the Tsuen Wan emerged for the surrounding villages and fleets of fishing boats in the area....
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Yam O is a bay located on the northeast shore 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 ....
, in the New Territories

New Territories

Hong Kong

Tsuen Wan

Districts of Hong Kong

District Council of Hong Kong

The District Councils, formerly District Boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 Districts of Hong Kong. Under the supervision of Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, they are consultative bodies on district administration and affairs....
.

Yam O was the one and only natural lumber preservation zone in Hong Kong. Even today, travellers passing through Yam O can see natural lumber on stilts in the bay.

Today, Yam O is known for its interchange for the Disneyland Resort Line via the nearby Sunny Bay MTR station

Sunny Bay (MTR)

Sunny Bay is an MTR List of Hong Kong MTR stations in Yam O . It is between Tung Chung Station and Tsing Yi stations. The station is an interchange station between the and the to Hong Kong Disneyland....
, built on reclaimed land near Yam O.

Sunny Bay

Sunny Bay [approximately Yan O in Cantonese] is a recent incarnation by the Hong Kong Government, which emerged after the plans to build Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort was built by the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company and officially opened on September 12, 2005....
on nearby Penny's Bay

Penny's Bay

Penny's Bay or Chok Ko Wan is a bay in north-eastern Lantau Island, and is the site of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, Disneyland Hotel, and Disney's Hollywood Hotel, and the Inspiration Lake, Hong Kong....
. This was done so because Yam in Cantonese means dark (the same word as the Mandarin
Mandarin (linguistics)

Mandarin , is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and south-western China. When taken as a separate language, as is often done in academic literature, the Mandarin language has more native speakers than any other language....
yin
Yin

Yin may refer to:*Yin , the last capital of the Yin Dynasty.*Yin , a rare Chinese surname of descendents from the dynasty above.*Yin , The fictional character from the Disney/Jetix show Yin Yang Yo!....
, well known to most English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
speakers from the expression yin-yang); while Yan means happy - a significantly more suitable name for the Disneyland rail link. But Yam also has a meaning which is "North of the hill and south of water" according to "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", so the change of the name is opposed by some Chinese language professionals. Sunny Bay is today also a transport interchange for Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay is a mixed residential and public recreational development in Hong Kong situated on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island in the New Territories....
residents, being served by bus route DB03R.

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