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 Appraisal. Rosary Mission Centre, No. 1 Wong Mo Ying

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.Chen Daming, Hong Kong's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force () (Hong Kong: Universal Press, 2000), pp. 26-27; Choi Chung Man, "Sai Kung People's Support for the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Company" (), in Chui Yuet Ching, ed., Active in Hong Kong: A Record of Anti-Japanese Efforts of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Battalion in Sai Kung () (Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, 1993), pp. 168-172. (References cited in The Tai Po Book, p. 205). The chapel is listed as a Grade II historic building.Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results

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