Shap Pat Heung

— One important cause of such conflicts was disputes over land rent — between, for example, an alliance composed largely of major landlords and an alliance mainly of tenants. For example, according to a tablet dated 1777 in the Shap Pat Heung village alliance temple, a dispute arose between landowners in the Kam Tin village alliance, a wealthy stronghold of the powerful Teng lineage, and their tenants in the Shap Pat Heung village alliance, composed of several mixed-surname villages, over the size of the grain measure to be used in collecting rent.

— 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.