Shap Pat Heung

Proper noun

Shap Pat Heung

1. An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 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...1974, John A. Brim, “Village Alliance Templates in Hong Kong”, in Arthur P. Wolf, editor, Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Studies in Chinese Society), Stanford: Stanford University Press...
   • Chan Wai-ming, a villager in the Shap Pat Heung district, told Reuters he was forced off a plot now held by Henderson Land.2019 January 11, James Pomfret, Farah Master, “Corrected: Hong Kong's rural hinterland could hold key to chronic land crunch”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Jan...
2. A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 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.2018 April 29, Ng Kang-chung, “Long-time Hong Kong leader of rural villagers decides not to seek re-election”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2018...