Nim Shue Wan

Nim Shue Wan Village was a small Hakka village in the 19th century, that became deserted towards the end of the century, after it was destroyed by a typhoon that was followed by a disease.{{cite web |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1444_Appraisal_En.pdf |title=Historic Building Appraisal. Tin Hau Temple. Nim Shue Wan |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board |access-date= |quote=}} In the 1950s, James W. Hayes reported that Nim Shue Wan Village, once a prosperous village, had been uninhabited for 20–30 years until it was settled again by Hakka newcomers in the 1940s. These - at the time - recent inhabitants were farming vegetables and breeding pigs. In 1955, Austin Coates reported a population of 42.{{cite book |last1= Hamilton|first1= Eric|last2= Schofield|first2= Walter|last3= Peplow|first3= S. H.|last4= Tsui|first4= Paul|last5= Coates|first5= Austin|last6= Hayes|first6= James|author-link6=James W. Hayes|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Strickland|title= Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60|year= 2010|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888028382|pages= 122–123}} In 1961, the village population reached about 200 people of 52 families in 1961. It later grew to 500 people.

The bay provides a safe anchorage for small fishing boats and pleasure craft. An even safer haven is provided by the Discovery Bay Marina Club which has a well established marina, now occupied by a large number of live-aboard residents who rarely set sail from their berths.{{update needed|date=January 2024}}

There is a Tin Hau Temple in Nim Shue Wan, which was built in 1920.[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.1386] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022841/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |date=2012-10-13 }} Villagers moved the statue of the goddess to Peng Chau during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.{{cite journal |last1= Siu|first1= Anthony K.K.|year= 1980|title= Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979|journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 20|pages= 136–139|doi= |url=http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/9250978048c02bf30c1e378e3d334bbb.pdf|issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }} The temple was rebuilt in 1972 and in 2003.

Nim Shue Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 99, which contains two aided schools: SKH Wei Lun Primary School in Discovery Bay and Holy Family School in Peng Chau; no government primary schools are in this net.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-99b.pdf|title=POA School Net 99|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}

File:Discovery Bay Nim Shue Wan Landing Steps 1.jpg of Peng Chau Kaito in Nim Shue Wan.]]

The jetty pier at Nim Shue Wan was once the main freight pier serving Discovery Bay before the Discovery Bay road tunnel linking to the Lantau Link opened in 2000.{{Cite web |title=Film Promotion and Facilitation Section - Location Library |url=https://fpf.ccidahk.gov.hk/en/location/detail.php?id=1867 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=文創產業發展處 |language=en}} The pier has a vehicular ferry ramp and until 2006 also had building waste discharge ramps. There is also a marine refuelling bowser for commercial and public customers.

Today the pier is still the main passenger kai-to (small ferry) pick up point for services to neighbouring islands and other locations on Lantau. Peng Chau Kaito operates a scheduled service between Nim Shue Wan, Peng Chau and Mui Wo,{{cite web |url=https://en.pengchaukaito.com/ferry-timetable-fare |title=Ferry schedule and fare. Discovery Bay - Mui Wo (via Peng Chau) |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Peng Chau Kaito |access-date=23 January 2024 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/ferries/service_details/index.html |title=Franchised and Licensed Ferry Service Details |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Transport Department |access-date=23 January 2024 |quote=}} while Tsui Wah Ferry operates a scheduled service between Peng Chau, Nim Shue Wan and Tai Shui Hang Pier near Our Lady of Joy Abbey (Trappist Haven Monastery).

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• [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/T/t-pc-01.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Nim Shu Wan (Peng Chau) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
• {{cite web |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1444_Photo.pdf |title=Pictures of Tin Hau Temple, Nim Shue Wan |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board |access-date= |quote=}}

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