Sha Tau Kok

Proper noun

Sha Tau Kok

1. A town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 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.1971 May 19, Reuters, “8 BRITISH SOLDIERS WANDER INTO CHINA”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, page 11
   • 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.1982, Clive Egleton, chapter 1, in Operation Sovereign, Severn House, published 1998, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13
2. A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.