Wo Mei () is a
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
village in the
Hebe Haven area of
Sai Kung District
Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of lan ...
,
Hong Kong
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 Delt ...
.
Administration
Wo Mei is a recognized village under the
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...
Small House Policy.
History
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Wo Mei was 66. The number of males was 30.
The Chapel of The Immaculate Conception () was established in 1930 and was consecrated on 20 January 1957 by Bishop
Lorenzo Bianchi
Lorenzo Bianchi (; 1 April 1899 – 13 February 1983) was born in Italy, at Corteno, near Brescia. Mons. Lorenzo Bianchi was ordained Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) on 23 September 1922 and arrived in Hong Kong o ...
. The roof of the chapel was damaged by
Typhoon Wanda in 1962.
''Sunday Examiner'', "Roof damage caused by Typhoon Wanda at the Immaculate Conception Chapel, Wo Mei Village, Saikung", 21 September 1962
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Though not formally recorded as a ' wai' on maps, Wo Mei is locally divided into Wo Mei Sheung Wai () and Wo Mei Ha Wai (). Sheung Wai is inhabited by members of the Tse () family, while Ha Wai is a multi-surname community.
See also
* Hiram's Highway
* Mok Tse Che Mok Tse Che () is a village in the Hebe Haven area of Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
Administration
Mok Tse Che is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.
History
Mok Tse Che was part of the inter-village grouping, the H ...
, an adjacent village located south of Wo Mei.
References
External links
Delineation of area of existing village Wo Mei (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Pictures of the Immaculate Conception in Wo Mei
3D model of the Chapel of The Immaculate Conception in Wo Mei
Villages in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
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