Luk Keng with Shataukok Police Stn in the background.jpg

ehktang
Wed, 02/24/2016 - 17:06
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Luk Keng with Shataukok Police Stn in the background.jpg

This panormama was taken in 1967. It appears the fields were still in use instead of being left fallow and the Luk Keng villages were still fully inhabited instead of left derelict. The white building across the Starling Inlet is the Sha Tau Kok Police Station which was at the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The tall mountain is Wutong Shan. Shenzhen was a sleepy place back then. Now Shenzhen is a thriving city and Luk Keng is a sleepy place.

Date picture taken
19 Feb 1967
Tags
1967
villages
fields
mountains
Sha Tau Kok
Luk Keng
Police Station
Author(s)
H. K. Tang
Gallery
1960s Hong Kong
Shows place(s)
Sha Tau Kok Police Station [1953- ]

Comments

Hello ehktang,

We are a grassroots organization at Nam Chung, Sha Tau Kok and we are working on a community history project to document the life histories of Hakka villagers and the changing way of life in the area. Our website is available here: https://peacenamchung.org (Sorry, no English version available yet.)

Your picture will be of immense value to our work. Middle of November the Nam-Luk Coalition is holding their dajiu festival (organized once every ten years). Just wondering if we can have permission to use the picture in an exhibition scheduled in November, and to publish it in a souvenir pamphlet. :)

Please get back to us at peacenamchung@gmail.com. Since gwulo.com does not seem to support a PM function.

Many thanks,

Kootyin

Hi 

I am wondering if you can assist. I came across an old photo belonging to my father. In the background there is road sign 'Luk Keng Road'. Do you know if this is in Luk Keng village and whether or not this road still exist? I am struggling to find much about this road on the net. 
 

Thank you 

 

Thank you for your reply. I have tried numerous times to upload the photo (MAC) and it is not allowing me to. I am not able to convert PDF to JPG. I googled for instructions for converting to JPG but I don't have the option 'save PDF to iphoto'.  I am happy to email you directly the photo to upload if you are.