North Lamma
English edit
Proper noun edit
- A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 1958, Far Eastern Economic Review:
- Two new clinics were nearing completion at the end of thee year under review : one at Tai Po, which was financed by thee Jockey Club; and one at Yung Shue Wan, on Lamma Island, thee greater part of the cost of which has been met by the North Lamma Rural Committee, with contributions from the Jockey Club and the General Chinese Charity Fund.
- 1970, UMELCO, Annual Report:
- 19.10.70
Lamma
Cheung Chau
Lantau
Places visited and persons met (i) Meet South Lamma Rural Committee at Sok Kwu Wan. (ii) Tour of Sok Kwu Wan area . (iii) Meet North Lamma Rural Committee at Yung Shu Wan.
- 2003 August 24, Marcal Joanilho, “Women make gains in NT elections”, in South China Morning Post[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 December 2020:
- A university graduate from Brisbane, Ms Chao is one of the three female indigenous villagers to have won a seat in the indigenous sector. Her victory in Ko Long Village on North Lamma was uncontested.
- 2005, Civil Engineering, Development Department, EIA Study for Helipad at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island[2]:
- At the most recent meeting with the Island District Council in February 2005, Council members reiterated their support for the proposed helipad and requested that the works commence as early as possible at the currently proposed site. Community support for the project at the studied location was also reiterated at the North Lamma Rural Committee meeting in April 2005, and the Lamma Area Committee consultation in May 2005.
- 2010, John Strickland, Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 146:
- Chan Yau, a prominent member of the North Lamma Rural Committee, lives here. The New Village, as can be seen from the population and employment figures, is slightly less well-off than the old village, and their thrift (and possibly their needs, which are evidently greater than the Chow villages) can be seen in the intensive way they cultivate their fields.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:North Lamma.
Synonyms edit
- Lamma North
- (officially) Lamma Island (North)