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.
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It comprises Sha Po Old Village (沙埔舊村) and Sha Po New Village (沙埔新村).
Administration
editSha Po is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]
Archaeological interest
editSha 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
editAll 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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
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