Shek Chung Au () is a village in the Sha Tau Kok area of North District of Hong Kong.Office of the Communications Authority. Subsidy Scheme to Extend Fibre-based Networks to Villages in Remote Areas
Administration Shek Chung Au is a recognised village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shek Chung Au is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.
Location Nearby villages include Wu Shek Kok, located southeast of Shek Chung Au, directly across Sha Tau Kok Road; Shek Kiu Tau in the southwest and Tong To in the northeast.
History Shek Chung Au was historically an important traffic node, and a military post was located there during several hundred years, until the mid-19th century.
In 1911, the Sha Tau Kok Railway was opened as far as Shek Chung Au. The light railway was then extended to Sha Tau Kok in 1912. Shek Chung Au Station () remained as one of the five stations of the line.
On 15 February 2012, areas around Sha Tau Kok (but not the town itself), as well as Mai Po, were taken out of the Frontier Closed Area, opening up of land for public access.邊境禁區範圍縮減首階段生效 A checkpoint on the original perimeter, operated by the Police and the Customs and Excise Department at Shek Chung Au, was officially decommissioned on 14 February 2012, and its functions taken over by a new checkpoint outside of Sha Tau Kok.
See also Sha Tau Kok Road International College Hong Kong Starling Inlet
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Delineation of area of existing village Shek Chung Au (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Japanese Pillboxes at Shek Chung Au at gwulo.com Pictures of the remains of Shek Chung Au Station within Sha Tau Kok Farm Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Law Uk, Shek Chung Au Pictures Pictures of Ancillary Block