shatin old town 沙田舊墟 1954年~1979年

Wed, 05/26/2021 - 18:57

The labels are in Chinese. Number 1 means shatin floating restaurant. Number 2 means Sheng Wo Che, Ha Wo Che between sha Tin Wai road and Fo Tan Road. It is probably the earliest location before any major land reclamation took place.

The area was called 沙田舊墟 or Shatin old village which existed approximately  from 1954 to 1979 when it was demolished to make way for the New Town Plaza.

English labels:

1 shatin floating restaurant
2 sai lam temple
3 shatin station
4 fourth street
5 third street
6 second street
7 first street
8 market
9 centre street
10 shun yee school
11 kindergarden
12 shatin theater
13 lau shui villa
14 clearing
15 fire station

1970 map:

https://gwulo.com/media/43882

 

Date picture taken
1972 (year is approximate)

Comments

The area was called 沙田舊墟 or Shatin old village which existed approximately  from 1954 to 1979 when it was demolished to make way for the New Town Plaza.

This is a photo of New Market Street in Old Shatin Village. The fourth shop on the right was a restaurant called Chung Yuen restaurant (松苑菜館). The address was Shatin New Market Street (新市街) given in 1967 年香港年鑑. Where exactly was the street in the above air photo?  Is it located in the market?

shatin new market street 1954-1979
shatin new market street 1954-1979, by simtang

The shatin bypass road was still under construction but the construction of Lik Yuen estate north of the shatin old town hasn't started yet. A good estimate would be between 1972 and 1973. The HKmaps.hk 1973 map indicates the part between bypass road and old town was already reclaimed  in 1973.