Sai Kung North
English
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Etymology
editPartial calque of Cantonese 西貢北／西贡北 (“Sai Kung North”).
Proper noun
edit- An area in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong, occupying the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula.
- 2001, James Hayes, “Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Xinan (New Peace) County”, in South China Village Culture[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10:
- 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.
- A rural committee in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2001, Denis Bray, “The Heung Yee Kuk and Reservoirs”, in Hong Kong Metamorphosis[2], Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 95:
- When I arrived in the District Office at Tai Po, Rural Committees had recently been set up for Sha Tin and Sai Kung North.
- 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[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-10-16, Hong Kong economy[4]:
- 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.”