1740: the ancestors moved from Fujian to Guangdong

1800-1840: the ancestors divided in three groups moving to different places in Hong Kong, one being Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung. There were some 200 villagers in the early days.

1841: preachers came to Central, Hong Kong; Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong established on 22 April in the same year

1864: two preachers visited Sai Kung and Yim Tin Tsai village

1866 autumn: seven villagers were baptised by one of the preachers

1866 Christmas: thirty-three villagers were baptised

1872: forty-three villagers became Catholic

1875: all villagers were baptised

1879: Joseph Freinademetz came here in August to spread gospel

1880: Joseph Freinademetz left Sai Kung in April for Lantau Island

1881: Joseph Freinademetz left Hong Kong for Shandong, China to spread gospel

1890: construction of the current chapel completed, replacing the old one

1892: there were 110 Catholic in the village

1920: Ching Po School was established; perhaps the salt field ceased operations around the same period of time

1948: small-scale renovation of the chapel, completed in 1949

1962: renovation of the chapel

1980: there were about 400 villagers (estimated when compiling the pedigree of the clan)

1990: the last family moved out from the island

1997: Ching Po School closed

2000: repairment of the pier, completed in August (the pier was built in around 1920)

2004: large-scale renovation of the chapel (with $2 millions donation by Liu’s family), completed by April; a mass was led on the Feast Day of St. Joseph on 2 May, then there were activities with religious, cultural and ecological elements, and pilgrimage started to took place on the island

2005: the chapel was awarded the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

2008: Rose windows were installed in the chapel in April