Sai Kung North

proper noun

An area of Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong, occupying the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An area of Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong, occupying the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula.

    UNREALISTIC OUTLINE STATUTORY ZONING in Sai Kung North was causing frustration and resentment.

    1996, James Hayes, “The New Territories 1985–87”, in Friends and Teachers: Hong Kong and Its People 1953-87, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 253
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    In the Sai Kung North area, four nearby islands are associated with an old legend about a noted courtier of the early Ming period who fell foul of his imperial master.

    2001, James Hayes, “Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Xinan (New Peace) County”, in South China Village Culture, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10
  2. A rural committee in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

    When I arrived in the District Office at Tai Po, Rural Committees had recently been set up for Sha Tin and Sai Kung North.

    2001, Denis Bray, “The Heung Yee Kuk and Reservoirs”, in Hong Kong Metamorphosis, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 95
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    They blamed the rigid land zoning policy, which restricts infrastructure development, for forcing many remote villages to become deserted. Sai Kung North rural committee chairman Li Yiu-ban said: “It’s a waste of our scarce land resources.”

    2019 October 16, Kang-chung Ng, “How an abandoned village deep in a Hong Kong country park, inaccessible by road and poorly served by ferries, could be saved”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2019, Hong Kong economy

Origin

Partial calque of Cantonese 西貢北 /西贡北 (“Sai Kung North”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 西貢北鄉事委員會 /西贡北乡事委员会, 西貢北 /西贡北
  • 西貢北鄉事委員會 /西贡北乡事委员会rural committee
  • 西貢北 /西贡北area in Hong Kong
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APA

Sai Kung North. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sai%20Kung%20North

MLA

“Sai Kung North.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sai%20Kung%20North. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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