Fisherman Village (FMV)#
![Thousands of large families live on junks, on sampans, on rotten boats and barges Thousands of large families live on junks, on sampans, on rotten boats and barges](/attach/Geography/Asia/China/Pictures/HK/Fisherman_Village_kurz_FMV/17-Fisherman-Village-kurz-FM.jpg)
Photo: H. Maurer, 2007
Land is the most precious thing in Hong Kong. The poorer dwellers resort to the water: Thousands of large families live on junks, on sampans, on rotten boats and barges. The boats that crowd in the typhoon-protected bays of the island, are moored together to a large floating city. Nowadays, these boats disappear now more and more from the cityscape.