Meanings
- A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
A university graduate from Brisbane, Ms Chao is one of the three female indigenous villagers to have won a seat in the indigenous sector. Her victory in Ko Long Village on North Lamma was uncontested.
2003 August 24, Marcal Joanilho, “Women make gains in NT elections”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec 20204 more examples
Two new clinics were nearing completion at the end of thee year under review : one at Tai Po, which was financed by thee Jockey Club; and one at Yung Shue Wan, on Lamma Island, thee greater part of the cost of which has been met by the North Lamma Rural Committee, with contributions from the Jockey Club and the General Chinese Charity Fund.
1958, Far Eastern Economic Review19.10.70 Lamma Cheung Chau Lantau Places visited and persons met (i) Meet South Lamma Rural Committee at Sok Kwu Wan. (ii) Tour of Sok Kwu Wan area . (iii) Meet North Lamma Rural Committee at Yung Shu Wan.
1970, UMELCO, Annual ReportAt the most recent meeting with the Island District Council in February 2005, Council members reiterated their support for the proposed helipad and requested that the works commence as early as possible at the currently proposed site. Community support for the project at the studied location was also reiterated at the North Lamma Rural Committee meeting in April 2005, and the Lamma Area Committee consultation in May 2005.
2005, Civil Engineering, Development Department, “Archived copy”, in EIA Study for Helipad at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022Chan Yau, a prominent member of the North Lamma Rural Committee, lives here. The New Village, as can be seen from the population and employment figures, is slightly less well-off than the old village, and their thrift (and possibly their needs, which are evidently greater than the Chow villages) can be seen in the intensive way they cultivate their fields.
2010, John Strickland, Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 146Synonyms: Lamma North, Lamma Island
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 南丫島北段鄉事委員會 /南丫岛北段乡事委员会
- 南丫島北段鄉事委員會 /南丫岛北段乡事委员会rural committee
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