Meanings
- An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
These landlords lived in Ha Tsuen but had extensive interests in shops, businesses, and factories outside their home village. The landlord-merchants described here rank well below the national elite of Qing or Republican times.
2018, Rubie S. Watson, “Corporate Property and Local Leadership in the Pearl River Delta, 1898–1941”, in Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin, editors, Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2421 more example
“We understand that we need to scale down our operation in these industrial buildings, but these buildings are not even ready in time,” said Mat Ching Chi-wai, director of a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 square metres) logistics company at Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long.
2022 December 7, Edith Lin, “Hong Kong authorities reassure brownfield operators they may use sites for free until ‘actual eviction day’”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, Hong Kong economy - A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Last week Kam’s truck was in Ha Tsuen, a remote village in northwest Hong Kong, close to the border with China.
2020 April 19, “Hong Kong’s piano van: Music lessons go mobile to beat virus”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 20 Oct 20232 more examples
The elected village representatives constitute the Ha Tsuen Rural Committee and they elect their own committee and chair-man.
1976, Hong Kong Law ReportsTang also disclosed that the manager of Yau kung^([sic – meaning Kung]) Tong, a family concern operating the number one oyster farm in Deep Bay, had lodged a complaint with the Ha Tsuen Rural Committee against members of a Chinese commune from across the bay who had taken over more than one-third of the farm.
2023, Angelina Chin, Unsettling Exiles: Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong and the Southern Periphery During the Cold War, Columbia University Press, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 廈村鄉鄉事委員會 /厦村乡乡事委员会, 廈村 /厦村
- 廈村鄉鄉事委員會 /厦村乡乡事委员会rural committee
- 廈村 /厦村area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Ha Tsuen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ha%20Tsuen
“Ha Tsuen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ha%20Tsuen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ha Tsuen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ha%20Tsuen.
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