Ma Wan Chung [????- ]
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Submitted by philk on Mon, 2008-10-27 13:48
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Another small village situated next door to Tung Chung. No doubt to be absorbed into Tung Chung as the latter continues to expand.
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Paddy fields behind Ma Wan Chung
Booth writes that after leaving Tung Chung Fort:
Here's a photo of the walk, from the Booth family's photo album:
Ma Wan Chung in 1955
Notes from Austin Coates's report:
MA WAN CHUNG, 297985, pop. 84, including 3 seamen and 2 men working in Hongkong. Hakka. Surname: Fung. The family came from Waichow and evidently arrived shortly before the lease of the New Territories. About 30 of the inhabitants are bright-light fishermen, owning several sampans. They ship their catch direct by ferry for sale in Hongkong. 31 taochungs. This is the coastal village at which one is landed on arrival by ferry.
There is also a floating population of about 80.