Ho Tung Lau is a place northeast of Lok Lo Ha

Lok Lo Ha

Lok Lo Ha is a place and a valley northeast of Wo Liu Hang of Fo Tan in Sha Tin, Hong Kong....

 (落路下) in Sha Tin

Sha Tin

Sha Tin, also spelled Shatin, is an area around the Shing Mun River in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.-Geography:...

, near the MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 and on the former shore of Sha Tin Hoi, in the New Territories

New Territories

New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

. Maps mid-1960s onward shifted Ho Tung Lau southwest-ward in the same place of Lok Lo Ha.

After building of MTR (formerly KCRC) Ho Tung Lau Maintenance Centre on a reclaimed land next to Fo Tan

Fo Tan

Fo Tan is a suburb of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. It was developed as a light industrial area, but this activity has declined markedly in recent years. There are residential areas to the east, alongside the MTR line, and in the foothills to the west....

 of Sha Tin

Sha Tin

Sha Tin, also spelled Shatin, is an area around the Shing Mun River in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.-Geography:...

 with it north end in Lok Lo Ha, the actual location of Ho Tung Lau is gradually forgotten, and Ho Tung Lau is more likely to be associated with the area near the maintenance centre. The Fo Tan Station of MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 is also next to the maintenance centre. Two private housing estates, Royal Ascot

Royal Ascot, Hong Kong

Royal Ascot is a private residential development in Fo Tan, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. The development is consisted of 2 phases, which was completed in 1995 and 1997 respectively. The development was jointly developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation...

 and The Palazzo, are developed in the old sites of Ho Tung Lau.

The name of Ho Tung Lau is related to a successful businessman Robert Hotung

Robert Hotung

Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman, KBE , better known as Sir Robert Hotung, was an influential Eurasian businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong. It has often been claimed that he was the "first Chinese person to be allowed to live on Victoria Peak" in 1906, two years after the enactment of the...

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The character Lau (樓) means a building in Cantonese. Ho Tung had bought a land near the Sha Tin Hoi and built a house on it.