The Soko Islands are a group of island

Island

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s in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. The group consists of Tai A Chau

Tai A Chau

Tai A Chau is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. It is referred to as South Soko Island in some media articles.-Geography:...

, Siu A Chau

Siu A Chau

Siu A Chau is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island.-Geography:Siu A Chau is the northernmost and the second largest of the Soko Islands, after Tai A Chau. It is dumbbell-shaped and has a rugged indented coastline with steep slopes. The...

 and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwestermost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island

Lantau Island

Lantau Island , based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong...

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Now largely uninhabited, the islands formerly accommodated a refugee camp

Refugee camp

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 for Vietnamese

Vietnamese people in Hong Kong

Many of the Vietnamese people in Hong Kong immigrated as a result of the war and persecution in Vietnam since the mid-1970s. There is however also small but growing community of diaspora vietnamese being sent to Hong Kong forming an expatriate community, from countries far afield like Australia,...

 boat people

Boat people

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. CLP Power is currently proposing them as the site for a terminal to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) for use in electricity generation. This proposal is opposed by local environmental groups because the surrounding waters are an important habitat for various marine species, particularly the rare Chinese White Dolphin

Chinese White Dolphin

The Chinese white dolphin is a humpback dolphin species, one of eighty cetacean species. An adult is white or pink and may appear as an albino dolphin to some. Uniquely, the population along the Chinese coast has pink skin. Pink skin is not pigment, but blood vessels for thermoregulation...

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The islands of the group are:

• Cheung Muk Tau (樟木頭)
• Ko Pai (高排)
• Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排)
• Ma Chau (孖洲)
• Shek Chau (石洲)
• Siu A Chau
  Siu A Chau
  Siu A Chau is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island.-Geography:Siu A Chau is the northernmost and the second largest of the Soko Islands, after Tai A Chau. It is dumbbell-shaped and has a rugged indented coastline with steep slopes. The...
  
   (小鴉洲)
• Tai A Chau
  Tai A Chau
  Tai A Chau is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. It is referred to as South Soko Island in some media articles.-Geography:...
  
   (大鴉洲)
• Tau Lo Chau (頭顱洲)
• Wan Hau Chau (灣口洲)
• Yuen Chau (圓洲)
• Yuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲)