Sha Tin
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- For the district of Hong Kong, see Sha Tin District.
- For the new town in Hong Kong, see Sha Tin New Town.
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Sha Tin (also spelt Shatin) is an area in the New Territories, in the Hong Kong special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It lies in the centre of the Sha Tin District.
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[edit] History
Before effective British rule in Hong Kong, the area of Sha Tin and its vicinity was referred as Lek Yuen. The officials mistook the name of Sha Tin Wai as the name of the area and have used it ever since.
Sha Tin was formerly market town at the present location of Sha Tin Centre Street and New Town Plaza shopping centre, near the Sha Tin Station of the KCR East Rail. In present-day conversations Sha Tin may refer to the area around the original location of the market town, the market town and its environs, the Sha Tin New Town excluding the Ma On Shan extension, or the Sha Tin District.
Sha Tin was a agricultural farmland many years ago, the most famous product was Sha Tin Pomelo. Before Sha Tin's development into a new town, Hung Mui Kuk (紅梅谷) in southwestern Sha Tin was perennially the site for school picnics. The valley remains a popular barbecue site.
Sha Tin was the location of the first flight of a powered aircraft in Hong Kong. A full size replica of this plane now hangs in Hong Kong International Airport.
[edit] Name origin: Lek Yuen
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Lek Yuen is the original name of the Sha Tin area and its environs. When British surveyors first came to the area, they visited Sha Tin Wai and tried to get the name of the whole area. The villagers answered the officials it is Sha Tin and therefore the officials mistakenly recorded this as the name of the whole area. Sha Tin has been used instead of Lek Yuen even since.
The name literally means Source of Trickling or Source of Clear Water.
Nowadays, the original name is used to refer to Lek Yuen Estate.
[edit] Cuisine
Sha Tin is famous for certain southern Chinese food such as shanshui doufu (Chinese: 山水豆腐; lit. mountain-water beancurd) , barbecued pigeon and chicken congee. The cooked food stalls in Wo Che Estate and Fo Tan are hotspots for food.
[edit] Tourist spots
- Amah Rock (望夫石)
- Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (萬佛寺)
- Tsang Tai Uk (曾大屋)
- Shing Mun River (城門河)
- Tao Fung Shan Christian Centre
[edit] Public and private estates
- Belair Gardens (富豪花園)
- Sunshine Grove (晴碧花園)
- City One, Shatin (沙田第一城)
- Garden Rivera (河畔花園)
- Jat Min Chuen (乙明邨)
- Ka Keng Court (嘉徑苑)
- Kwong Yuen Estate (廣源邨)
- Castello (帝堡城)
- Lek Yuen Estate (瀝源邨)
- Lung Heng Estate (隆亨邨)
- Pok Hong Estate (博康邨)
- Sun Tin Wai Estate (新田圍邨)
- Sha Kok Estate (沙角邨)
- Sui Wo Court (穗禾苑)
- Wo Che Estate (禾輋邨)
- Yue Tsui Court (愉翠園)
[edit] Schools
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School
- Buddhist Wong Wan Tin College
- Ng Yuk Secondary School
- Sha Tin College
- Sha Tin Junior School
- Sha Tin Government Secondary School
- Sha Tin Methodist College
- Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School
- Stewards Pooi Kei College
- Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School
- Jockey Club Ti-I College
- Pui Ying College
- Christ College
- Carmel Alison Lam Primary School
- Lok Sin Tong Young ko hsiao Lin Secondary School
[edit] Shopping centres
- New Town Plaza (新城市廣場)
- Citylink Plaza (連城廣場)
- Shatin Plaza, Shatin (沙田廣場)
- Sha Tin Centre (沙田中心)
- Lucky Plaza (好運中心)
- Hilton Plaza (希爾頓中心)
[edit] Facilities
- Sha Tin Town Hall (沙田大會堂)
- Sha Tin Public Library (沙田公共圖書館)
- Hong Kong Heritage Museum (香港文化博物館)
- Sha Tin Marriage Registry (沙田婚姻註冊處)
- Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)
- Royal Park Hotel (帝都酒店)
[edit] Restaurants
- Lung Wah Hotel is a long-established restaurant known for its roast pigeon. It is popular with families, since it has a play area for children and a small aviary which houses peacocks and other birds.
