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Sha Tin Wai Station is a station on the Ma On Shan Line in Sha Tin , Hong Kong . It was originally named as `` Sha Kok Street Station '' before the Ma On Shan Line operated , because it is exactly located at Sha Kok Street in Sha Tin . It serves residents living in Pok Hong Estate , Sha Kok Estate , Jat Min Chuen , Yue Shing Court , and also serves over 10 schools around the area , including kindergartens , primary schools and secondary schools . The name of the station is taken from a traditional walled Hakka village next to Pok Hong estate . The pattern featured on the platform pillar and glass barrier is a shot of Tsang Tai Uk traditional walled settlement . Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People ' s Republic of China , is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia . Macau lies across the delta to the west , and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north . With a total land area of and a population of over 7 . 3 million of various nationalities , it ranks as the world ' s fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory . The Pearl River Delta ( PRD ), also known as Zhujiang Delta or Zhusanjiao , is the low - lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary , where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea . It is one of the most densely urbanised regions in the world and is an economic hub of China . This region is often considered an emerging megacity . The PRD is a megalopolis , with future development into a single mega metropolitan area , yet itself is at the ___MASK100___ end of a larger megalopolis running along the ___MASK100___ coast of China , which include metropolises such as Chaoshan , Zhangzhou - Xiamen , Quanzhou - Putian , and Fuzhou . The nine largest cities of PRD had a combined population of 57 . 15 million at the end of 2013 , comprising 53 . 69 % of the provincial population . According to the World Bank Group , the PRD has become the largest urban area in the world in both size and population . The Kowloon - Canton Railway Corporation ( KCRC ) was established in 1982 under the Kowloon - Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon - Canton Railway ( KCR ), and to construct and operate other new railways . On 2 December 2007 , the ___MASK69___ Limited , another railway operator in Hong Kong , took over the operation of the KCR network under a 50 - year service concession agreement , which can be extended . Under the service concession , KCRC retains ownership of the KCR network with the ___MASK69___ Limited making annual payments to KCRC for the right to operate the network . The KCRC is wholly owned by the Hong Kong Government and its activities are governed by the KCRC Ordinance as amended in 2007 by the Rail Merger Ordinance to enable the service concession agreement to be entered into with the ___MASK69___ Limited . China , officially the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over ___MASK2___ . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . The Mass Transit Railway ( MTR ) is the rapid transit railway system of Hong Kong . Opened in 1979 , the system now includes of rail with 161 stations , including 93 railway stations and 68 light rail stops . Operated by the ___MASK69___ Limited ( MTRCL ), the MTR is one of the most profitable metro systems in the world , with a high farebox recovery ratio of 186 %. A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route , usually a main line . A very short branch line may be called a spur line . David Blyth Hanna , the first president of the ___MASK94___ , said that although most branch lines cannot pay for themselves , they are essential to make main lines pay . East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent , which can be defined in either geographical or ethno - cultural terms . Geographically and geopolitically , it includes China , Hong Kong , and Macao ; Mongolia and ___MASK2___ ; North and South Korea ; and Japan ; it covers about , or about 28 % of the Asian continent , about twice the area of Europe . The Ma On Shan Line is a branch line of the MTR East Rail Line in Hong Kong . It is coloured brown on the MTR map . Before 2 December 2007 , the railway was operated by the Kowloon - Canton Railway Corporation ( KCRC ) as Ma On Shan Rail ( abbreviated as ). Since the KCRC ' s merger of operations with the ___MASK69___ , the line has been one of the ten lines of the MTR . ___MASK69___ is a company listed on the Hong Kong Exchange , and a component of Hang Seng Index . MTR runs Hong Kong ' s Mass Transit Railway ( MTR ), and is also a major property developer and landlord in Hong Kong . It also invests in railways in different parts in the world , and has obtained contracts to operate rapid transit systems in London , Stockholm , Beijing , Shenzhen , Hangzhou , Melbourne , and Sydney .