Sha Tau Kok

English Etymology From en yue 沙頭角. Proper noun 1 en town district/North region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong. May 19, 1971 Reuters 8 BRITISH SOLDIERS WANDER INTO CHINA https://web.archive.org/web/20240201181313/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/19/archives/8-british-soldiers-wander-into-china.html 01 February 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/19/archives/8-british-soldiers-wander-into-china.html 11 Eight British soldiers inadvertently drove across the Chinese frontier yesterday, were held for several hours and released early today, a Government spokesman said.The incident occurred at the village of Sha Tau Kok, which straddles the border between Hong Kong's mainland New Territories and China. en 1982 Clive Egleton 1 Operation Sovereign https://archive.org/details/operationsoverei0000cliv/ w:Severn House 1998 0-7278-5312-0 39115991 13 https://archive.org/details/operationsoverei0000cliv/page/13/ Sha Tau Kok was out on a limb, a tiny village half in China, half in the New Territories, with Mirs Bay to the south and a range of hills stiff with Jap troops immediately to the north. en October 18, 2013 PRESS DIGEST -Hong Kong - Oct 18 w:Reuters https://archive.ph/8MKYY Hong Kong, Ming Pao Daily News https://www.reuters.com/article/business/press-digest-hong-kong-oct-18-idUSL3N0I80H7/ 8 November 2024 Business Far East Consortium International Ltd has beat four other bidders including Sino Land and Wang On Group and won a tender for a piece of land in a restricted border area in Sha Tau Kok for HK$143 million ($18.44 million) or HK$1,104 per square feet. en rural committee district/North region/New Territories sar/Hong Kong. Translations area in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 沙頭角 Mandarin: cmn 沙頭角 rural committee Chinese: Cantonese: yue 沙頭角區鄉事委員會 saa1 tau4 gok3 keoi1 hoeng1 si6 wai2 jyun4 wui6-2 Further reading Sha Tau Kok