This 300-year-old farming village was abandoned in the 1960s. Now residents are moving back
- Lai Chi Wo is a 300-year-old village that became a ghost town in the 1960s due to industrialization in Hong Kong, leading to a decline in farming opportunities.
- The Sustainable Lai Chi Wo program, initiated after Chiu Ying Lam's visit in 2009, aims to restore the village with around HK$100 million invested from various sources.
- The village has seen an influx of new residents, encouraging original inhabitants to return, including a 73-year-old grandmother who moved back with her father.
- The project has received recognition from UNESCO for cultural heritage conservation, but Lai Chi Wo still relies on external funding and is not yet financially sustainable.
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