Shek Ngau Chau

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 石牛洲.

Proper noun

Shek Ngau Chau

1. An island in Hong Kong.
   • 2009 October 22, Clifford Lo, “32 IIs caught on 7 boats in separate operations”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 January 2024, Latest‎^[2]:

     In the second operation, police arrested 15 male asylum seekers after two speedboats sneaked into Hong Kong from the mainland and left them on Shek Ngau Chau in northeast Hong Kong waters and Tuen Mun before dawn.
     Nine of the men, who were Pakistanis, were initially found by a marine police launch on Shek Ngau Chau at about 5.26am.

Synonyms

• Gau Tau

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 石牛洲