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{{short description|Island in New Territories, Hong Kong}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Changzhou Island]], an island in Guangzhou, [[China]]}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=September 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox Islands
|name = Cheung Chau
|image_name       = Blick über Cheung Chau.JPG
|image_caption    = Cheung Chau (2013)
|image_size       = 250px
|map_image        = Cheungchau_island.png
|map_size        = 250px
|location = Southwest of [[Hong Kong]]
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|area_km2= 2.46
|highest_mount = 
|elevation_m=95
|country = [[Hong Kong]]
|country_admin_divisions_title = District
|country_admin_divisions = [[Islands District]]
|population = 19,769 (2021)
|density_km2 = 9882.93
|ethnic_groups = {{Ulist|Chinese (92.7%)
|Indonesian (2.0%)
|White (1.5%)
}}
}}{{Infobox Chinese
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|s=长洲	
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[[File:Western sight of Cheung Chau.jpg|thumb|The village of Cheung Chau, viewed from the north. The bay of Tung Wan is on the left and Cheung Chau Typhoon Shelter is on the right.]]

'''Cheung Chau''' ({{Zh|t=長洲}}; {{Literally|Long Island}}) is an [[Outlying Islands, Hong Kong|outlying island]] of [[Hong Kong]], located {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Hong Kong Island]]. It is also called '''Dumbbell Island''' ({{Zh|t=啞鈴島|j={{kCantonese|啞鈴島}}|labels=no}}) due to its [[dumbbell]]-like shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong, and had a population of 22,740 {{As of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 普查結果 {{!}} 2011年香港人口普查|url = http://www.census2011.gov.hk/tc/constituency-area-i.html|website = www.census2011.gov.hk|access-date = 2016-01-13}}</ref> Administratively, it is part of the [[Islands District]].
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==Geography==
Geographically the island is formed from two mostly [[granite]] masses joined by a [[tombolo]]. With an area of {{convert|2.45|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Geographic Data 2024 |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/Pamphlet/hk_geographic_data_sheet.pdf |publisher=Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> the island is therefore "long", hence the name as translated from [[Cantonese]] is "Long Island". Thus, it is redundant to say "Cheung Chau Island". The island is dumbbell-shaped, with hills at the northern and southern ends and the settlements concentrated in between.

==Economy==
The central part of the island is well-developed with shops and houses. The lane-ways are so narrow that normal motor traffic is impossible. Instead, there are small motorised trucks officially termed "[[village vehicle]]s", which include specially designed mini-[[fire apparatus|fire engines]], [[Ambulance|ambulances]] and [[police car]]s.

Residential areas also exist on the hills of the north and south.

The island was traditionally a [[fishing village]] and still has [[Fishing fleet|fishing fleets]] working from the harbour. However, in recent years, the island has become a major [[tourist attraction]], offering a mixture of sandy swimming beaches, seafood cafés, and traditional Chinese culture.

==History==
In 1898, Cheung Chau was leased to the [[United Kingdom]] for 99 years (till 1997) under the [[Second Convention of Peking]], alongside some 200 other [[Outlying Islands, Hong Kong|outlying islands]] and the [[New Territories]]. The island thus became part of [[British Hong Kong]]. 

At that time, the island was mainly a [[fishing village]] and had more residents living on [[Junk (ship)|junks]] than on land. Cheung Chau had already been settled by people from other places in [[Northern and southern China|Southern China]]; for example, [[Hoklo people|Hoklo]], they are mainly fishing people; [[Hakka people]]; [[Chiu Chau]]; and [[Yue Ca]]. The island slowly evolved into a commercial hub with merchants selling supplies to the local fishing people, boat repair and fishing gear as well as the place to do business for fishing people and small farmers of other nearby islands like [[Lantau Island]].

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Cheung Chau, both land and boat based, was 7,686. The number of males was 4,519.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]| volume = 36| page = 82| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref>

From the late-1990s to the early-2000s, a spate of suicide cases (usually by [[Charcoal-burning suicide|charcoal-burning]]) took place inside rental holiday flats of the island's Bela Vista Villa on Tung Wan beach, seeing more than 25 suicide attempts and 20 deaths by 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheung |first=Amy |date=2005-08-11 |title=Ghost Town |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2032689/ghost-town |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |publisher=[[HK Magazine]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Yeung |first=Winnie |date=2005-08-09 |title=Suicide theme park spooks island |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/511513/suicide-theme-park-spooks-island |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |language=en}}</ref> Local newspapers soon dubbed the island "Death Island" and stories concerning [[apparition (supernatural)|apparitions]] appeared.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} In 2005, [[Islands District]] [[councillor]] Lam Kit-sing suggested converting the notorious villa into a [[macabre]] [[tourist attraction]], proposing a "ghost town" with a "charcoal-burning museum", Halloween-style fairs, and "haunted" flats for people to stay in. The plans quickly received strong opposition from residents, villa owners, and his fellow councillors, including criticism that they might create [[Copycat suicide|copycat suicides]].<ref name=":0" />

==Sights==
[[File:HK Cheung Chau Pak Tei Temple n Stairs 1.JPG|thumb|[[Yuk Hui Temple|Pak Tai Temple]]]]
[[File:Cheung Chau Rock Carving 1.jpg|thumb|Rock Carving on Cheung Chau.]]

===Temples===
Temples on Cheung Chau include:<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160114093954/http://www.rangepcc.com/temples.htm Cheung Chau Temples]</ref>
*[[Yuk Hui Temple|Pak Tai Temple]] – one of the oldest temples in Hong Kong. The temple was built in 1783. It was demolished and completely rebuilt in 1989. In front of the temple, there are 4 pairs of [[guarding lions]]. Before the altar are statues of two generals, "[[Qianliyan|Thousand Miles Eye]]" ({{zh|t=千里眼|labels=no}}) and "[[Shunfeng'er|Favourable Wind Ear]]" ({{zh|t=順風耳|labels=no}}), who together are traditionally said to be able to hear and see everything
*[[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Four temples]] dedicated to [[Matsu (goddess)|Tin Hau]]
*[[Hung Shing Temple]]. Built in 1993, it is managed by the [[Chinese Temples Committee]].<ref>[[Chinese Temples Committee]]: [http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple24.asp Hung Shing Temple, Cheung Chau] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202145/http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple24.asp |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Kwan Kung Chung Yi Ting]], a traditional temple built in 1973, dedicated to the god of justice [[Guan Yu|Kwan Tai]]
* [[Kwun Yam]] Temple ({{zh|t=觀音廟|labels=no}}) aka. Shui Yuet Temple ({{zh|t=水月宮|labels=no}}) aka. Chi Kung ({{zh|t=子宮|labels=no}}), near Kwun Yam Wan beach. Built before 1840, and dedicated to [[Guanyin]] (Kwun Yam), it gave its name to the nearby bay Kwun Yam Wan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf |title=Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items. Item #1272 |access-date=14 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135424/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_Nil_Items.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Others===
*[[Beaches of Hong Kong|Tung Wan]] and [[Beaches of Hong Kong|Kwun Yam Wan beaches]]
*[[Prehistoric Hong Kong|Rock carvings]] located near Tung Wan Beach were reported by geologists in 1970, and are [[declared monuments of Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_14.php |title=Antiquities and Monuments Office: Rock Carvings on Cheung Chau |access-date=14 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810152714/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_14.php |archive-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=S.G. |last2=Edelstein |first2=Shirlee |last3=Madeleine H. |first3=Tang |date=26 September 1973 |title=Rock Carvings in Hong Kong and the New Territories |url=http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/16811/AP-v17n1-1-4.pdf;jsessionid=EE3BA49390611FCE0AAAEBB819E777BC?sequence=1 |journal=[[Asian Perspectives]] |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=1–4 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> This 3000-year-old rock carving is located on the east of the island, immediately below the Warwick Hotel. It consists of two groups of similar carved lines surrounding small depressions.
*[[Cheung Po Tsai Cave]], alleged to be the hiding place of [[Cheung Po Tsai]], a 19th-century [[pirate]]
*[[Cheung Chau Mini Great Wall]], a hiking trail
*[[Cheung Chau Theatre]], a former cinema

==Hospitals==

The island of Cheung Chau has one operating hospital and one abandoned hospital.

=== St. John Hospital ===

[[St. John Hospital (Hong Kong)|St. John Hospital]], also known as '''Haw Par Hospital''', was founded in 1934 by [[Hong Kong St. John Ambulance]] and has been the island's main hospital since 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fong Bin Hospital|url=http://www.cheungchaumagazine.com/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C/tag/fong-bin-hospital-%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF%E9%86%AB%E9%99%A2/?lang=en|access-date=2020-09-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital (closed) ===

The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital ({{Zh|t=長洲方便醫院|l=Cheung Chau Convenience Hospital|labels=no}}) was established in 1872. It was originally called the '''Asylum''' ({{Zh|t=棲留所|labels=no}}) and was not a hospital in the modern sense, in that it did not provide [[medical care]] and only functioned as a refuge for poor homeless patients to die in peace and dignity and as a [[mortuary]] for those killed in shipwrecks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-18 |title=Historic Building Appraisal - The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/593_Appraisal_En.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518202612/https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/593_Appraisal_En.pdf |archive-date=2024-05-18 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]}}</ref>

In 1915, the Asylum was expanded by a local [[Kaifong associations|kaifong association]] known as the Cheung Chau Kai Fong Hui ({{Zh|t=長洲街坊會|labels=no}}), and was subsequently renamed '''The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital'''. The word ''Fong Bin'', meaning 'convenience' in Chinese, suggested that the hospital was meant to serve the medical needs of all. Substantial renovations took place in 1931 and 1951 to meet the rising demand for medical care in Cheung Chau and nearby [[Outlying Islands, Hong Kong|outlying islands]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1945, the ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Cheung Chau Residents' Association ({{Zh|t=長洲居民協會|labels=no}}). It was staffed by reputable doctors trained in [[traditional Chinese medicine]], and provided cheap and quality medical treatment that even attracted patients from other outlying islands.<ref name=":1" />

Since the 1934 opening of the St. John Hospital, which provides [[Western medicine]], the Fong Bin Hospital had been slowly fading away. It ultimately fell into disuse and complete abandonment in 1988.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-04 |title=Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital, 1872 |url=http://www.cheungchaumagazine.com/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C/tag/fong-bin-hospital-%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF%E9%86%AB%E9%99%A2/?lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807092143/http://www.cheungchaumagazine.com/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C/tag/fong-bin-hospital-%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF%E9%86%AB%E9%99%A2/?lang=en |archive-date=2020-08-07 |access-date=2020-09-09 |website=Cheung Chau Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

The hospital has been listed as a [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]] since 31 August 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as of 7 March 2024) |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/204meeting/List%20of%20the%201444%20Historic%20Buildings%20with%20Assessment%20Results%20(as%20of%207%20March%202024).pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428070131/https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/204meeting/List%20of%20the%201444%20Historic%20Buildings%20with%20Assessment%20Results%20(as%20of%207%20March%202024).pdf |archive-date=2024-04-28 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Antiquities Advisory Board]] |page=22}}</ref>

==Culture==

===Festivals===
[[File:DaJiuFestival.jpg|thumb|Temporary altar built during the Cheung Chau Bun Festival.]]
[[File:Bun Scrambling Competition 2010.JPG|right|thumb|Bun Scrambling Competition 2010]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date ([[Chinese Lunar Calendar]]) !! Festival
|-
| 1st day of 1st month || [[Lunar New Year]]
|-
| 15th day of 1st month || [[Lantern Festival]]
|-
| 3rd day of 3rd month || [[Xuan Wu (god)|Yuen Mo's Birthday]]
|-
| 18th day of 3rd month || [[Mazu (goddess)|Birthday of Tin Hau]]
|-
| 8th day of 4th month || [[Cheung Chau Bun Festival|Bun Festival]]
|-
| 5th day of 5th month || [[Tuen Ng Festival]] (Dragon Boat Festival)
|-
| 24th day of 6th month || [[Guan Yu|Birthday of Kwan Tai]]
|-
| 15th day of 8th month || [[Mid-Autumn Festival]]
|}

===Bun Festival===
{{Main|Cheung Chau Bun Festival}}
The annual [[Cheung Chau Bun Festival]] is a festival which includes a parade of floats, most famously including young children dressed as famous characters doing impossible balancing acts.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm3BTbsoisI Cheung Chau Bun Festival]</ref> It lasts three to four days and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the island.

==Education==
[[File:Cheung_Chau_Government_Secondary_School.JPG|thumb|[[Cheung Chau Government Secondary School]]]]
There are currently three primary schools in Cheung Chau, including C.C.C. Cheung Chau Church Kam Kong Primary School (中華基督教會長洲堂錦江小學), Cheung Chau Sacred Heart School (長洲聖心學校), and Kwok Man School (國民學校),<ref>"[https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2019canet-97.pdf POA School List 97]." [[Hong Kong Education Bureau]]. Retrieved on 31 March 2019.</ref> and two secondary schools : {{ill|Buddhist Wai Yan Memorial College|zh|佛教慧因法師紀念中學}} and [[Cheung Chau Government Secondary School]]. Formerly there were 7 primary schools including the Fisheries Joint Association Public School, Shun Dal Primary School and The Cheung Chau Government Primary School and three secondary schools including the now closed [[Caritas Saint Paul's Secondary School]]. Although there are more people living on Cheung Chau now than ever, the fertility rate throughout Hong Kong has dropped significantly leading to many school closings throughout the city.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Cheung Chau in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 97. Within the school net are the three aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) on Cheung Chau; no government schools are in this net.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-97b.pdf|title=POA School Net 97|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-12}}</ref>

[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]] operates Cheng Chau Public Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/islands/library/cheung-chau.html|title=Cheung Chau Public Library|publisher=[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]]|access-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Lee Lai Shan|Lee Lai-shan]], a [[windsurfer]] who won [[Hong Kong at the Olympics|Hong Kong's first Olympic gold medal]] in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. That Olympic gold was also Hong Kong's last Olympic medal, as in 1997 Hong Kong became a [[Special administrative regions of China|Special Administrative Region]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] and now competes in the Olympics as [[Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China|Hong Kong, China]].
*Vincent Lee Kwun Leung ({{zh|t=李冠良|labels=no}}), a visual artist
*Kong-Kwan Cheung, First Principal of Cheung Chau Fisheries Joint Association Public School

==Climate==
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|location = Cheung Chau (1993–2020)
|metric first = Y
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<!-- Record high temperatures -->
| Jan record high C = 28.4
| Feb record high C = 29.6
| Mar record high C = 30.6
| Apr record high C = 34.6
| May record high C = 34.6
| Jun record high C = 34.2
| Jul record high C = 37.0
| Aug record high C = 35.9
| Sep record high C = 36.1
| Oct record high C = 33.8
| Nov record high C = 33.2
| Dec record high C = 28.9
| year record high C = 37.0
<!-- Record low temperatures -->
| Jan record low C = 1.9
| Feb record low C = 4.3
| Mar record low C = 6.4
| Apr record low C = 10.3
| May record low C = 15.7
| Jun record low C = 19.7
| Jul record low C = 21.8
| Aug record low C = 22.1
| Sep record low C = 19.8
| Oct record low C = 14.7
| Nov record low C = 8.3
| Dec record low C = 4.5
| year record low C = 1.9
|Jan high C = 	19.7
|Feb high C = 	20.1
|Mar high C = 	22.2
|Apr high C = 	25.5
|May high C = 	28.7
|Jun high C = 	30.3
|Jul high C = 	30.9
|Aug high C = 	30.8
|Sep high C = 	30.3
|Oct high C = 	28.8
|Nov high C = 	25.6
|Dec high C = 	21.5
|Jan mean C = 	16.0
|Feb mean C = 	16.6
|Mar mean C = 	18.9
|Apr mean C = 	22.3
|May mean C = 	25.5
|Jun mean C = 	27.3
|Jul mean C = 	27.8
|Aug mean C = 	27.6
|Sep mean C = 	27.0
|Oct mean C = 	25.0
|Nov mean C = 	21.8
|Dec mean C = 	17.6
|Jan low C = 	13.6
|Feb low C = 	14.4
|Mar low C = 	16.8
|Apr low C = 	20.2
|May low C = 	23.5
|Jun low C = 	25.4
|Jul low C = 	25.8
|Aug low C = 	25.6
|Sep low C = 	24.9
|Oct low C = 	22.9
|Nov low C = 	19.4
|Dec low C = 	15.1
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|Jan precipitation mm = 	28.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 	32.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 	54.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 	121.5
|May precipitation mm = 	241.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 	352.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 	248.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 	327.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 	197.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 	51.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 	29.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 	16.9
|Jan humidity = 	75.7
|Feb humidity = 	81.0
|Mar humidity = 	84.0
|Apr humidity = 	86.8
|May humidity = 	88.3
|Jun humidity = 	90.5
|Jul humidity = 	89.6
|Aug humidity = 	88.8
|Sep humidity = 	83.8
|Oct humidity = 	75.8
|Nov humidity = 	74.5
|Dec humidity = 	71.4
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|Feb rain days = 5.5
|Mar rain days = 7.3
|Apr rain days = 8.6
|May rain days = 11.8
|Jun rain days = 16.3
|Jul rain days = 15.6
|Aug rain days = 14.6
|Sep rain days = 10.5
|Oct rain days = 4.1
|Nov rain days = 3.5
|Dec rain days = 4.0
|year rain days = 105.4
|source 1 = [[Hong Kong Observatory]] (precipitation 1996-2020, rainy days 1993-2016)<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/awsMonthlyElement.htm?stn=CCH&ele=TEMP
| title = Monthly Data for Single Element
| publisher = Hong Kong Observatory
| access-date = 5 April 2024
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hko.gov.hk/cis/region_climat/CCH/CCH_statistic_c.htm 
| title = Monthly Means of Meteorological Elements for Cheung Chau, 1993-2016
| publisher = Hong Kong Observatory
| access-date = February 8, 2017}}</ref>
}}

==Transport==
[[File:Cheung Chau Ferry Pier with Ferry.JPG|thumb|A First Ferry ferry at Cheung Chau Ferry Pier, within Cheung Chau [[typhoon shelter]].]]
[[File:Medievac from Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong.jpg|thumb|Medical evacuation by helicopter from Cheung Chau's helipad]]
[[Sun Ferry]] operates [[Ferry|ferries]] between [[Central Piers|Central pier]] number 5 and Cheung Chau. The ferries run approximately every 30 minutes depending upon time of day. Schedules on Sundays and public holidays differ from weekdays. The trip of about {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=off}} takes 55 minutes for ordinary ferries or 35 minutes for high speed ferries. Cheung Chau also has a ferry service to other outlying islands and regions such as [[Mui Wo]] and Chi Ma Wan.

Due to inaccessibility to cars and other vehicles, most residents use bicycles for personal transportation. A number of bicycle rental shops near the ferry pier rent bicycles to tourists. The only motor vehicles on the island are those used by the emergency services, as well as [[village vehicle]]s used to transport goods.

==Law enforcement==
The [[Hong Kong Police Force]] operates the Cheung Chau Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/contact_us.html|title=Contact Us|publisher=[[Hong Kong Police Force]]|access-date=2025-10-12|quote=Cheung Chau Division 4 Police Station Path, Cheung Chau}} - Listed at "Report Rooms" -> "Marine"</ref>

==In popular culture==

* The 2001 Hong Kong film ''[[Troublesome Night 10]]'' was set in Cheung Chau.
* The 2001 Hong Kong animated [[feature film]] ''[[My Life as McDull]]'' mentions Cheung-Chau-born [[windsurfer]] [[Lee Lai-shan]] and depicts its lead character [[McDull]] learning [[Cheung Chau Bun Festival|Cheung Chau bun-snatching]].
* The 2002 Hong Kong film ''[[Just One Look (film)|Just One Look]]'' was set in Cheung Chau, starring [[Twins (group)|Twins]], [[Shawn Yue]] and [[Wong You Nam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=回味無窮的《一碌蔗》 |url=http://christianweekly.net/2002/ta6083.htm |website=Christian Weekly |access-date=13 October 2002}}</ref>
* The 2010 Hong Kong film ''{{ill|The Fantastic Water Babes|zh|出水芙蓉 (2010年電影)}}'' was set in Cheung Chau, starring [[Gillian Chung]], [[Alex Fong (singer)|Alex Fong]] and [[Eva Huang]].<ref>{{cite web |title=長洲「瘋」情 ─《出水芙蓉》 |url=https://www.filmcritics.org.hk/film-review/node/2015/09/07/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E3%80%8C%E7%98%8B%E3%80%8D%E6%83%85-%E2%94%80%E3%80%8A%E5%87%BA%E6%B0%B4%E8%8A%99%E8%93%89%E3%80%8B |website=filmcritics |access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Hong Kong|Islands}}
* [[Beaches of Hong Kong]]
* [[List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong]]
* [[List of places in Hong Kong]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last1= Hayes|first1=James W. |author-link1=James W. Hayes |year= 1963 |title=Cheung Chau 1850-1898: Information from Commemorative Tablets |journal= Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]|volume=3 |pages= 88–106 |doi= |url=https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/20d77e8f15ab9d708c38fb5484f976d7.pdf |issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }}

==External links==
{{commons category|Cheung Chau}}
* [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/outlying-cheungchau-island.html Cheung Chau Island] – Cheung Chau page at [[Hong Kong Tourism Board]]
* [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/events-festivals/chinese-festivals/index.jsp Chinese Festivals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430124606/http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/events-festivals/chinese-festivals/index.jsp |date=30 April 2020 }}-Hong Kong Tourism Board
* [http://programme.rthk.hk/rthk/tv/programme.php?name=tv/hkstories9e&d=2010-09-29&p=4907&e=117631&m=episode My Hometown – Cheung Chau] – TV program by the [[Radio Television Hong Kong]] on Cheung Chau. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121002035215/http://www.rthk.org.hk/asx/rthk/tv/hkstories9e/20100929.asx video archive])
* [http://zolimacitymag.com/hong-kongs-other-peak/ Hong Kong’s Other Peak – and the City’s Overlooked History of Segregation]
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