Nim Shue Wan

Nim Shue Wan is the south facing bay on the south side of Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Nim Shue Wan Village was a small fishing village but now has become a dormitory village for workers at nearby Discovery Bay.

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. 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. In 1961, the village population reached about 200 people of 52 families in 1961. It later grew to 500 people. Villagers moved the statue of the goddess to Peng Chau during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. The temple was rebuilt in 1972 and in 2003.

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. 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, 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).