Lok Lo Ha ()
is a village and valley northeast of
Wo Liu Hang
Wo Liu Hang () is a village in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. The place was formerly a small plain at the shore of Sha Tin Hoi. The plain to the south has been transformed into an industrial area and a village has been erected in the hilly north. On the recla ...
in
Fo Tan,
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
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
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Administration
Lok Lo Ha 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.
History
Lok Lo Ha was historically a sea-shore village. A stone pier for the
sampan
A sampan is a relatively flat-bottomed Chinese and Malay wooden boat. Some sampans include a small shelter on board and may be used as a permanent habitation on inland waters. The design closely resembles Western hard chine boats like th ...
ferry to
Yuen Chau Kok was built at Lok Lo Ha in 1917.
See also
*
Ho Tung Lau
Ho Tung Lau () is a former area northeast of Lok Lo Ha in Sha Tin, near the MTR and on the former shore of Sha Tin Hoi, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Maps from the mid-1960s onward shifted Ho Tung Lau southwest-ward to the same location a ...
*
Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin) The Nine Alliances of Lek Yuen or Kau Yeuk () was a regional organization of various groups in Sha Tin Valley, Hong Kong.
Alliances
The nine groups were:
* Tai Wai Yeuk (): Chik Chuen Wai ()
* Tin Sam Yeuk (): Tin Sam Wai (), San Tin ()
* Keng ...
References
External links
Delineation of area of existing village Lok Lo Ha (Sha Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)* Historical photographs of Lok Lo Ha
1920s1964
Villages in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
Valleys of Hong Kong
Fo Tan
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