Penny's Bay

Penny's Bay or Chok Ko Wan (Chinese: 竹篙灣) was a bay in north-eastern Lantau Island, and had been a port since the Ming dynasty.[1] The bay has since been reclaimed 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. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became home to Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre. It is connected by a highway and a rail connection on the MTR Disneyland Resort line to Sunny Bay station.

Penny's Bay
Penny's Bay
Traditional Chinese竹篙灣
Simplified Chinese竹篙湾

Penny's Bay is located in Tsuen Wan District,[2] but a small southern portion falls in 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 30,000 cubic metres of soil contaminated with dioxin, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons. The solid waste was dug up and transferred to To Kau Wan on the north shore of Northeast Lantau for temporary processing, and finally incinerated at the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre on the Tsing Yi Island amid protests by residents. The total cleanup cost not taken into account at the time of acquisition was estimated at 450 million Hong Kong dollars.[3]


Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre (PBQC)

Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre (PBQC) has a total capacity of 1916 people. In 2021 it was used to house US arrivals to Hong Kong for one week as part of a mandatory quarantine applicable to travellers regardless of testing or vaccine status. [4]

See also

References
  1. http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/Pennys%20Bay%20work%20sheet.pdf
  2. "District Council Constituency Boundaries - Tsuen Wan District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. Ng, Monday (November 12, 2004). "Toxic chemical disposal plan alarms residents". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  4. Ng, Monday (December 10, 2021). "Hong Kong tightens measures for US arrivals, requires first week of 21-day quarantine to be at Penny's Bay government facility". South China Morning Post.


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