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Sai Kung North
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English
Etymology
en yue 西貢北 Sai Kung North.
Proper noun
Sai Kung North
en area district/Tai Po region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong, occupying the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula.
en 1996 James Hayes The New Territories 1985–87 Friends and Teachers: Hong Kong and Its People 1953-87 https://books.google.com/books?id=8W4SBAAAQBAJ w:Hong Kong University Press 9622093965 36327829 253 https://books.google.com/books?id=8W4SBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA253 UNREALISTIC OUTLINE STATUTORY ZONING in Sai Kung North was causing frustration and resentment.
en 2001 James Hayes Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Xinan (New Peace) County South China Village Culture https://archive.org/details/southchinavillag0000haye/ w:Oxford University Press 0-19-591989-0 48883943 10 https://archive.org/details/southchinavillag0000haye/page/10/ In the Sai Kung North area, four nearby islands are associated with an old legend about a noted courtier of the early Ming period who fell foul of his imperial master.
en rural committee district/Tai Po region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong.
en 2001 w:Denis Bray The Heung Yee Kuk and Reservoirs Hong Kong Metamorphosis https://archive.org/details/hongkongmetamorp0000bray/ w:Hong Kong University Press 962-209-550-X 47983115 95 https://archive.org/details/hongkongmetamorp0000bray/page/95/ When I arrived in the District Office at Tai Po, Rural Committees had recently been set up for Sha Tin and Sai Kung North.
en 16 October 2019 Kang-chung Ng How an abandoned village deep in a Hong Kong country park, inaccessible by road and poorly served by ferries, could be saved https://web.archive.org/web/20191016020611/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3033096/how-abandoned-village-deep-hong-kong-country-park w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Hong Kong economy https://archive.li/XCgN6 They blamed the rigid land zoning policy, which restricts infrastructure development, for forcing many remote villages to become deserted.Sai Kung North rural committee chairman Li Yiu-ban said: “It’s a waste of our scarce land resources.”
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 西貢北
rural committee
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 西貢北鄉事委員會
Further reading
Sai Kung North