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	Encyclopedia: Sha Tau Kok
		Sha Tau Kok (traditional Chinese: æ²é è§’) is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong.
		Today, the SAR-controlled Sha Tau Kok is a quiet rural town, part of North District.
		The mainland Shatoujiao is a bustling metropolis in comparison to Sha Tau Kok in the Hong Kong SAR, due to its location in the Yantian Qu (district) of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sha-Tau-Kok (1631 words)

	Sha Tau Kok Railway - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Sha Tau Kok Railway was a narrow gauge railway running from Fanling to Sha Tau Kok in the northern New Territories area of Hong Kong.
		It was built with the narrow gauge tracks of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (now the KCR East Rail), when the latter was converted into standard gauge.
		It was no longer run on April 1, 1928 when the Sha Tau Kok Road, a highway parallel to the tracks, was in service.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sha_Tau_Kok_Railway (158 words)

	Sha Tau Kok -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		There was the terminus of (Click link for more info and facts about Sha Tau Kok Railway) Sha Tau Kok Railway, which was no longer run on April 1, 1928 and replaced by Sha Tau Kok Road.
		Sha Tau Kok Railway was built from the original (A railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches) narrow gauge of the (Click link for more info and facts about KCR) KCR British Section, which was replaced by (Railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches) standard gauge.
		Today, the (Click link for more info and facts about SAR) SAR-controlled Sha Tau Kok is a quiet rural town, part of (Click link for more info and facts about North District) North District.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/sha_tau_kok.htm (779 words)

	KCR - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The narrow gauge materials was later used tobuild the now-defunct Sha Tau Kok Railway.
		Thealignment of the branch has been altered for several times to reduce the impact to Long Yuen, a major wetland area near the borderwhere is a paradise for migrating birds.
		Disputes on the funding and location of Canton Road station in Tsim Sha Tsui, which was in theproposed alignment, has pushed the construction a year later to 2005.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=KCR (1942 words)

	Sha Lo Tung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Sha Lo Tung valley has become famous because of various attempts to develop it that have so far been rejected by government.
		The head of the valley, which leads down to Hok Tau reservoir, is an open area of disused rice fields with three abandoned villages on the perimeter.
		We took the road downwards and once beyond the entrance to the reservoir, we were on a wider road that was open to traffic, but once again the only cars were those leaving the reservoir area.
	ec.hku.hk /hiking/Tai_Po/sha_lo_tung (860 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sha Tau Kok Railway
		Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1.
		Opening Date 10 October 1911 Stations 14 Number of trains 34 Service Area North District, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City The East Rail is one of the three lines of the KCRC network in Hong Kong.
		As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sha-Tau-Kok-Railway (486 words)

	E-Journal on Hong Kong Cultural and Social Studies
		Although there were 5,000 British soldiers based in the New Territories, including a full battalion within the vicinity of Sha Tau Kok, they could not be immediately involved after the clashes, for two reasons.
		Therefore, the Hong Kong government could conclude that the Sha Tau Kok incidents, though serious, were not an attempt at armed invasion of the colony as no regular units of the PLA were involved.
		The stationing of the PLA near the Hong Kong border to restrain popular demonstrations after the Sha Tau Kok incidents and the continued trans-border commercial and administrative contacts during the period basically confirmed this.
	www.hku.hk /hkcsp/ccex/ehkcss01/issue3_ar_lawrence_wong.htm (9090 words)

	Fanling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Leung Yeuk Tau area was settled by a branch of the Tang clan, the largest of the New Territories clans whose main home is at Kam Tin, in the 13th century.
		The area was connected to Hong Kong by the construction of the KCR early this century and for a while there was a branch line to Sha Tau Kok, although no trace of this seems to have survived.
		Hok Tau Wai is a small village (unwalled despite its name) in a picturesque setting at the bottom of the valley leading up to Hok Tau Reservoir.
	ec.hku.hk /hiking/Fanling/starting_points.htm (1281 words)

	3 cross-boundary projects open Jan 19
		The new boundary bridge between the Sha Tau Kok and Shatoujiao Control Points will be opened to traffic at 10am on the same day.
		The Sha Tau Kok crossing will have a new two-lane boundary bridge, to the west of the existing bridge.
		The speed limit on both the Lok Ma Chau and Sha Tau Kok new boundary bridges is 50 kilometres an hour, the same as that on the two existing boundary bridges.
	www.news.gov.hk /en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/050114/html/050114en06002.htm (393 words)

	KCR FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Originally, the railway extended from Tsim Sha Tsui across the border to Canton.
		This steam engine was once used at the Sha Tau Kok Branch Line, but after its closing in 1924, the engine is now displayed in the Tai Po Railway Museum.
		Disputes on the funding and location of Canton_Road station in Tsim_Sha_Tsui, which was in the proposed alignment, has pushed the construction a year later to 2005.
	www.bellabuds.com /KCR (2294 words)

	Sha Tau Kok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Sha Tau Kok (chino tradicional:) es una ciudad en la esquina del noreste de Hong-Kong.
		Había el término de la sección británica de KCR, que era un funcionamiento no más largo de abril el 1 de 1928 y substituido por el camino de Sha Tau Kok.
		Hoy, el Sha SAR-controlado Tau Kok es la ciudad rural reservada, parte del districto del norte.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/sh/Sha%20Tau%20Kok.htm (309 words)

	Highways Department
		In 1967, the opportunity to link Sha Tin directly with Kowloon came with the need to build a water supply tunnel through the range of hills separating Kowloon and the New Territories.
		The remaining section of NTCR from Fairview Park to Au Tau was opened to traffic in January 1993.
		To cope with the increasing volume of traffic to and from China, a second bridge at Man Kam To and a new border link at Sha Tau Kok were completed in early 1985.
	www.hyd.gov.hk /eng/major/road/road/new.htm (751 words)

	VR2XMT'S QTH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		There are also walled villages in the Lung Yuek Tau area to the northeast of Fanling.
		To the northeast, Sha Tau Kok Road runs up to the border with China on the north side of Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi).
		A branch of the Tang clan, the largest of the New Territories, settled the Leung Yeuk Tau area.
	www.vr2xmt.com /qth.html (496 words)

	Appeal for information on abandoned girl : Sha Tau Kok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Police are anxious to locate the next-of-kin of a girl who was found deserted in Sha Tau Kok last month.
		Standing about 91 centimetres, she is of thin build and has short hair with a scar on her left neck.
		She was wearing a fl jacket, a yellow and green T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans and pink sport shoes with butterfly pattern when found.
	www.gov.hk /police/pprb/peb/english/120102_e.html (165 words)

	Hong Kong and China
		When Chep Lak Kok airport is finished this April, it will relieve Kai Tak of its burdensome strain.
		Up until recently, only a stone marked the Hong Kong-China border at the village of Sha Tau Kok.
		Nowadays, Sha Tau Kok boasts a modern, multilane highway border checkpoint.
	members.aol.com /phirp/hongkong.htm (1122 words)

	Four men arrested in Sha Tau Kok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Police arrested four men aged between 17 to 21 during a snap check in Sha Tau Kok early this (February 17) morning.
		Officers attached to Sha Tau Kok Division stopped a taxi travelling along Wo Keng Shan Road towards Sha Tau Kok at about 1.30 am.
		Four men on board the taxi were arrested after two knives, a pistol-like object, a bow and eight arrows were found in their possession.
	www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/200402/17/0217061.htm (153 words)

	Asociación Española de Marina Civil (AEMC)
		The two projects are: the Lok Ma Chau to Huanggang bridge and the bridge between Sha Tau Kok and Shatoujiao control points.
		The Sha Tau Kok crossing has two-lanes for northbound traffic (towards China) and one for Hong Kong-bound traffic.
		This, the government said, is expected to improve the flow of traffic between the two areas, and will cut down the heavy-vehicle congestion problem that has previously affected drivers going between the two places.
	www.marinacivil.com /noticias/noticia.asp?idn=3255 (882 words)

	Business Alert China : Designated Sedan Cars May Use Huanggang Control Point in Early Hours (tdctrade.com)
		Starting 8 October 2003, sedan cars holding Hong Kong and Guangdong vehicle licences with permits to use the Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok control points may use the Huanggang control point during the early hours.
		Under existing rules, these sedan cars can only use the Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok control points during their opening hours from 7 am to 10 pm.
		However, they are required to use Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok at other times of the day.
	www.tdctrade.com /alert/cba-e0310news1.htm (181 words)

	Narrow gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kowloon-Canton Railway (now East Rail) was built with narrow gauge, but later converted into standard gauge.
		The now-defunct Sha Tau Kok Railway was also narrow gauge.
		The Hong Kong Tramways uses 1067 mm narrow gauge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narrow_gauge (5663 words)

	Gordon - Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		She is one of a large group of sisters from the island of Ap Chau in Hong Kong.
		I think she lived in Sha Tau Kok for the most part.
		The nearest accessible place of any note is the village of Sha Tau Kok, although from what I have heard from my brother not much happens there neither.
	www.fong.org.uk /gordon/bio/bio.html (2455 words)

	Tai Po (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		To the east of Bride's Pool is the Plover Cove Country Park, an oddly shaped peninsula that was rounded off in 1967 by the construction of the Plover Cove Reservoir.
		The beginning of the walk to Sha Lo Tung is marked on the map as Tin Sam, although the village itself seems to consist of little more than a series of scrap yards.
		The place you are looking for is the junction of Sha Lo Tung Road and Ting Kok Road and the easiest way to get there is to take a taxi from Tai Po KCR and ask the driver to take you to Sha Lo Tung Road.
	ec.hku.hk /hiking/Tai_Po/starting_points.htm (1279 words)

	Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		An open auction for hire of vacant stalls in Kwu Tung Market, Sha Tau Kok Market, Luen Wo Hui Market, Shek Wu Hui Market and Tai Po Hui Market will be held in the auditorium at Wan Tau Tong Neighbourhood Community Centre, Home Affairs Department, Wan Tau Tong, Tai Po at 10:00 a.m.
		Details of the vacant stalls and their monthly upset rents are set out at Annex I.
		Persons who successfully bid a stall/stalls in Sha Tau Kok Market has to pay a deposit equivalent to two month’s rent and the rent for November.
	www.fehd.gov.hk /pleasant_environment/tidy_market/200410_nt_north_auction.html (885 words)

	PUBLIC TRANSPORT OF NGAU TAU KOK
		Ngau Tau Kok may be one of the most distinctive wards in the east of the
		Being at the northern edge of Kwun Tong district, Ngau Tau Kok enjoys one of the most convenient transport networks to one of our urban area and further afield.
		Buses that serve Tai Wai and/or Sha Tin are 80, 80X, 83X, 89, 89B, 89D and 89X and 89D serves Ma On Shan, too.
	www.geocities.com /cheungso2002_web2/NTK_PublicTransport.htm (822 words)

	Hong Kong - Wikitravel
		Sha Tau Kok control point can be accessed by taking the cross-boundary coach on the bus interchange at Luen Wo Hui in Fanling.
		It connects the eastern boundary of Hong Kong and Shenzhen and it is a bit remote from the central part on Shenzhen.
		Visitors staying in the Tsim Sha Tsui East area may find the ferry operated by Discovery Bay Transport Ltd (http://www.hkri.com/cms1/DBTPL/DBTPL54.html) a convenient alternative to the star ferry, which is a long walk away.
	wikitravel.org /en/Hong_Kong (6882 words)

	Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
		Bandits in the Siu Lek Yuen Yeuk (c19 Sha Tin in the NT).
		The Lowson Diary: A Record of the Early Phases of the Bubonic Plague Epidemic in HK 1894.
		Eastern Peace: Sha Tau Kok Market in 1925 (the economic and social life of a market on the edge of the NT).
	www.royalasiaticsociety.org.hk /publications/journals31_40.htm (1437 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Asia - Chinese authorities block smugglers' tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Authorities in China have reportedly blocked a tunnel, suspected of being built by smugglers, to link a border town in the southern city of Shenzhen with neighbouring Hong Kong.
		Police in Shenzhen filled in the 25-metre long tunnel after contacting the owner of an apartment in the town of Sha Tau Kok.
		The tunnel was first discovered at the end of 2001, but was sealed off again in November last year after police found works being carried out.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_933494.htm (147 words)

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