Yam O
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- Sunny Bay redirects here. For the MTR station, see Sunny Bay (MTR)
Yam O was the one and only natual lumber preservation zone in Hong Kong. Even today, travellers passing by Yam O can see natural lumber on stilts in the bay.
Today, Yam O is most famously known as the transit stop for the Disneyland Resort Line via the nearby Sunny Bay MTR station, built on reclaimed land near Yam O.
Sunny Bay
Sunny Bay (欣澳) [approximately Yan O in Cantonese] is a recent incarnation by the Hong Kong Government, which emerged after the plans to build Hong Kong Disneyland Resort on nearby Penny's Bay. This was done so because Yam (陰) in Cantonese means dark (the same word as the Mandarin yin, well known to most English speakers from the expression yin-yang); while Yan (欣) means happy - a significantly more suitable name for the Disneyland rail link.
Sunny Bay is today also an interchange for Discovery Bay residents, via bus route DB03R.
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