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lunar calendar."(p. 109) but is usually on the fourth or fifth of April because it is calculated on the solar calendar The meaning of "Jouhduk gunleuhng, cheurdak tengtong" (Be an official's wife, come out to the drawing room) (p.135) does not have any implication of hard work, it refers to the manner and etiquette of a woman who is so good and suited to be an official's wife and to entertain important guests. There is another Chinese phrase "yapdak chufang cheutdak tengtong" (able to go to the kitchen and come out to the common room) bearing the meaning to which Constable refers, but the Cantonese Punti use it too.

Constable's book, with its focus on ethnicity and marginal societies, is a refreshing contribution to studies of the New Territories of Hong Kong which have hitherto concentrated on issues such as lineage, market, politics and land.

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255 lunar calendar."(p. 109) but is usually on the fourth or fifth of April because it is calculated on the solar calendar The meaning of "Jouhduk gunleuhng, cheurdak tengtong" (Be an official's wife, come out to the drawing room) (p.135) does not have any implication of hard work, it refers to the manner and etiquette of a woman who is so good and suited to be an official's wife and to entertain important guests. There is another Chinese phrase "yapdak chufang cheutdak tengtong" (able to go to the kitchen and come out to the common room) bearing the meaning to which Constable refers, but the Cantonese Punti use it too. Constable's book, with its focus on ethnicity and marginal societies, is a refreshing contribution to studies of the New Territories of Hong Kong which have hitherto concentrated on issues such as lineage, market, politics and land. CHOI CHI CHEUNG

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255 lunar calendar."(p. 109) but is usually on the fourth or fifth of April because it is calculated on the solar calendar The meaning of Jouhduk gunleuhng, cheurdak tengtong " (Be an official's wife, come out to the drawing room) (p.135) does not have any implication of hard work, it refers to the manner and etiquette of a woman who is so good and suited to be an official's wife and to entertain important guests. There is another Chinese phrase "yapdak chufang cheutdak tengtong (able to go to the kitchen and come out to the common room) bearing the meaning to which Constable refers, but the Cantonese Punti use it too Constable's book, with its focus on ethnicity and marginal societies. is a refreshing contribution to studies of the New Tentories of Hong Kong which have hitherto concentrated on issues such as lineage, market, polities and land CHOI CHI CHEUNG

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lunar calendar."(p. 109) but is usually on the fourth or fifth of April because it is calculated on the solar calendar The meaning of Jouhduk gunleuhng, cheurdak tengtong " (Be an official's wife, come out to the drawing room) (p.135) does not have any implication of hard work, it refers to the manner and etiquette of a woman who is so good and suited to be an official's wife and to entertain important guests. There is another Chinese phrase "yapdak chufang cheutdak tengtong (able to go to the kitchen and come out to the common room) bearing the meaning to which Constable refers, but the Cantonese Punti use it too

Constable's book, with its focus on ethnicity and marginal societies. is a refreshing contribution to studies of the New Tentories of Hong Kong which have hitherto concentrated on issues such as lineage, market, polities and land

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