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g Location

Ap Lei Chau (鴨脷洲 Traditional Chinese) is an Island located in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island.


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g History

A map dating from the Ming Dynasty shows the island. On this map is marked the village of Heung Kong Tsuen, lit. Hong Kong Village(香港村 ). It is probably where the name of Hong Kong originates from.

Ap Lei Chau serves as an excellent typhoon shelter, and was a fishing village before the First Opium War. As a consequence of the Treaty of Nanking, it was ceded to the British together with Hong Kong Island in 1841. Since then, little attention had been placed on this small island.

In 1968, the government started to build a power station on the island to provide electricity for the whole of Hong Kong Island. In 1980, a bridge was constructed to connect the island to the Hong Kong Island and brought momentum for rapid economic development. Public housing estates were built to accommodate people who suffered in a fire in the Aberdeen shelter.

In 1989, the power station was relocated to Lamma Island. The old power station was then demolished and the site was re-developed into the South Horizons residential area with the aid of land reclamation.

g MTR

There are plans for the MTR to extend the planned South Island Line to Ap Lei Chau. There will be two stations in the island, one "Lei Tung" for Lei Tung Estates and one "South Horizons" serving Marina Square, a mini mall with a food market, and South Horizons, a private estates covering the western edge of the island.

g Tram  

None.

g Bus  

Kowloon Motor Bus Company operates services from Ap Lei Chau to other Islands / N.T.

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g Bus  

A large array of routes are provided by Citybus and Firstbus.
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g Mini Bus 

Those in the know... will know there are two types of minibus services: 

Red Roof - These follow relativley undocumented routes, Check the front and flag them down if they are heading where you need.

Green Roof - These are the documented and numbered routes, these typically have fixed pick up points, however they may be flagged down when there is space on board.

27 Ap Lei Chau (Wai Fung Street) to Aberdeen (Sai On Street)
 
29 Ap Lei Chau Estate to Shum Wan Public Transport Terminus

29A Ap Lei Chau Estate to Ocean Park (Tai Shue Wan)

36 Ap Lei Chau (Ping Lan Street) to Wan Chai (Stewart Road) 
 
36A Ap Lei Chau (Ping Lan Street) to Wan Chai (Stewart Road) 
 
36X Ap Lei Chau (Ping Lan Street) to Causeway Bay (Lee Garden Road) 
 
37 Ap Lei Chau (Ping Lan Street) to Ap Lei Chau Estate / Lei Tung Estate 
 
37A Ap Lei Chau (Ping Lan Street) to Ap Lei Chau Estate / Lei Tung Estate

39C Yue On Court (Ap Lei Chau) to Aberdeen Detail 
 
39M Yue On Court (Ap Lei Chau)  to Tin Hau Station

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g Recreation

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g Shopping

Ap Lei Chau has an excellent Wet Market.

g Food and Drink

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