Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au near Shek Chung Au in March 2024

Shek Chung Au () is a village in the

Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok () is a closed town in North District, Hong Kong. It is the last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area and is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Its residents are mostly descendants of Hakka farmers and Hoklo fisher ...

area of North District of Hong Kong.

Administration

Shek Chung Au is a recognised village under the

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. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shek Chung Au is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.

Location

Nearby villages include Wu Shek Kok, located southeast of Shek Chung Au, directly across Sha Tau Kok Road; Shek Kiu Tau in the southwest and Tong To in the northeast.

History

Shek Chung Au was historically an important traffic node, and a military post was located there during several hundred years, until the mid-19th century. In 1911, the

Sha Tau Kok Railway The Sha Tau Kok Branch (Chinese language, Chinese: 沙頭角支綫) was a narrow-gauge light rail operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation, running from Fanling station, Fanling to Sha Tau Kok in the northern New Territories of Hong ...

was opened as far as Shek Chung Au. The light railway was then extended to Sha Tau Kok in 1912. Shek Chung Au Station () remained as one of the five stations of the line. On 15 February 2012, areas around Sha Tau Kok (but not the town itself), as well as Mai Po, were taken out of the

Frontier Closed Area The Frontier Closed Area ( zh, t=邊境禁區) is a regulated border zone in Hong Kong that extends inwards from the border with mainland China. It was established by the Frontier Closed Area Order, 1951, and 1984. Established to prevent ...

, opening up of land for public access. A checkpoint on the original perimeter, operated by

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and the Customs and Excise Department at Shek Chung Au, was officially decommissioned on 14 February 2012, and its functions taken over by a new checkpoint outside of Sha Tau Kok.

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Shek Chung Au (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

Japanese Pillboxes at Shek Chung Au
at gwulo.com
Pictures of the remains of Shek Chung Au Station within Sha Tau Kok Farm
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. Historic Building Appraisal
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Villages in North District, Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub

Administration

Location

History

See also

References

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