Beyond the Metropolis: 

Villages in Hong Kong


A collection of essays edited by P.H. Hase and E. Sinn, with 200 photographs of New Territories Villages, to mark the 35th Anniversary of the Society. Contents: The Traditional Background, HK Villages in the 1950s; The Village Landscape; Village festivals; HK's Wai, Defensive Architecture of the NT; Ping Shan, A Great Clan Village; Traditional Village Politics, Lau Shui Heung; Pak Mong, Tai Ho and Ngau Kwu Long, the Three Hamlets of Mui Wo; Sha Lo Tung; Tsang Tai Uk. (1995, jointly published by the RAS HK Branch, with Joint Publishing (HK) Co. Ltd.)