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 represent villages and market towns.
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Emblem of the Heung Yee Kuk | |
Heung Yee Kuk Building in Shek Mun. | |
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| Formed | 1926 |
| Headquarters | 30 On Muk Street, Shek Mun, Sha Tin, NT |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄉議局 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乡议局 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Rural Council | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 新界鄉議局 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新界乡议局 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Rural Council of the New Territories | ||||||||||
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From 1980 to 2015, it was chaired by Lau Wong-fat, a billionaire landowner and heavyweight political figure in the pro-Beijing camp, until he stepped down and was succeeded by his son Kenneth Lau.
The organisation has its own functional constituency seat in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. Despite having less than 150 registered voters, it also controls 26 seats on the 1200-member committee which selects the chief executive of Hong Kong.
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