Penny's Bay
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'''Penny's Bay''' or '''Chok Ko Wan''' ({{zh-t|t=竹篙灣}}) is a bay in north-eastern [[Lantau Island]], and is the site of the [[Hong Kong Disneyland Resort]], which consists of the [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] [[theme park]], [[Disneyland Hotel]], and [[Disney's Hollywood Hotel]], and the [[Inspiration Lake, Hong Kong|Inspiration Lake]]. It is connected by a highway and a rail connection on the [[MTR]] [[Disneyland Resort Line]] to [[Sunny Bay (MTR)|Sunny Bay Station]]. Most of its area is administrated by [[Tsuen Wan District]], but its south little part is administrated by [[Islands District]].
==Dioxin contamination==
Before the reclamation of the bay, [[Cheoy Lee Shipyard]] operated in the bay from 1964 to April 2001. The Government acquired the land from the owners for the sum of HK$1.48 billion, and paid HK$22.7 million in additional compensation, according to a Public Works Subcommittee paper from May 2002.
The Government had not realised that its operations accumulated 30000 cubic metres of soil contaminated with [[dioxin]], [[heavy metals]], and [[hydrocarbon]]s. The solid waste was dug up and transferred to [[To Kau Wan]] on the north shore of Northeast Lantau for temporary processing, and finally [[Incineration|incinerated]] at the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre on the [[Tsing Yi Island]] amidst protests by residents. The total cleanup cost not taken into account at the time of acquisition was estimated at 450 million [[Hong Kong dollar]]s<ref>{{cite web
| last = Ng
| first = Monday
| title = Toxic chemical disposal plan alarms residents
| date = [[November 12]], [[2004]]
| publisher = South China Morning Post
| url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=13206&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20041112&sear_year=2004
| accessdate = 2007-03-20 }}</ref>.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.foe.org.hk/welcome/gettc.asp?language=tc&id_path=1,%207,%2028,%20151,%201026 一齣環保悲喜劇] {{zh icon}} – Friends of the Earth (HK)
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Penny's Bay| ]]
[[Category:Lantau Island]]
[[Category:Tsuen Wan District]]
[[Category:Bays of Hong Kong]]
[[zh:竹篙灣]]
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