Rural committee is a body representing the welfare of
indigenous residentsIndigenous inhabitants refers to the residents in a territory whose ancestors were inhabitants there before the commencement of colonization of the territory by non-indigenous inhabitants....
in the
New TerritoriesNew Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...
of
Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the
Heung Yee KukThe Heung Yee Kuk is a statutory advisory body representing the indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong.Colloquially shortened to the "Kuk" .-History:...
, and is ex-officio member of a
district councilThe District Councils, formerly District Boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 Districts of Hong Kong. Under the supervision of Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, they are consultative bodies on district administration and affairs.- History :In 1982, under the...
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Rural committee is a body representing the welfare of
indigenous residentsIndigenous inhabitants refers to the residents in a territory whose ancestors were inhabitants there before the commencement of colonization of the territory by non-indigenous inhabitants....
in the
New TerritoriesNew Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...
of
Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the
Heung Yee KukThe Heung Yee Kuk is a statutory advisory body representing the indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong.Colloquially shortened to the "Kuk" .-History:...
, and is ex-officio member of a
district councilThe District Councils, formerly District Boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 Districts of Hong Kong. Under the supervision of Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, they are consultative bodies on district administration and affairs.- History :In 1982, under the...
.