Rural committee (Chinese: 鄉事委員會) is a body representing the welfare of indigenous residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the Heung Yee Kuk, and is ex-officio member of a district council.
There are 27 Rural Committees in total:
- Cheung Chau Rural Committee
- Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee
- Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee
- Mui Wo Rural Committee
- Peng Chau Rural Committee
- South Lantao Rural Committee
- Tai O Rural Committee
- Tung Chung Rural Committee
- Tsing Yi Rural Committee
- Fanling District Rural Committee
- Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee
- Sheung Shui District Rural Committee
- Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee
- Hang Hau Rural Committee
- Sai Kung Rural Committee
- Shat Tin Rural Committee
- Tuen Mun Rural Committee
- Sai Kung North Rural Committee
- Tai Po Rural Committee
- Ma Wan Rural Committee
- Tsuen Wan Rural Committee
- Ha Tsuen Rural Committee
- Kam Tin Rural Committee
- Pat Hueng Rural Committee
- Ping Shan Rural Committee
- San Tin Rural Committee
- Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee
Famous quotes containing the words rural and/or committee:
“Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.”
—C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)