A Memoir of the Urban Village

Travelling Through Cha Kwo Ling

Travelling Through Cha Kwo Ling: A Memoir of the Urban Village, is a personal and collective memoir of Cha Kwo Ling, one of Hong Kong’s last surviving urban villages. Through oral histories, photographs, and reflections, it traces the village’s transformation from a rural Hakka settlement to a densely packed urban enclave, capturing the everyday lives, community bonds, resilience, and gradual disappearance amid Hong Kong’s rapid urbanisation. It offers an intimate portrait of place, memory, and the human stories embedded in the city’s evolving landscape.