Fishermen villages in Hong Kong

Several fishermen villages (Chinese: 漁民村) were established in Hong Kong to house fishermen families.

List of fishermen villages

As of 2006, the list of Existing Fishermen Villages was:^[1]

Ap Chau Fishermen's Village (鴨洲漁民村), on Ap Chau. Established in 1960 to improve living conditions

Tap Mun Fishermen's New Village (門漁民新村), on Tap Mun. Established in 1964 to improve living conditions
C.A.R.E. New Village (美援新村), in Wong Yi Au, Tai Po Road (near Yuen Chau Tsai). Established in the mid-1960s to the 1970s to re-house fishermen's families who lost their boats during a typhoon
Sam Mun Tsai Fishermen's New Village (三門仔漁民新村), on Yim Tin Tsai. Established in 1965 to re-house villagers affected by the construction project of Plover Cove Reservoir^[2]
Luen Yick Fishermen Village (聯益漁村), on Yim Tin Tsai. Established in 1975

Ma Wan Fishermen's Village (馬灣漁民村), on Ma Wan. Established in 1965 to improve living conditions

Ah Kung Kok Fishermen Village (亞公角漁民新村) in A Kung Kok. Established in 1984 to re-house villagers affected by the reclamation works for building Sha Tin Racecourse and Ma On Shan new town.

Tsing Yi Fishermen's New Village (青衣漁民新村), on Tsing Yi. Established in the 1960s and completed in 1965^[3] by a donation of the Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
St. Paul's Village (聖保祿村), on Tsing Yi. Established in 1973

Kwun Mun Fishermen Village (官門漁村) in Tui Min Hoi. Established in 1978 to re-house villagers affected by the construction of the High Island Reservoir
Man Yee Fishermen Village (萬宜漁村) in Tui Min Hoi. Established in 1984 to re-house villagers affected by the construction of the High Island Reservoir
Shui Bin Tsuen (水邊村), in Hang Hau. Established in the 1970s to improve living conditions
Tui Min Hoi Fishermen's Village (對面海漁民新村) in Tui Min Hoi. Established in 1963 to improve living conditions
St. Peter Village (伯多祿村) in Tui Min Hoi. Established in 1964
Ming Shun Village (明順村) in Tui Min Hoi. Established in 1976
Tai Ping Village (太平村) in Po Lo Che. Established in the early 1970s

^ "Replies to LegCo questions. LCQ2: Existing fishermen villages". Health Bureau. Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 22 March 2006. (see "Annex to LCQ2" link)
^ Liu T.S., "Home on the Water: Livelihood and Society of the Fishermen Community in Tai Po" Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tai Po Book pp. 115–116
^ "Fishermen's Village, Tsing Yi 青衣漁民新村". University of Hong Kong. 1966.