Au Tau () is an area of

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021 Geography Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial pla ...

, Hong Kong, located directly east of

Yuen Long Town Yuen Long Town (formerly Un Long Town or Un Long Hui) is located in the district centre of Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the heart of Yuen Long and Yuen Long New Town, with a population of around 200,000. Geography ...

Pok Oi Hospital Pok Oi Hospital () is a charitable district general hospital in Hong Kong, serving the northwest New Territories. Located in Au Tau in Yuen Long, it was founded by residents in 1919 when Yuen Long was a still rural town. The hospital later becam ...

is located in Au Tau. Pun Uk, a former mansion and a Grade I Historic Building is located in Au Tau, next to the hospital. Tung Shing Lei () is a village located in Au Tau.

Administration

For electoral purposes, Au Tau is located in the Shap Pat Heung East constituency of the

Yuen Long District Council The Yuen Long District Council () is the district council for the Yuen Long District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Yuen Long District currently consists of 45 members, of which the district is divided into 39 constituencies, ...

. It was formerly represented by Lee Chun-wai, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.

Transportation

Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920, it runs in the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs West from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, to Tuen Mun, then north to Yuen Long then east to Sh ...

passes through the northern part of Au Tau.

Au Tau station The Northern Link is a proposed rapid transit line of the MTR system of Hong Kong which would connect the Tuen Ma line and the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line of the East Rail line. The link would also serve as a connection to the border checkpoint to mai ...

is proposed as being an intermediate station of the MTR Northern Link.

Education

Au Tau is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).

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Pictures of Tung Shing Lei
Areas of Hong Kong Yuen Long District {{HongKong-geo-stub