Chek Lap Kok

The name of the island may be derived from the bareness of the island ('da chek lak'), that the original shape of the island resembles the Pagrus ('chek lap', ), or that the fish was once abundant in its vicinity. ==Geography==

The island is located north of Lantau Island off Ma Wan Chung and Tung Chung. Before the building of the airport platform, it was a small and hilly island, about long, with an area of (other sources mention ). It is the site of the Ancient Kiln Park and the Airport Island Angle Station of the Ngong Ping 360 cable car. ==History==

The island has been inhabited on and off since the Middle Neolithic period 6,000 years ago. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Chek Lap Kok was 77. The number of males was 55. The population was about 200 in the 1950s, rising sharply in the 1960s. The population later declined, with some 20 families remaining on the island when the plan for the construction of a new airport was announced in the early 1990s. Archeological surveys and investigations were conducted on the island starting in the late 1970s. The original farming and fishing villages on the island were relocated to Chek Lap Kok New Village aka. Chek Lap Kok San Tsuen () near Tung Chung on Lantau Island. A Tin Hau Temple had been built in 1823 at the north east of the island. The entire temple was built of granite quarried on the island. It was dismantled in 1991 and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location. Chek Lap Kok San Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Also, Romer's tree frog (Philautus romeri), a unique species of finger-sized frog found only in Hong Kong, was relocated from Chek Lap Kok to new habitats on Lantau Island before construction of the airport. A third runway at Hong Kong Airport is being built as part of the Hong Kong International Airport Master Plan 2030. File:20091002 Hong Kong Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail 6420.jpg|View of the Airport Island Angle Station of the Ngong Ping 360 cable car system built on Scenic Hill, the unlevelled peninsula in the south of Chek Lap Kok. File:Scenic_Hill_Pavilion.jpg|Scenic Hill Pavilion File:HK ChepLapKokTinHauTemple.JPG|Rebuilt Tin Hau Temple in the new Chek Lap Kok Village. ==Climate==

Most of Lantau Island, including Chek Lap Kok New Village, is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 98, which contains multiple aided schools on Lantau Island; no government primary schools are in this net. == See also ==