Green Island, Hong Kong
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- For a former island on Rambler Channel in Hong Kong, Tsing Chau
The Green Island is largerly uninhibited and at the east coast is Green Island Reception Centre and Green Island Police Station. Top of the hill is an office of Marine Department and a light house southwest guides the ships in Sulphur Channel.
The island is densely covered with woodland and tall scrub. A total of 150 plant species and a large variety of butterfly species have been founded. One ant species not previously found elsewhere in Hong Kong was recorded on Green Island. The locally rare reef egret and white-bellied sea eagle have been seen on the island.
Administratively, the two islands are part of Central and Western District.
In 1990s, Hong Kong Government has been proposed reclamation of Sulphur Channel and made Green Island a residential area, with an exit of cross-harbour tunnel of Route 10. The proposal was put off due to strong opposition from environment concern groups.
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|- | align="left" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan=1 |Former islands: Kellett Island | Stonecutters Island | Hoi Sham Island | Channel Rock | Tsing Chau | Mong Chau | Chau Tsai | Nga Ying Chau | Lam Chau | Rumsey Rock[[Template:Islands and former islands| ]] |
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