Editing Chek Lap Kok (section)

==History==
The island has been inhabited on and off since the [[Middle Neolithic]] period 6,000 years ago.<ref name="AMO history"/>

During the 19th and 20th centuries, the inhabitants of the island practiced farming, including rice cultivation,<ref name="site prep"/> and quarrying.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date=August 1994 |title=Geology of Chek Lap Kok |url=http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/publications/sheet/sheet_g2.htm |series=Hong Kong Geological Survey Sheet Report No. 2|location=Hong Kong |publisher=Geotechnical Engineering Office, [[Civil Engineering and Development Department|Civil Engineering Department]] |page= |issn=1022-6168 |isbn=|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110927043455/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/publications/sheet/sheet_g2.htm|archive-date= 2011-09-27}}</ref>

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Chek Lap Kok was 77. The number of males was 55.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]| volume = 36| page = 82| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref> The population was about 200 in the 1950s, rising sharply in the 1960s. The population later declined, with some 20 families remaining on the island when the plan for the construction of a new airport was announced in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/oe_lantau_modern.php |title=Antiquities and Monuments Office: Chek Lap Kok Island and its history. Modern Period |access-date=2011-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017033403/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/oe_lantau_modern.php |archive-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Archeological surveys and investigations were conducted on the island starting in the late 1970s.<ref name="AMO history"/> A salvage archaeology project started in October 1990.<ref>[http://www.seaa-web.org/arc-eaa-04.htm#4 Robert Esser, Chek Lap Kok: project synopsis as of 20 May 1991] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301075451/http://www.seaa-web.org/arc-eaa-04.htm#4 |date=March 1, 2011 }}</ref>

The original farming and fishing villages on the island were relocated to Chek Lap Kok New Village aka. Chek Lap Kok San Tsuen ({{zh|t=赤鱲角新村|labels=no}}) near Tung Chung on Lantau Island. A [[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temple]] had been built in 1823 at the north east of the island. The entire temple was built of granite quarried on the island.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/publications/sheet/doc/g2_chapter_8.pdf |title=Geology of Chek Lap Kok. Chapter 8. 1994 |access-date=2011-04-07 |archive-date=2012-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318211759/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/publications/sheet/doc/g2_chapter_8.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was dismantled in 1991 and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.islandsdc.gov.hk/index.php?action=sight&did=2&sid=8 |title=Exploring Islands - Tung Chung |access-date=2011-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222174607/http://www.islandsdc.gov.hk/index.php?action=sight&did=2&sid=8 |archive-date=2012-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chek Lap Kok San Tsuen is a recognized village under the [[New Territories]] [[Small House Policy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=[[Lands Department]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

Also, [[Romer's tree frog]] (''Philautus romeri''), a unique [[species]] of finger-sized [[frog]] found only in Hong Kong, was relocated from Chek Lap Kok to new [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]]s on Lantau Island before construction of the airport.

A third runway at Hong Kong Airport is being built as part of the [[Hong Kong International Airport Master Plan 2030]].

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File:20091002 Hong Kong Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail 6420.jpg|View of the Airport Island Angle Station of the [[Ngong Ping 360]] cable car system built on [[Scenic Hill (Hong Kong)|Scenic Hill]], the unlevelled peninsula in the south of Chek Lap Kok.
File:Scenic_Hill_Pavilion.jpg|Scenic Hill Pavilion
File:HK ChepLapKokTinHauTemple.JPG|Rebuilt Tin Hau Temple in the new Chek Lap Kok Village.
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