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Wong Mo Ying
Wong Mo Ying () is a village in the Tai Mong Tsai area of Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Wong Mo Ying is a Hakka village which was populated by inhabitants with the surname Tang (), originally from Danshui () of Huizhou, who settled in Wong Mo Ying probably between the 1750s and the 1840s.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalRosary Mission Centre, No. 1 Wong Mo Ying/ref> Wong Mo Ying is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. The Rosary Mission Centre () is a chapel built in 1940 in Wong Mo Ying. On February 3, 1942, the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Battalion () under the People's Anti-Japanese Principal Guerrilla Force of Guangdong, or Dongjiang Guerrilla Force, was established in Wong Mo Ying Church. The chapel is listed as a Grade II historic building.Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Mong Tsai
Tai Mong Tsai () is a village and an area in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Administration Tai Mong Tsai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. See also * Sai Kung West Country Park * Historic churches of Sai Kung Peninsula The historic churches of Sai Kung are Roman Catholic churches and chapels established in the 19th and 20th centuries by missionaries in the Sai Kung Peninsula and surrounding islands, across modern day administrative areas: the Sai Kung District ... * Wong Mo Ying References External links Delineation of area of existing village Tai Mong Tsai (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
