Hong Kong revives abandoned Kuk Po border village in alternative tourism push

[HKFP] - 03/2/2025

Tourists in Hong Kong are flocking to the 300-year-old village of Kuk Po, whose decaying mansions and reed fields offer a respite from the city’s famously frenetic pace. The seaside village was once home to Hakka people from southern China but was mostly abandoned in recent decades, even as (…)



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