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{{Short description|Bay on Lantau Island}}
[[File:YamO.jpg|right|thumb|Yam O]]
'''Yam O''' ({{zh|t=陰澳}}) is a bay located on the northeast shore of [[Lantau Island]], in the [[New Territories]] of Hong Kong. It is part of the [[Ma Wan (constituency)|Ma Wan constituency]] of the [[Tsuen Wan District Council]].

Yam O was the only natural lumber preservation zone in Hong Kong. Even today, travellers passing through Yam O can see natural lumber on stilts in the bay.

Today, Yam O is known for its interchange for the [[Disneyland Resort line]] via the nearby [[Sunny Bay station|Sunny Bay MTR station]], built on reclaimed land near Yam O.

==History==
Plans were made in the PADS (Port and Airport Development Strategy) of 1989 to reclaim the bay for ancillary port facilities. The bay was eventually reclaimed in the 2000s under the Northeast Lantau Development Strategy to accommodate a tourism gateway to [[Hong Kong Disneyland]]; this included [[Sunny Bay station]].

==Sunny Bay==
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[[Image:Sunny Bay Station.jpg|thumb|right|Sunny Bay MTR station, as viewed from the Public Transport Interchange]]
'''Sunny Bay''' ({{zh|t=欣澳|cy=Yān Ou}}) is a recent incarnation by the [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]], which emerged after the plans to build [[Hong Kong Disneyland Resort]] on nearby [[Penny's Bay]]. This was done so because ''Yam'' ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|陰}}) in [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] literally means ''dark'' (the same word as the [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] ''yin'', well known to most [[English language|English]] speakers from the expression ''[[yin-yang]]''); while ''Yan'' ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|欣}}) means ''happy'' - a significantly more favorable name to [[Disney]]. But according to ''[[Shuowen Jiezi]]'', ''Yam'' ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|陰}}) originally is a geographical syntax which means "North of a hill or south of a body of water", so the change of the name is seen a violation of local culture and opposed by Hong Kong citizens and some Chinese language professionals.

[[Sunny Bay station]] is today also a transport interchange for [[Discovery Bay]] residents, being served by bus route ''DB03R''.

==See also==
* [[Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula]]
* [[Luk Keng Village]]
* [[List of places in Hong Kong]]

==External links==
[[Image:20051213 Sunny Bay Public Transport Interchange, Lantau Island 2.jpg|thumb|right|Sunny Bay Public Transport Interchange, with bus '''DB03R''' to [[Discovery Bay]]]]
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*[http://www.mtr.com.hk/jplanner/jplanner/images/maps/sun.gif <!-- http://www.mtr.com.hk/jplanner/jplanner/map.php?mapimg=sun.gif&lng=e --> Map of Yam O and Penny's Bay by the MTR]
*[http://www.centamap.com/scripts/centamap2.asp?lg=B5&cx=820034&cy=820784&zm=6&mx=820034&my=820784&ms=2&sx=&sy=&ss=0&sl=&vm=&lb=&ly= Map of Yam O and vicinity by Centamap.com]
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