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Siu Hang San Tsuen
Siu Hang Tsuen () is a village of Hong Kong, located in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, North District. It is one of the five Wai ( walled villages) and six Tsuen (villages) in Lung Yeuk Tau.Antiquities and Monuments OfficeLung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail/ref> Siu Hang Tsuen () is located directly to its west. Administration Siu Hang San Tsuen () is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Siu Hang Tsuen is one of the villages represented within the Fanling District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Siu Hang Tsuen is part of the Queen's Hill constituency, which is currently represented by Law Ting-tak. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Siu Hang was 42. The number of males was 25. Features There is a wall in front of the village. It was built, together with the archway at the eastern entrance, for feng shui purposes around 1960. A Fuk Tak Temple () for the worship of the Earth God is located near the archway. It was built about 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siu Hang Tsuen
Siu Hang Tsuen () is the name of two villages in Hong Kong: * Siu Hang Tsuen (North District) Siu Hang Tsuen () is a village of Hong Kong, located in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, North District. It is one of the five Wai ( walled villages) and six Tsuen (villages) in Lung Yeuk Tau.Antiquities and Monuments OfficeLung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail ..., in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, North District * Siu Hang Tsuen (Tuen Mun District), in Tuen Mun District {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lands Department
The Lands Department is a government department under the Development Bureau responsible for all land matters in Hong Kong. Established in 1982, it comprises three functional offices: the Lands Administration Office The Lands Administration Office (LAO) ( zh, 地政處) is a functional office under the Lands Department of the Hong Kong Government. The LAO comprises a headquarters section, a number of professional sections and 12 District Lands Offices (DLOs). ... (LAO), the Survey and Mapping Office (SMO) and the Legal Advisory and Conveyancing Office (LACO).Land Department"Welcome Message"/ref> Organization See also * '' Hong Kong Guide'', an atlas published annually by the Survey and Mapping Office References {{authority control Hong Kong government departments and agencies Land management Urban planning in Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiquities Advisory Board
The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Secretary for Development, Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monuments. The AAB was established in 1976 along with the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) when the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap. 53) was enacted, and comprises members appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive. The corresponding governmental ministry is the Development Bureau, and executive support for the AAB is provided by the AMO which is under the Development Bureau. Formation The Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap. 53) was passed in 1971. However, the ordinance was not "give[n] life" and the AAB was not constituted until February 1977.Chugani, M. (8 June 1978). No Place for History in Money Conscious HK. ''Hong Kong Standard''. Retrieved 20 April 2022, from https://hknews.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth God
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering Water distribution on Earth, 70.8% of Earth's crust. The remaining 29.2% of Earth's crust is land, most of which is located in the form of continental landmasses within Earth's land hemisphere. Most of Earth's land is at least somewhat humid and covered by vegetation, while large Ice sheet, sheets of ice at Polar regions of Earth, Earth's polar polar desert, deserts retain more water than Earth's groundwater, lakes, rivers, and Water vapor#In Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric water combined. Earth's crust consists of slowly moving tectonic plates, which interact to produce mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Earth's outer core, Earth has a liquid outer core that generates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Shui
Feng shui ( or ), sometimes called Chinese geomancy, is a traditional form of geomancy that originated in ancient China and claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. The term ''feng shui'' means, literally, "wind-water" (i.e., fluid). From ancient times, Landscape, landscapes and bodies of water were thought to direct the flow of the universal qi – "cosmic current" or energy – through places and structures. More broadly, feng shui includes astronomical, astrological, architectural, cosmological, geographical, and topographical dimensions. Historically, as well as in many parts of the contemporary Chinese world, feng shui was used to choose the orientation of buildings, dwellings, and spiritually significant structures such as tombs. One scholar writes that in Western culture, contemporary Western societies, however, "feng shui tends to be reduced to interior design for health and wealth. It has become increasingly visible th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch is an organisation to encourage interest in Asia broadly, with an emphasis on Hong Kong. The society was founded in 1847 and folded 1859. It was revived on December 28, 1959. Its parent association is the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society is open to all with an interest in the art, literature and culture of China and Asia, with special reference to Hong Kong. History In 1847 the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society was founded under its parent society, the Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The latter had in turn been founded in 1823 by Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke and others. In 1824 the Asiatic Society received a Royal Charter from patron King George IV and was charged with ‘the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia.’ In around 1838, branches were formed in Mumbai and Chennai, and Sri Lanka in 1845. The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Affairs Commission
The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is the body, established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, that oversees electoral matters in Hong Kong. Its main functions include considering or reviewing the boundaries of Legislative Council geographical constituencies and constituencies of the 18 District Councils for the purpose of making recommendations, and overseeing the conduct and supervision of elections and regulating the procedures at an election. It is also responsible for supervision of the registration of electors and the promotional activities relating to registration. History In 1997, the EAC succeeded the former Boundary and Election Commission (), which was established on 23 July 1993. It is headed by a chairman, a position which has always been filled a High Court (formerly known as Supreme Court) judge. The executive body that is responsible for elections is the (), which reports to the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs (the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Ting-tak
Jasper Law Ting-tak () is a Hong Kong politician who is a former chairman of the North District Council. Law ran as an independent in the 2019 District Council elections and won his seat on a comfortable majority. Law is considered a localist, which is to say that he stands for resistance to encroachment by the Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ... into the affairs of Hong Kong. He is stridently anti-government, aspiring to "win Government House, and become part of the governing alliance of the administration" under a new constitution. Turning only 25 in 2019, Law is the first of such politician to chair a District Council in Hong Kong. Advocacies Law's interest naturally lies in happenings in the North District. He advocates for a holistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Hill (constituency)
Queen's Hill () is one of the 18 constituencies in the North District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the North District Council The North District Council () is one of the 18 district council of Hong Kong, Hong Kong district councils and represents the North District, Hong Kong, North District. It is one of 18 such councils. Consisting of 24 members, the district council ..., with an election every four years. Queen's Hill constituency has an estimated population of 18,344. Councillors represented Election results 2010s References {{Hong Kong North Council Constituencies Fanling Constituencies of Hong Kong Constituencies of North District Council 1982 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small House Policy
The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories, an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one house. The policy has generated debates and calls for amendments to be made. History The Small House Policy has been in effect ever since 1972 to provide a once-in-a-lifetime small house grant for an indigenous villager who is "a male person at least 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident of 1898 of a recognized village (Ding, ) which is approved by the Director of Lands". An indigenous villager therefore enjoys small house concessionary rights (ding rights, ) in building a house of not more than three storeys nor mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Territories
The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. According to that treaty, the territories comprise the mainland area north of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River (which is the border between Hong Kong and mainland China), as well as over 200 Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, outlying islands, including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of Hong Kong. Later, after New Kowloon was defined from the area between the Boundary Street and the Kowloon Ranges spanned from Lai Chi Kok to Lei Yue Mun, and the extension of the urban areas of Kowloon, New Kowloon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
