Lok Lo Ha
Appearance
Lok Lo Ha (Chinese: 落路下; lit. 'falling down from the road')[1] is a village and valley northeast of Wo Liu Hang in Fo Tan, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong.
Administration
[edit]Lok Lo Ha is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2]
History
[edit]Lok Lo Ha was historically a sea-shore village. A stone pier for the sampan ferry to Yuen Chau Kok was built at Lok Lo Ha in 1917.[1]
In 2018, a KMB bus on route 872 passed by this stop, overturning a few stops later, killing 19. It has been noted that the name of the village literally means “falling down from the road”, which coincidentally describes the bus accident.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hase, P. H. (2020). Settlement, Life, and Politics - Understanding the Traditional New Territories. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 302, 304, 312. ISBN 9789629374419.
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lok Lo Ha.
- 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: 1920s, 1964
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