Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.

Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date of Death | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Material Type | Image |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
Amah Rock (Mong Fu Shek), Sha Tin
The Amah Rock is located at a hill top to the southwest of Sha Tin. The height of the rock is almost the sum total of six to seven men standing on top of one another. The shape of the rock resembling a woman carrying a baby at her back bore a poignant story that has been passed on from generation to generation in Sha Tin. The legend tells of a woman whose husband had sailed overseas to make a living. Failing to hear from him since then, the woman waited, day and night for the return of her husband on the hill top carrying a baby at her back. An unexpected thunderstorm, however, swept through on a fatal day turning the woman and her baby into the now well-known Mong Fu Shek.
Date | c.1980s |
Place | New Territories/Sha Tin District/Sha Tin/Amah Rock |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Places |
Source | Courtesy of The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Repository | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
Accession No. | S2008.0157 |
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