Sha Tin Wai

Sha Tin Wai () is an area in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, named after Sha Tin Wai village ().

Name
The name of the Sha Tin area allegedly comes from the fact that British colonial officials mistook the name of Sha Tin Wai village as the name of the area.

The nearby Sha Tin Wai Station of the MTR is named after the village. By extension, since the construction of the station, the surrounding area is also called "Sha Tin Wai".

History
The village was established by the Tse (), Cheng () and Lam () clans from Pok Law (Boluo County) in the mid-17th century. Each of the clans has their own ancestral hall.

The village was originally built on the waterfront. As a consequence of successive land reclamation of the former estuary that started in 1905, it is now separated from the Shing Mun River by Sha Kok Estate. Houses were then built in front of the initial row of houses, and as a consequence, half of today's Sha Tin Wai is built on reclaimed land.

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