South Lamma

English

Proper noun

South Lamma

1. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 1970, UMELCO (Organization), Annual Report:

     19.10.70
     Lamma
     Cheung Chau
     Lantau
     Places visited and persons met (i) Meet South Lamma Rural Committee at Sok Kwu Wan. (ii) Tour of Sok Kwu Wan area . (iii) Meet North Lamma Rural Committee at Yung Shu Wan.

   • 2014 March 18, “New Lamma Developments Inbound?”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 January 2024, Magazines‎^[2]:

     Also on the way: a 260-room hotel, centers for watersports and outdoor recreation, a new ferry pier and a two-story commercial block. The Conservancy Association’s Peter Lee Siu-man believes this will turn the island into another Discovery Bay. The current population of South Lamma is 500 residents.

   • 2020, Patrick H. Hase, “A Small Island in the Midst of the Sea: The History of Lamma Island”, in Settlement, Life, and Politics: Understanding the Traditional New Territories (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series)‎^[3], Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 405:

     In South Lamma, the most important Tin Hau Festival was held at the temple in Sok Kwu Wan. This festival was also marked, before the War, by puppet-opera. Here, as at Yung Shue Wan, the land and boat-people were equally prominent in the festivities. In South Lamma, the villagers of Luk Chau, Tung O, and Yung Shue Ha all attended the Sok Kwu Wan Festival, even though they had their own temples.

Synonyms

• Lamma South
• (officially) Lamma Island (South)

Translations

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南丫島南段鄉事委員會 / 南丫岛南段乡事委员会

Further reading

• South Lamma at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.