Hei Ling Chau

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Hei Ling Chau (traditional Chinese: 喜靈洲, Pinyin: Xilingzhou), formerly Hayling Chau, is an island of Hong Kong, located east of Silver Mine Bay and Chi Ma Wan of Lantau Island. It is also south of Peng Chau and north of Cheung Chau. Its companion, Sunshine Island, is at its northeast. With an area of 1.93 km², it is administratively part of the Islands District. The island is L-shaped with angle pointed northeast.

Southwest water of the island is zoned as Hei Ling Chau Typhoon Shelter. Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre occupies the north-western part of the island and students often get a chance to visit the island by joining preventive drug education programs.

The eastern part, on the other end, hosted medium-security Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institiute and mid-northern minimum security Lai Sun Correctional Institution.

In 2004, the Hong Kong Government proposed to spend HKD$12 billion to build a super jail on the island. The proposal was strongly opposed by the general public and experts alike, and thus has been shelved indefinitely.

An endemic species Bogadek's legless lizard (Dibamus bogadeki) is first discovered by a priest on the island.