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San Wai Tsai (Tuen Mun)
San Wai Tsai () is a village in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Administration San Wai Tsai is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, San Wai Tsai is part of the San Hui (constituency), San Hui constituency, which was formerly represented by Sam Cheung, Cheung Ho-sum until May 2021. References External links Delineation of area of existing village San Wai Tsai (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong {{HK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuen Mun District
Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or simply Tuen Mun), which contains one of the largest residential areas in the New Territories. History Etymology Tuen Mun, (), rumored to be short for , literally means "the door to the garrison." Other interpretations of the name include , which means opening of the water route. The District was named after the area. Before the establishment of the District According to the ''Old history book of Tang dynasty'' (), and the ''New history book of Tang dynasty'' () Tuen Mun was a major trading port, and there were garrisons as early as the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907). The geo features that described by the historical literature, matching the modern day Tuen Mun. However, some scholar also dispute the interpretation of the location of Tuen Mun. They suggests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuen Mun Rural Committee
The Tuen Mun Rural Committee (, TMRC) is a rural committee in Hong Kong. It was founded by rural leader Chan Yat-sen in 1953 with representatives from 29 villages in Tuen Mun. Today the rural committee consisted of 36 villages and 69 village representatives. History It was founded on the basis of Tuen Mun Village Kaifong Office which was created by Chan Yat-sen for the betterment of the village affairs and development which also administered Tuen Mun Market. In 1953, it was transformed into a rural committee with representatives from 29 villages, in which Chan became the chairman for six terms. Lau Wong-fat succeeded as chairman in 1970 and served from seventh to twentieth terms until Junius Ho Kwan-yiu took over in 2011. In 2015, Lau Wong-fat retook the chairmanship from Junius Ho. In 1959, the New Territories villagers protested against the changing of land use by the government which later brought the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance into existence. The rural committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Hui (constituency)
San Hui () is one of the 31 constituencies in the Tuen Mun District. Created for the 1999 District Council elections, the constituency returns one district councillor to the Tuen Mun District Council, with an election every four years. San Hui loosely covers areas surrounding Tuen Mun San Hui Tuen Mun San Hui () more commonly known as just San Hui () is an area of Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong and is a major food market and commercial quarter in the district. In urban planning, it is part of Tuen Mun New Town (Tuen Mun). Etymolog ... in Tuen Mun with an estimated population of 20,036. Councillors represented Election results 2010s Notes References {{Hong Kong Tuen Mun Council Constituencies Tuen Mun Constituencies of Hong Kong Constituencies of Tuen Mun District Council 1999 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Cheung
Sam Cheung Ho-sum ( zh, t=張可森; born 17 August 1993) is a Hong Kong politician, social activist, and former member of the Tuen Mun District Council for San Hui. Education Cheung was educated at the Hong Kong Baptist University, where he obtained a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing. Cheung's social activism began in his first year of university, after he joined the 2012 protests against the Moral and National Education scheme. In 2014, he was an exchange student and studied in Austria. During his academic career, Cheung participated in writing contests and gained award recognition for his literary criticism. Since high school, Cheung had a passion for songwriting, taking lessons from renowned lyricists Albert Leung and Chow Yiu-fai. In 2018, he joined the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH) and began to write lyrics for Cantonese songs. Cheung's employment history included working as a teaching ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Affairs Commission
The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is the body, established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, that oversees electoral matters in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt .... Its main functions include considering or reviewing the boundaries of Legislative Council geographical constituencies and constituencies of the 18 District Councils for the purpose of making recommendations, and overseeing the conduct and supervision of elections and regulating the procedures at an election. It is also responsible for supervision of the registration of electors and the promotional activities relating to registration. History In 1997, the EAC succeeded the former Boundary and Election Commission (), which was established on 23 July 1993. It is head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
