1900

Lo Wu and Shum Chun in the 1900s.
Liu’s family settled down in Sheung Shui

1915

According to local folk tale, the name “Fu Tei Au” derives from the discovery of a tiger once spotted in Sheung Shui.

1923

The Lo Wu Brick Company brought a number of land lots in Fu Tei Au for brick work purpose.

1924

Man Ming Temple was constructed by Liu’s family in Sheung Shui Heung to pay tribute to the God of Literature (Man) and the God of War (Mo) and to pray for good harvest.

1939

The Lo Wu Brick Company sold off their assets and demolished the brickworks site.

1942

British Forces resisted the invasion of the Imperial Japanese in Fu Tei Au.

1950

After the Chinese Civil War, some residents from Mainland immigrated to Fu Tei Au.

1954

The old dam near Man Ming Temple was breached by a flood in June. A new reinforced concrete stepped dam was under construction later in September.

1962

On August 27, severe floods caused by Typhoon Wanda swept through Fu Tei Au village, resulting in massive property damage and homelessness for countless families.

1967

The 1st Hungry Ghost Festival was held on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month in 1967, marking this year the 55th celebration in Fu Tei Au. The God of Lui Cho was chosen to be tributed until now.

1969

Tak Yeung Tong Lui Cho Temple was established. Iron sheets were utilized as its most original form.

1986

Sheung Shui water treatment works stage I with a capacity of 100,000 cubic metres per day commissioned.

1989

On the 20th of May, heavy rainstorms brought by Typhoon Brenda caused a great destruction. Man Ming Temple was partly damaged.

2000

Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse started commissioning.

2002

River Indus training work was completed. The Stone Stele at Shek Bei Tau was kept.
The river channel has been reshaped for flood prevention.

2007

Fanling North New Development Area was proposed. Fu Tei Au was covered under the proposal.

2013

After three stages of public engagement, the North East New Territories New Development Areas Planning and Engineering Study commissioned jointly by the Civil Engineering and Development Department and the Planning Department and undertaken by Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited, a multi-professional engineering and consulting firm, has finalised the Recommended Outline Development Plans. About 12 hectares of land in Fu Tei Au were proposed as “Agriculture” zone. Such recommendation was approved by the government in the same year.

2014

The Civil Engineering and Development Department revised the Fanling North New Development Areas scheme to relocate the Police Driving and Traffic Training Complex and Weapons Training Division facilities to Kong Nga Po, a development plan originally proposed to implement in Fu Tei Au.

2014

Tak Yeung Tong Lui Cho Temple started renovating and was completed the next year.
Liu Chi Hip - Vice Chairman of the Fu Tei Au Welfare Association, in collaboration with 10 other villagers, set in motion a cultural and ecological conservation project.