41-867: Community Sha Tin was a local political group based in Sha Tin formed in 2017 by a group of pro-democracy Sha Tin District Councillors . It was disbanded in 2021 following the change of political atmosphere in Hong Kong. The group was formed on 14 December 2017 by nine members of the Sha Tin District Council , including former Neo Democrats councillors Yau Man-chun, Billy Chan Shiu-yeung, Chiu Chu-pong and Hui Yui-yu, former Democratic Party 's Chan Nok-hang and Ting Tsz-yuen , Labour Party 's Yip Wing and two post-Occupy "umbrella soldiers" Lai Tsz-yan and Wong Hok-lai, to consolidate
82-584: A Millennium celebration , France created "l'incroyable pique-nique" (the incredible picnic), which stretched 1000 km from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, along the Méridienne verte . Various religious denominations hosts annual church picnics for their congregation and local community. These picnics traditional take place from August to mid-October when church members and
123-484: A picnic area generally includes picnic tables and possibly built-in barbecue grills , water faucets (taps), garbage (rubbish) containers, restrooms (toilets) and gazebos (shelters). Some picnics are a potluck , where each person contributes a dish for all to share. The food eaten is rarely hot, instead taking the form of sandwiches , finger food , fresh fruit, salad and cold meats. It can be accompanied by chilled wine, champagne or soft drinks. The word comes from
164-549: A field, was connected with respite from hunting from the Middle Ages ; the excuse for the pleasurable outing of 1723 in François Lemoyne 's painting ( illustration) is still offered in the context of a hunt. In it a white cloth can be seen, and on it wine, bread and roast chicken. While these outdoors meals could be called picnics there are, according to Levy, reasons not to do so. 'The English', he claims, 'left
205-524: A magistracy, library , town hall , marriage registry, hotel, town square, and several residential towers. Sha Tin is located in a valley, on both sides of the Shing Mun River , running from the southwest to the northeast. It is bordered by Tai Wai in the southwest and by Fo Tan (left bank) and Shek Mun (right bank) in the northeast. Due to their proximity to the Shenzhen border, towns in
246-628: A peaceful social activity can be used for political protest. In this context, a picnic functions as a temporary occupation of significant public territory. A famous example is the Pan-European Picnic held on both sides of the Hungarian/Austrian border on 19 August 1989 as part of the struggle towards German reunification ; this mass meal led indirectly to the collapse of the Soviet Union . On Bastille Day 2000, as
287-448: A post office and a cinema were also put in place. In 1962 Sha Tin Hui was severely damaged by typhoon Wanda , and subsequently had to be rebuilt. In 1979 Sha Tin Hui was demolished as a result of the government's expansion plans. The land was leased to Sun Hung Kai properties , who then developed the area into New Town Plaza shopping centre. Starting in the 1970s, the area became part of
328-465: Is a meal taken outdoors ( al fresco ) as part of an excursion , especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park , lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer or spring. It is different from other meals because it requires free time to leave home. Historically, in Europe,
369-720: Is part of the Sha Tin District . Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new town was founded in 1973 under the New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government. Its current name was named after the nearby village of Sha Tin Wai . The literal English translation is 'Sand Fields'. Tai Wai Village , located in Tai Wai , next to Sha Tin, and
410-538: Is taking annually on Shing Mun River since 1984, at the time of the Dragon Boat Festival . Sha Tin is famous for certain local variants of Cantonese food such as ShanSui Tofu ( 山水豆腐 ; 'mountain-water beancurd'), barbecued pigeon and chicken congee . The cooked food stalls in Wo Che Estate and Fo Tan are hotspots for food. There are numerous transportation links both within
451-459: Is the largest in the territory. Cycling has been a distinctive feature in Sha Tin and is very popular among both local people and visitors. The first cycle track in Sha Tin was opened to public in 1981, running along Tolo Highway to Tai Po , and this remains the territory's most popular cycling venue, drawing many occasional riders at the weekends, as well as dedicated cyclists. To tie in with
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#1732786817457492-419: The 2019 District Council elections , including the newly created Di Yee , where Tse Kit-wing and Democratic Party's Liu Qing contested in the same constituency. Due to the clashes, some candidates of the group were not endorsed by Power for Democracy . Community Sha Tin announced immediate dissolution at Facebook on 25 June 2021. Former vice-counvenor Chiu Chu-pong said it is a tough decision after considering
533-633: The Sha Tin New Town development. Since then, the economy in the area has greatly improved and living standards have also increased. Sha Tin Town Centre was developed during the mid-1980s to help "link the town's currently dispersed residents into one cohesive community." The 18-hectare site, adjacent to the railway station, was built up in stages to house an array of uses including the New Town Plaza , numerous smaller shopping malls, Sha Tin Park ,
574-545: The Spirit of Sha Tin ( 沙田精神號 ). A full size replica of this plane now hangs in Hong Kong International Airport . The area was formerly agricultural farmland. Before Sha Tin's development into a new town , Hung Mui Kuk ( 紅梅谷 ), southwest of Sha Tin, was perennially the main site for school picnics . The hillside area remains a popular barbecue site. In 1956, a market township : Sha Tin Hui ,
615-641: The Town Hall , swimming pools, football pitches, indoor recreation centres and various track and field facilities for the use of Sha Tin residents. The 8-hectare Sha Tin Park was opened to public in 1988. Apart from its horticultural gardens and impressive water features, it also includes a large open plaza and a bandstand. The Ma On Shan Park, which is adjacent to Ma On Shan Swimming Pool, occupies 5.5 hectare of land. The Sha Tin Racecourse , occupying approximately 70 hectares, rests on reclaimed flatland. At
656-567: The pro-democratic force in the council. Amid the intra-party conflicts between Democratic Party Legislative Councillor Lam Cheuk-ting and the members who were both members of the party's New Territories East branch members and Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood (CGPLTKO), Ting Tsz-yuen, Community Sha Tin's convenor also quit the Democratic Party over the dual-membership allegation. Community Sha Tin had many candidates overlapping with Democratic Party's candidates in
697-687: The Band of Brothers of the Bacchic Picnic). The satire describes Brother Pique-Nique who, during the civil war known as the Fronde , attacks his food with gusto instead of his enemies; Bacchus was the Roman god of wine, a reference to the drunken antics of the gourmand musketeers. By 1694 the word was listed in Gilles Ménage 's Dictionnaire étymologique, ou Origines de la langue françoise with
738-623: The French pique-nique . However, it may also have been borrowed from the German word Picknick , which was itself borrowed from French. The earliest English citation is in 1748, from Lord Chesterfield (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield) who associates a "pic-nic" with card-playing, drinking, and conversation; around 1800, Cornelia Knight spelled the word as "pique-nique" in describing her travels in France. According to some dictionaries,
779-443: The French word pique-nique is based on the verb piquer , which means 'pick', 'peck', or 'nab', and the rhyming addition nique , which means 'thing of little importance', 'bagatelle', 'trifle'. It first appears in 1649 in an anonymous broadside of burlesque verse called Les Charmans effects des barricades: ou l'Amitié durable de la compagnie des Frères bachiques de pique-nique : en vers burlesque (The Lasting Friendship of
820-764: The Pic Nic Society lasted until 1850. The group's intent was to offer theatrical entertainments and lavish meals followed by gambling. Members met in hired rooms in Tottenham Street. There was no kitchen so all food had to be made elsewhere. Each member was expected to provide a share of the entertainment and of the refreshments, with no one particular host. Mrs Beeton's picnic menus (in her Book of Household Management of 1861) are 'lavish and extravagant', according to Claudia Roden . She lists Beeton's bill of fare for forty persons in her own book Picnics and Other Outdoor Feasts : The image of picnics as
861-630: The Sha Tin District and connecting it to other places in Hong Kong. The road network in Sha Tin is well developed to provide efficient cross-town and local access traffic. Connection between Sha Tin and Kowloon mainly relies on the Lion Rock Tunnel , Tate's Cairn Tunnel , Shing Mun Tunnel and Tai Po Road which makes it easy to reach from many areas of Kowloon as well as from Tsuen Wan. At present, there are over 110 routes of public bus serving Sha Tin. Picnic A picnic
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#1732786817457902-689: The border to Shenzhen. The volume of smuggling activity spilled over into Tuen Mun and Sha Tin in 2014. The first anti-parallel trading protest was started at Sheung Shui in September 2012. As government efforts to limit the adverse impact of mainland trafficking were widely seen as inadequate, so there have been further subsequent protests in towns in the New Territories including Sha Tin. Private housing estates in Sha Tin include: South bank of Shing Mun River. From west to east: North bank of Shing Mun River. From west to east: Lukfook ,
943-748: The centre of the racecourse is the Penfold Garden which opens to the public on non-racing days. Located in Tai Wai , the Hong Kong Heritage Museum was opened at the end of 2000. Apart from introducing the art, culture and history of the New Territories, the museum also exhibits a variety of cultural artifacts for public appreciation. It has pop culture exhibitions about Bruce Lee , Cantonese Opera , Jin Yong , development of Hong Kong popular music, film, and television and radio programmes. The museum, which can accommodate 6,000 visitors,
984-856: The community socialize over food, conversation and games. In 1937, the Congregational Church of New York hosted 2,000 for its 41st annual event. American psychologist and newspaper columnist Dr. George W. Crane once wrote that Christ held the first church picnic when he asked his disciples to feed the 5,000 who gathered to hear him speak. Contemporary picnics for many people involve simple food. In The Oxford Companion to Food , Alan Davidson offers hard-boiled eggs, sandwiches and pieces of cold chicken as good examples. In America, food writer Walter Levy suggests that 'a picnic menu might include cold fried chicken, devilled eggs , sandwiches, cakes and sweets, cold sodas, and hot coffee'. Picnics are traditionally eaten at Glyndebourne Opera during
1025-548: The current political atmosphere. Chiu also mentioned the limitations of achieving community work under the party brand, and hence decided to dissolve the party. The Community Sha Tin held ten seats in Sha Tin District Council (2020–2023) at dissolution: Sha Tin Sha Tin , also spelt Shatin , is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories , Hong Kong . Administratively, it
1066-566: The development of Ma On Shan, the cycle track was extended to Ma On Shan . Hiking is also a popular activity around Sha Tin. There are several starting points including Hin Tin Village, Sha Tin Tau Village and Hung Mui Kuk Barbecue Area leading to the track of Lion Rock Mountain hiking route. It takes 1 hour to 4 hours to complete the track depending on the chosen starting point and ending point. A Dragon Boat Racing competition
1107-814: The eastern New Territories. Other institutions which provide hospital services include the Sha Tin Hospital , the Cheshire Home and the Union Hospital . As of 2008, there were 46 primary and 44 secondary schools in Sha Tin and Ma On Shan. Shatin Town Centre is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 91. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net. There are numerous cultural, recreational and sport facilities in Sha Tin including
1148-481: The eating area. After it is consumed, the seed or stones of fruit like cherries may be used for a spitting contest game or marbles. If a large crowd is expected for picnic because it is a community event then some organisation will be required. A schedule of events will be drawn up and events will be organised for different levels of ability and types of participant: men, women, adults and children. Handbills, notices and tickets may be used to publicise and administer
1189-656: The events. From the 1830s, Romantic American landscape paintings of spectacular scenery often included a group of picnickers in the foreground. An early American illustration of the picnic is Thomas Cole 's The Pic-Nic of 1846 ( Brooklyn Museum of Art ). In it, a guitarist serenades the genteel social group in the Hudson River Valley with the Catskills visible in the distance. Cole's well-dressed young picnickers having finished their repast, served from splint baskets on blue-and-white china, stroll about in
1230-399: The favour of their employees. The black community was segregated at this time but to gain respectability, games such a baseball were organised by black politicians at picnics in municipal parks and fairgrounds. Games played at a picnic may use the food which has been brought. Heavy food such as a watermelon may be used in a relay race which also serves the purpose of transport the food to
1271-458: The hunter's meal unnamed until after 1806, when they began calling almost any alfresco meal a picnic'. The French, Levy goes on to say, 'refrained from calling anything outdoors a pique-nique until the English virtually made the word their own, and only afterwards did they acknowledge that a picnic might be enjoyed outdoors instead of indoors'. The French Revolution popularized the picnic across
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1312-446: The idea of a meal that was jointly contributed to and enjoyed out-of-doors was essential to picnic from the early 19th century. Picnickers like to sit on the ground on a rug or blanket. Picnics can be informal with throwaway plates or formal with silver cutlery and crystal wine glasses. Tables and chairs may be used, but this is less common. Outdoor games or other forms of entertainment are common at large picnics. In public parks,
1353-567: The interval and Roden proposes a Champagne Menu, as made by the Argentinian pianist Alberto Portugheis : Mousse de Caviare , Chaudfroid de Canard , Tomatoes Farcies and Pêches aux fraises (caviare mousse, cold duck, stuffed tomatoes and peaches and strawberries). In the mid 19th century, picnic games were organised by charities in the US to raise funds. In the 1880s, companies started to sponsor such picnic events for publicity and to gain
1394-638: The jewellery company, has its head office in Metropole Square ( 新都廣場 ), Sha Tin. While having been mass developed in the 1970s, Shatin's architecture maintains a degree of diversity. Most public housing estates were designed in a modern architectural style. Several shopping centres, hotels and government buildings around Shatin Central are clad in red brick. The Prince of Wales Hospital was officially opened in 1982. It provides about 1,400 hospital beds and 24 hours Accident & Emergency service to
1435-460: The meaning of a shared meal, with each guest paying for himself, but with no reference to eating outdoors. It reached the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française in 1840 with the same meaning. In English, "picnic" only began to refer to an outdoor meal at the beginning of the 19th century. The practice of an elegant meal eaten out-of-doors, rather than an agricultural worker's mid-day meal in
1476-462: The name of the Sha Tin Wai village as the name of the area and hence "Sha Tin" has been used ever since. Nowadays, the original name is used to refer to Lek Yuen Estate . Sha Tin was the location of the first flight of a powered aircraft in Hong Kong in 1911. The aeroplane, a Farman Mk II bi-plane named “Wanda”, was flew by Belgian pilot Charles Van den Born. The plane was later named as
1517-516: The northern parts of Hong Kong, notably Sheung Shui and Yuen Long, have become hubs for parallel traders who have been buying up large quantities of goods, forcing up local prices and disrupting the daily lives of local citizens. Since 2012, there has been an increase in mainland parallel traders arriving in the North District of Hong Kong to re-export infant formula and household products – goods popular with mainlanders – across
1558-484: The oldest and largest walled village in Sha Tin District , was built in 1574, during the Ming Dynasty . Before British rule in Hong Kong , the area of Sha Tin and its vicinity was referred to as Lek Yuen (lit. "source of trickling" or "source of clear water"). In 1899, when colonial surveyors George P Tate and his assistant William John Newland were dispatched to survey the New Territories, they likely mistook
1599-505: The woodland and boat on the lake. A book of verse beneath the bough, A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness – Ah, wilderness were paradise enow! There, on a slope of orchard, Francis laid A damask napkin wrought with horse and hound, Brought out a dusky loaf that smelt of home, And, half-cut-down, a pasty costly-made, Where quail and pigeon, lark and leveret lay, Like fossils of
1640-420: The world. French aristocrats fled to other Western countries , bringing their picnicking traditions with them. In 1802, a fashionable group of over 200 aristocratic Londoners formed the Pic Nic Society. The members were Francophiles, or may have been French, who flaunted their love for all things French when the wars with France lulled between 1801 and 1830 . Food historian Polly Russell however suggests that
1681-567: Was established on top of unused agricultural fields at the present location of Sha Tin Centre Street and New Town Plaza shopping centre, next to the Sha Tin station of the MTR East Rail line . The township was founded by Den Lau (劉贊瑞), the son of businessman Lau Hey Shing (劉希成) who owned the 150,000 sq ft. plot of land. Sha Tin Hui contained five streets with shops, restaurants, and residential buildings. Modern facilities such as