Tsuen Wan New Town (traditional Chinese: 荃灣新市鎮) is a new town in Hong Kong. A new town, planned community or planned city is a City, Town, or Community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders It spans over Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Tsuen Wan ( formerly also Tsun Wan) is a Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong, opposite to Tsing Yi Island across Kwai Chung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, China. Tsing Yi ( or Tsing Yi Island ( is an Island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. Traditionally, the officials of Tsuen Wan managed the area of proper Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi Island, Ma Wan and Northeast Lantau Island. Ma Wan ( is an Island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak ( lit
In 1982 the Tsuen Wan District formed under District Administration Scheme. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) For the old town of Hong Kong see Tsuen Wan. For the new town in Hong Kong see Tsuen Wan New Town. In 1985, with the explosion of population in the new town, the district spun off Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi to form a new Kwai Tsing District. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kwai Tsing ( is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Thus, the new town is now under two administrative districts.
Its total development area is about 24 km². The population of the new town is approximately 801,800 and reaches the planned capacity.
Although Tsuen Wan New Town belongs to New Territories, it is also considered to be a part of Hong Kong urban area, like Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. New Territories, abbreviated to NT or NT, is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Hong Kong Island ( is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong, China. Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east It is because the town was early developed and is not blocked by hills or mountains with the distace to Kowloon geographically. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Also, there are no New Territories taxis providing service in Tsuen Wan New Town except at Tsuen Wan MTR Station and Tsing Yi MTR Station, unlike other new towns in New Territories. See also Taxicabs by country Taxicabs of Hong Kong provide a taxi system Tsuen Wan is the northern terminus of the MTR in Hong Kong. It is located at the north-central part of Tsuen Wan New town, and Tsing Yi Station is an Interchange station on the of MTR and on Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. In the latest official reports, Kwai Chung New Town and Tsing Yi New Town are separated from Tseun Wan New Town.
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