Kam Tin

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.

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, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97

Henderson Land Development, the city’s third-biggest private landowner, said on Friday that it was considering offering 100,000 square feet of farmland in Kam Tin, New Territories, to the government for seven years to build temporary housing to accommodate 10,000 residents.

2019 October 5, Georgina Lee, “Henderson Land to loan 100,000 sq ft of farmland to Hong Kong government for temporary housing”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2019, Business/Companies

The Transport and Housing Bureau is coordinating the conversion of United Court at Tung Tau in Yuen Long and the first phase of Pok Oi Kong Ha Wai Village in Kam Tin, Yuen Long, into community isolation facilities. They will provide more than 2,500 units, accommodating over 5,000 people.

2022 February 28, “Transitional housing to be turned into isolation centers”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 03 May 2026, News

If you have time to go farther afield, the artist invites you to visit Kam Tin. Away from the bustle and grind of the main city, the district is made up of small villages including Kat Hing Wai, a walled village built in the middle to late 1400s.

2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong Locals on Where to Eat, Drink and Play During Art Basel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, Travel