San Tin

Proper noun

San Tin

1. An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • Accustomed as we are to working in small, “bounded” rural communities, anthropologists are often disconcerted by the amorphous and heterogeneous populations of large cities. How are the boundaries of the urban sample to be determined, and how should the fieldworker proceed with his study? As...1974, George M. Foster, Robert V. Kemper, “Introduction: A Perspective on Anthropological Fieldwork in Cities”, in Anthropologists in Cities, Little, Brown and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 8
   • A labour shortage and construction problems were blamed for the delayed debut of the mall in San Tin in the New Territories, import and export sector lawmaker Wong Ting-kwong said on Monday.2015 November 30, Jeffie Lam, “Proposed Hong Kong border shopping centre meant to lure mainland China visitors delayed again”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
2. A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.