Sha Tin District is a part of Hong Kong, China. There are four light industrial districts in Sha Tin, including Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen and Shek Mun. Sha Tin is located in the north of Kowloon City and south of Tai Po District, mainly including Tai Wai, Sha Tin, Fo Tan, Ma Liu Shui, Shing Mun East and Ma On Shan. Sha Tin is the rapid development of residential areas in the past 15 years, today's Sha Tin District used to be a thorn-riddled barren garden, so it is known as the "thorn garden", the early villages in Sha Tin District were built on both sides of the present Shing Mun River, due to the former Shing Mun River upstream under the River is very clear, and thus there is a "leaching source of water! "Today's Sha Tin District was inhabited in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) at the latest. Those who came to Sha Tin earlier are known as the locals, who mostly moved in from the Mainland in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and built their villages on fertile land with abundant water sources, such as the villages of Chik Chuen Wai (Dawei), Siu Lek Yuen and Tin Sum Wai; while those who came later are known as the Hakka people, and could only build their villages on hillsides, hillsides, or even hilltops, Nowadays, Sha Tin District is a fully-developed new urban reclamation, mainly for residential purposes, with about 65% of the population living in public housing, including public rental housing, Tenants Purchase Scheme and Home Ownership Scheme estates, and about 29,000 people living in about 48 indigenous villages. In addition, there are four light industrial districts in Sha Tin District, including Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen and Shek Mun.
Road traffic between Sha Tin and Kowloon is served by the Lion Rock Tunnel, Tate's Cairn Tunnel and Tai Po Road. Sai Sha Road connects Sha Tin to Sai Kung via Ma On Shan, and the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) is an important means of transportation between Kowloon and Lo Wu via Sha Tin.
There are 46 elementary school and 44 secondary schools in Sha Tin and Ma On Shan. In addition, there are post-secondary colleges such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hang Seng School of Commerce, and the Hong Kong Sports Institute, etc. Cultural, recreational and sports facilities are available in Sha Tin District. The major peaks in Sha Tin District include Lion Rock and Ma On Shan.
