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Shek Ngau Chau

Shek Ngau Chau proper noun: an uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Shek Ngau Chau

  1. An uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.
    • 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.2009 October 22, Clifford Lo, “32 IIs caught on 7 boats in separate operations”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2024, Latest
    Synonyms:
    Gau Tau

Synonyms of Shek Ngau Chau

Origin of Shek Ngau Chau

From Cantonese 石牛洲.

Questions about Shek Ngau Chau

What does Shek Ngau Chau mean?
Shek Ngau Chau means an uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Shek Ngau Chau?
Shek Ngau Chau is a proper noun.

Words near Shek Ngau Chau in the dictionary

  1. sheitel
  2. sheitels
  3. sheitl
  4. sheitls
  5. Shek
  6. Shek Ngau Chau
  7. Shek O
  8. Shek Pai Wan
  9. Shek Tong Tsui
  10. shekalim
  11. shekarries

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