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Sha Tin New Town, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sha Tin New Town is a planned satellite town of Hong Kong, laid out along the Shing Mun River in the New Territories.
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Where to stay in Sha Tin New Town
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
A stay here is really a choice between Sha Tin, Tai Wai and Ma On Shan. Sha Tin gives the New Town its name and holds its middle ground, while Fo Tan and Tai Shui Hang keep their own names further along the same plan and Ma On Shan closes the outer end. The Shing Mun River is the thread all of them share, so a bed on one bank still reads as the same town as a bed on the other.
Sha Tin District is the wider frame.
Few places to stay in Sha Tin New Town — most visitors book in Sha Tin nearby.
About Sha Tin New Town
What are the main landmarks in Sha Tin New Town?
The Shing Mun River gives Sha Tin New Town its one continuous landmark, a watercourse that cuts the plan in two and that every quarter of the town is measured against. Named ground does the rest. Sha Tin, Tai Wai and Fo Tan each read as their own quarter, Tai Shui Hang and Ma On Shan carry the New Town further out, and all five sit inside Sha Tin District in the New Territories.
What is the history of Sha Tin New Town?
Sha Tin New Town was laid out as one of the satellite towns of Hong Kong, a planned settlement built out in the New Territories rather than a quarter that grew on its own. Five neighbourhoods came under the one plan: Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Tai Shui Hang and Ma On Shan. The name never settled.
Sha Tin Town and Sha Tin-Ma On Shan New Town both stand for the same ground inside Sha Tin District, and the river was there long before the plan was.
Where is Sha Tin New Town?
The Shing Mun River runs through the middle of Sha Tin New Town, with Tai Wai, Fo Tan and Tai Shui Hang set on the ground along it.
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What is the best area to stay in Sha Tin New Town?
Ma On Shan: treating the outer end of the New Town as the base and travelling back in.
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Updated September 2026