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1. The village of Shui Wai Tsuen ("Village") in Tai Po, New Territories was a small community with inhabitants being members of a particular Tang family/clan. Tang Shui Lun ("Tang Owner") was a member of the Tang family of that Village and was the owner of a piece of land being Lot No. 281 ("281 Lot"), consisting of an area something in excess of 2,000 square feet. In the New Territories, it was generally accepted that a male indigenous villager over the age of 18, upon application to the Govern