"South Lamma" meaning in All languages combined

See South Lamma on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=South Lamma}} South Lamma
  1. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong. Categories (place): Places in Hong Kong Synonyms: Lamma South Synonyms (officially): Lamma Island [South] Translations (rural committee): 南丫島南段鄉事委員會 /南丫岛南段乡事委员会 (Chinese Cantonese)
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          "ref": "1970, UMELCO (Organization), Annual Report:",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "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), Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 405:",
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