Shau Kei Wan (Traditional Chinese: 筲箕灣) or Shaukeiwan, Shaukiwan is a town in Eastern District, Hong Kong. Literally, Shau Kei means a pail, and Wan implies that the town is developed along the coast. Nowadays it is a relatively densely populated town compared with some developing areas. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... The Eastern District (東區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... This article is about the physical container. ...

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The name Shau Kei Wan comes from the bay where the town is located. The bay is so named because its shape looks like a Shau Kei (rice basket). The bay had another name in the past - Ngor Yan Wan (餓人灣, translates to "Harbour of Starving Men"). It is said that there was a ship of people forced to dock by a typhoon. They landed hoping to buy some food and found that there was no agricultural products at all in the place. They left almost starving. The name of the bay is changed to Aldrich Bay. It is named after a British navy captain who worked there. Shau Kei Wan is n Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004. ... Aldrich Bay (Chinese: 愛秩序灣) is a recover area in the north shore on the Hong Kong Island, outside Shau Kei Wan, neighbors upon A Kung Ngam and Lei King Wan. ...