Mo Tat

Mo Tat (Chinese: 模達) is a small village in the southern part of Lamma Island, Hong Kong, on the spur of land that juts east and faces Aberdeen. The village is composed of three different areas: Mo Tat Wan (模達灣) along the beach, Mo Tat Sun Tsuen (模達新村; 'Mo Tat New Village') on the hill and Mo Tat in the valley.

Mo Tat Wan

Mo Tat Wan Pier

The village has no shops or commercial centre, although there is a restaurant near the ferry pier.

Rejected luxury real estate plan

Mainland China-based Agile Property Holdings had proposed in 2011 a private luxury development with a large 500-yacht marina, one 120-room hotel, 900 upmarket residential units across Tung O Wan to the northern part of the bay. The size of this rejected project was to be equal to 125 standard football fields.[1]

The development site boundary would only have been 200 to 300 metres away from Sham Wan, a nesting ground for the endangered green turtle in the south of Lamma which is listed by the government as a "site of special scientific interest" with restricted entry. Alan Leung Sze-lun, senior conservation officer for WWF Hong Kong, said his group was very worried about the project's impact on the endangered species.[2]

Transport

There is a public ferry running between Aberdeen and Sok Kwu Wan via Mo Tat operated by Chuen Kee Ferry. Ferries run to Central from Sok Kwu Wan, a village also 20 minutes by foot from Mo Tat.

References

1. 香港01評論 (2018-08-25). "南丫之南乏人問津 僅40常住居民 模達灣村民：就是想與世隔絕｜01周報". 香港01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
2. SCMP: Bid for luxury project on Lamma revived Archived 2012-07-18 at Archive.today South China Morning Post Mar 14 2011

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Mo Tat (lamma South) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Delineation of area of existing village Mo Tat Wan (lamma South) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)