Lo So Shing () is a village located on

Lamma Island Lamma Island, also known as Y Island, Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District, Hong Kong, Islands District. Lam ...

, the third largest island in the territory of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Administration

Lo So Shing is a recognized village under the

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Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

History

The

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

in Hong Kong is equivalent to the period extending from the middle of the

Shang dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...

to the

Qin dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...

. Archaeological remains from this age have been excavated at Lo So Shing on Lamma Island. The semi-abandoned village on Lamma Island is more than 300 years old and the early settlers were mostly farmers. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Lo So Shing was 75. The number of males was 30. The abandoned school at the village of Lo So Shing was closed in 2004 due to a lack of students.

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Delineation of area of existing village Lo So Shing (Lamma South) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in Islands District, Hong Kong Lamma Island {{IslandsDistrict-geo-stub

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