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Project Category
Cultural Rehabilitation/Revitalisation Projects

Ma On Shan Village "Mountain Lab" Project

Proponent: Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service - Hong Kong
Site: Ma On Shan

Project Description

The Ma On Shan Iron Mine was once one of the largest mines in Hong Kong. The mining history for over half a century cultivated a unique mining village community and rich cultural assets in adjacent areas.

The Ma On Shan Village witnessed the rise and fall of Ma On Shan Iron Mine and demonstrated the process of forming a mining village community. Ma On Shan Village "Mountain Lab" Project intensively explores the historical and cultural assets contained in the mining village through oral history interviews and transforms them into materials for organising various promotional activities. Ultimately, the project aims to convey the importance and value of the history and culture of the mining village community and its related landscapes to the public, with the goal of restoring the unique living culture of the mining village community.

Grant Approved

HK$2,654,600

Project Duration

01/06/2023 - 31/08/2025

How To Get There

1 | Non-franchised Bus |

• Take non-franchised public bus No. NR84 from Ma On Shan Station (On Luk Street outside Sunshine City) to Ma On Shan Village

Project Website & Social Media Platform

Project Video

ELCHK Grace Youth Camp - Cultural Edition
ELCHK Grace Youth Camp - Geology Edition
Podcast - Episode 1: A Stroll through the Mining Village
Podcast - Episode 2: Sweet Home in the Mining Village
Podcast - Episode 3: Mining Village Food Culture (Part 1)
Podcast - Episode 4: Mining Village Food Culture (Part 2)
Podcast - Episode 5: Walking through the Mining Village Campus years
Podcast - Episode 6: Happy time for kids
Podcast - Episode 7: Adventure in Mining Village
Online Broadcast - Episode 1
Online Broadcast - Episode 2
Online Broadcast - Episode 3
Online Broadcast - Episode 4
Online Broadcast - Episode 5
Online Broadcast - Episode 6
Online Broadcast - Episode 7