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
editLok Lo Ha is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2]
History
editLok 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
editReferences
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
editWikimedia 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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