Ap Chau

Ap Chau (Chinese: 鴨洲), meaning "duck island", also known as Robinson Island, is an island in the Crooked Harbour, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (鴨洲海) and is under the administration of North District. The island had 8 inhabitants as of June 2008. Robinson Island was named after Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, who was the 5th Governor of Hong Kong from 1859 to 1865. The village on the island was set up by American preachers from the then Taiwan-based True Jesus Church in order to shelter fishermen and their families who converted to Christianity in the 1960s. The single primary school on the island opened in 1958. There used to be over 1,000 inhabitants called the Tanka, an...