Rural committee () is a body representing the welfare of indigenous residents in the

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

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 ...

. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the

Heung Yee Kuk The Heung Yee Kuk, officially the Heung Yee Kuk N.T., is a statutory advisory body representing establishment interests in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The council is a powerful organisation comprising heads of rural committees which repres ...

, and is ''

ex officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...

'' member of a district council.

List of Rural Committees

There are 27 Rural Committees in total. * Cheung Chau Rural Committee * Fanling District Rural Committee * Ha Tsuen Rural Committee *

Hang Hau Rural Committee Hang or Hanging may refer to: People * Choe Hang (disambiguation), various people * Luciano Hang (born 1962/1963), Brazilian billionaire businessman * Ren Hang (disambiguation), various people Law * Hanging, a form of capital punishment Arts, en ...

* Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee *

Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee Lamma Island, also known as Y Island or Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District. Name Lamma Island was named Lamma only because of a chart reading error by ...

* Kam Tin Rural Committee * Ma Wan Rural Committee * Mui Wo Rural Committee * Pat Heung Rural Committee * Peng Chau Rural Committee * Ping Shan Rural Committee * Sai Kung North Rural Committee * Sai Kung Rural Committee * San Tin Rural Committee * Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee *

Sha Tin Rural Committee Sha Tin Rural Committee () is a rural committee representing the interest of villages in Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the ...

* Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee * Sheung Shui District Rural Committee * South Lantao Rural Committee * Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee * Tai O Rural Committee * Tai Po Rural Committee *

Tsing Yi Rural Committee Tsing Yi Rural Committee () is a rural committee dealing with matters of the village of Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. Representatives See also * List of villages in Hong Kong The following is a list of villages in Hong Kong. Villages in ...

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 r ...

* Tung Chung Rural Committee *

Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Tsuen Wan Rural Committee () is a rural committee representing the interest of villages in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Note that Tsing Yi Island and Ma Wan has its own rural committees, Tsing Yi Rural Committee and Ma Wan Rural Commit ...

References

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