In 1840, the missionaries came to Hong Kong to preach. In 1864, they arrived at Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung to preach Catholic teachings. On Christmas Day 1866, 33 members of the Chans received baptism. By 1875, all villagers of Yim Tin Tsai had been baptised, and they donated a large open space to the Catholic Church to build a church and school in the village, and St. Joseph was made a patron saint of Yim Tin Tsai. In 1890, the Yim Tin Tsai St. Joseph’s Chapel replaced the old church with a Romanesque Revival style building designed by the priests of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME). The architectural design of the Chapel is simple, combining the aesthetics of the Catholics and rural Hakkas. As with other chapels built in the New Territories in the 19th century, the front of the Chapel serves as a sanctuary. Two wooden kneelers are placed in the long small hall, and the other end contains a sacristy. In 2005, the conservation of St. Joseph’s Chapel won the “Award of Merit” of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. In 2011, the Chapel was rated as a Grade II historical building by the Hong Kong Antiquities Advisory Board.