Shek Pai Wan

Shek Pai Wan
Shek Pai Wan
	Shek Pai Wan in 2015
Traditional Chinese	石排灣
Simplified Chinese	石排湾
Literal meaning	Stone Row Bay
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shípáiwān
Wade–Giles	Shih-pai-wan
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sehk pàaih wāan
Jyutping	Sek6 paai4 waan1 or waan4

Shek Pai Wan or Aberdeen Bay is a bay between Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island and Ap Lei Chau (formerly Aberdeen Island). Its name was formerly romanized as Shekpywan.^[1] The bay is one of the traditional fishery ports because the hills on two sides forms a nature shelter. The whole bay is zoned as the Aberdeen West Typhoon Shelter.

Currently, Shek Pai Wan usually refers to Shek Pai Wan Estate, a public housing estate in Aberdeen.

^ "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XII (9th ed.), 1878, pp. 141–2.

[1] "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XII (9th ed.), 1878, pp. 141–2.

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