Ho Tung Lau
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Ho Tung Lau (Chinese: 何東樓) is a place northeast of Lok Lo Ha (落路下) in Sha Tin, near the MTR and on the former shore of Sha Tin Hoi, in the New Territories. Maps mid-1960s onward shifted Ho Tung Lau southwest-ward in the same place of Lok Lo Ha.
After building of MTR (formerly KCRC) Ho Tung Lau Maintenance Centre on a reclaimed land next to Fo Tan of Sha Tin with it north end in Lok Lo Ha, the actual location of Ho Tung Lau is gradually forgotten, and Ho Tung Lau is more likely to be associated with the area near the maintenance centre. The Fo Tan Station of MTR is also next to the maintenance centre. Two private housing estates, Royal Ascot and The Palazzo, are developed in the old sites of Ho Tung Lau.
The name of Ho Tung Lau is related to a successful businessman Robert Hotung. The character Lau (樓) means a building in Cantonese. Ho Tung had bought a land near the Sha Tin Hoi and built a house on it.
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