San Shek Wan, Lantau South

San Shek Wan (䃟石灣; Unicode U+40DF) is a small village located on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is home to China's first "Gweilo" (white skinned person, a westerner) village chief. San Shek Wan keeps up with hygiene standards, unlike surrounding villages, and posts frequent village cleanups. The village has a resident population of around 50 people. More than half of them are expats, looking for a different way of life compared to that of Hong Kong Island. On the most prominent hill west of the village itself , is a campsite managed by the HKYWCA. The village is controlled by two village chiefs, a local village chief whose family has been in the village since 1889 and another village chief who has lived in the village for at least 3 years. Elections are held for these posts every 3 years, and voters are only eligible if they have resided in the village for a minimum of three years and must hold the right of abode in Hong Kong. The current village chiefs are Mr. Mo (indigenous) and Mr. A Brown (non-indigenous). It is Mr Browns second term in office and Mr. Mo's no. of terms is unknown. In the village there is fierce hatred between the village chiefs. The Mr. Mo notoriously known to be extremely spiteful towards all expats, and is known to keep the key to his village office, and refuse to let village proceedings take place there. Instead he uses it as his laundry room. [citebook|title=Friends & Teachers: Hong Kong and Its People, 1953-87|author= James Hayes|year= 1996|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|id=ISBN 9622093965]

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