Islands:-
M 106
Lantau
7,409
Tung Chung
1,713
Cheung Chau (5,477 land, 7,045 floating)
12,522
21,644
56,893
Eastern Medical District.
POLICE DISTRICT.
POPULATION.
Mainland: --
Sha Tau Kok
8,941
Sheung Shui
10,208
Taipo
12,684
Shatin
4,846
Saikung
7,585
43,764
Islands
Po Toi Group and Cheung Kwan O District
3,100
3,100
46,864
524. The population is grouped into villages which are situated mostly on the lower levels, viz., on the flats facing the sea or in the valleys leading up to and between the hills. Some of the villages are easy of access by rail or road but some are only reached after hours of walking and there are those which are only easily accessible by boat.
525. The rules and regulations governing village life are nowhere laid down in print but have been handed down from generation to generation. There are no heads of villages appointed by and responsible to Government, for the conduct of village affairs, but there are "Village Elders" who are accepted as arbiters in petty disputes and who have acquired their position through age, experience, wealth or family rank. These elders have no executive power and are regarded by the villagers and by Government as advisers only.
526. From time to time co-operative efforts are made for the good of the community—some contributing money, some materials and some labour. In this way the paving of streets or paths, the construction of a bridge or the digging of a village well is brought about.