Shap Pat Heung

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 十八鄉 / 十八乡 (sap⁶ baat³ hoeng¹).

Proper noun

Shap Pat Heung

1. An area in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2019 January 11, James Pomfret, Farah Master, “Corrected: Hong Kong's rural hinterland could hold key to chronic land crunch”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 January 2019, World News‎^[2]:

     Chan Wai-ming, a villager in the Shap Pat Heung district, told Reuters he was forced off a plot now held by Henderson Land.

2. A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2018 April 29, Ng Kang-chung, “Long-time Hong Kong leader of rural villagers decides not to seek re-election”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 April 2018, World‎^[4]:

     The decision means he would eventually have to surrender his chairmanship of the Shap Pat Heung rural committee, which ensures him a seat at the governing body of the influential rural organisation Heung Yee Kuk, a government-recognised advisory group representing New Territories villagers.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十八鄉 / 十八乡 (sap⁶ baat³ hoeng¹)

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十八鄉鄉事委員會 / 十八乡乡事委员会 (sap⁶ baat³ hoeng¹ hoeng¹ si⁶ wai² jyun⁴ wui^6-2)

Further reading

• Shap Pat Heung at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.