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Vanished and Forgotten Villages in Hong Kong

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Vanished and Forgotten Villages in Hong Kong

Date:

2026/8/22 (Saturday)

Time:

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Venue:

Kowloon Public Library (Extension Activities Room)

Speaker:

Dr. WONG King-chung, Desmond

Organiser:

Hong Kong Public Libraries

Remarks:

Talk conducted in Cantonese. Limited seats. Free admission by phone at 2926 4055 from 8.8.2026 (Saturday).

Enquiry Telephone Number:

2926 4055


As Hong Kong underwent rapid urbanisation, many villages were relocated, demolished or simply erased from maps. Today, memories of these villages are fading with time, teetering on the brink of oblivion. Through collections of oral history, archival documents and old maps, this talk revives the images of these forgotten villages, retells their stories and rewrites a collective memory of Hong Kong.