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Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new town was founded in 1973 under the New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is also located in Sha Tin. People typically travel there via the MTR East Rail line and get off at University station. A minibus service operates on campus. Sha Tin is the location for Hong Kong's second equestrian racecourse (the first and most famous being Happy Valley Racecourse) which has a capacity of ...
Sha Tin New Town, also known as Sha Tin-Ma On Shan New Town or Sha Tin Town is one of the satellite towns and new towns of Hong Kong. It is within the Sha Tin District, the New Territories. The New Town covers the neighbourhoods of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Tai Shui Hang, and Ma On Shan. The Shing Mun River runs through the middle of the town.
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (Chinese: 萬佛寺; Cantonese Yale: maahn faht dzí; Jyutping: maan6 fat6 zi2; pinyin: wàn fó sì) is a mid-20th century Buddhist temple located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, at 220 Pai Tau Village.
City One Shatin (Chinese: 沙田第一城) is a residential precinct in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The estate occupies approximately 1,800,000 square feet (17 hectares) of land. [ 1 ] The estate was named City One as it is on Lot 1, Shatin Town .
Formerly Sha Tin Hui Bus Terminus (Chinese: 沙田墟巴士總站), it comprises 4 high-rise buildings and a shopping arcade, [2] developed by Henderson Land Development in 1988. Sha Tin station is the main station to interchange from Shatin Plaza (New Town Plaza).
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sha Tin Wai village was 180. The number of males was 81. [5] Sha Tin Wai village, its surrounding area, as well as area around Sha Tin station in the opposite shore of Sha Tin Sea, were studied by HKU student in 1963 as a possible site of building Hong Kong's satellite town. [6]
Sha Tin station, formerly known as Sha Tin railway station [1] (Chinese: 沙田火車站 or Chinese: 沙田鐵路站) [2] is a station on the East Rail line of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system. The station is located in the town centre of Sha Tin.