Sha Tin Tau () is a village in

Tai Wai Tai Wai () is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District. With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, five bus termini ...

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populo ...

, Hong Kong. It is located east of

Chun Shek Estate Chun Shek Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong near Che Kung Temple and Che Kung Temple station. It consists of four residential blocks completed in 1984. Background The estate was formerly known as Sha Tin ...

, north of

Fung Shing Court Sun Tin Wai Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was built on the hill at the south of Chun Shek Estate along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and consists of 8 residential blocks completed in 1981 and 1982. Fung ...

and south of

Tsang Tai Uk Tsang Tai Uk, also known as Shan Ha Wai (), is a Hakka walled village in Hong Kong,

Administration

Sha Tin Tau is a recognized village under the

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

History

Historically the only

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hun ...

multi-surname village in the Sha Tin area, it was first settled by the Chan () and later by the Law (), the Lam (), the Yip (), the Lau () and others. There are several ancestral halls in the village, including the Lau Ancestral Hall (), that was built before 1900. The founding ancestor of the Lau clan of Sha Tin Tau village moved from Longchuan in the mid-19th century. The clan has lived there for nine generations by the early 21st century.

Antiquities and Monuments Office The Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was established in 1976 under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance to protect and preserve Hong Kong's historic monuments. Housed in the Former Kowloon British School, the AMO is responsible for ide ...

Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items. Item #1359.

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Delineation of area of existing village Sha Tin Tau and Lee Uk (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monuments. The AAB was establishe ...

. Historic Building Appraisal
Lau Ancestral Hall, No. 40 Sha Tin TauPictures
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. Historic Building Appraisal
High Rock Christian Camp, No. 102 Sha Tin Tau VillagePictures
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