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.