Last ‘resident’ of Hong Kong’s abandoned Sunshine Island objects to Lantau reclamation plan

Seventy-six-year-old Lam Chi-ngai calls himself the last resident on Sunshine Island. The 0.54 sq km island lies northeast of Hei Ling Chau and south of Peng Chau. It’s been abandoned for years, but Lam regularly visits for days at a time.

He first fell in love with it after going there to recover from surgery in 1978, and he strongly objects to the government’s controversial reclamation plan, which he says will ruin the ecosystem surrounding Lantau island.

(Photo: Winson Wong)