Shap Pat Heung

English Etymology From en yue 十八鄉. Proper noun 1 en area district/Yuen Long region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong. en 1974 John A. Brim Village Alliance Templates in Hong Kong Arthur P. Wolf Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society Studies in Chinese Society https://archive.org/details/religionritualin0000unse/ Stanford w:Stanford University Press 0-8047-0858-4 73-89863 844556505 97 https://archive.org/details/religionritualin0000unse/page/97/ One important cause of such conflicts was disputes over land rent — between, for example, an alliance composed largely of major landlords and an alliance mainly of tenants. For example, according to a tablet dated 1777 in the Shap Pat Heung village alliance temple, a dispute arose between landowners in the Kam Tin village alliance, a wealthy stronghold of the powerful Teng lineage, and their tenants in the Shap Pat Heung village alliance, composed of several mixed-surname villages, over the size of the grain measure to be used in collecting rent. en January 11, 2019 James Pomfret; Farah Master Corrected: Hong Kong's rural hinterland could hold key to chronic land crunch Gerry Doyle w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20190111134703/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-property/hong-kongs-rural-hinterland-could-hold-key-to-chronic-land-crunch-idUSKCN1P50T7/ 11 January 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-property/hong-kongs-rural-hinterland-could-hold-key-to-chronic-land-crunch-idUSKCN1P50T7/ World News Chan Wai-ming, a villager in the Shap Pat Heung district, told Reuters he was forced off a plot now held by Henderson Land. en rural committee district/Yuen Long region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong. en 29 April 2018 Ng Kang-chung Long-time Hong Kong leader of rural villagers decides not to seek re-election w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20180429071810/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143856/long-time-hong-kong-leader-rural-villagers-decides-not-seek https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143856/long-time-hong-kong-leader-rural-villagers-decides-not-seek 29 April 2018 1563-9371 648902513 World The decision means he would eventually have to surrender his chairmanship of the Shap Pat Heung rural committee, which ensures him a seat at the governing body of the influential rural organisation Heung Yee Kuk, a government-recognised advisory group representing New Territories villagers. Translations area in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 十八鄉 rural committee Chinese: Cantonese: yue 十八鄉鄉事委員會 Further reading Shap Pat Heung