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SILVER VILLAGE, MUI WO

Reporting by Ray Au, Photos by Duey Tam & Debby Meyers You’ll have heard, however vaguely, that Mui Wo was a centre for silver production in the late 19th century hence the name of its glorious bay, waterfall and ‘cave.’ In the late 1880s, at the height of the silver rush, people flocked to Mui Wo to work the mine, and the surrounding area was developed into a village called Pak Ngan Heung, literally translated… Read More »SILVER VILLAGE, MUI WO