Tin Shui Wai

Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a gei wai fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong.

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Type: Town with 282,000 residents
Description: human settlement in Hong Kong
Also known as: “Tianshui Wei”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hong Kong Wetland Park and Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda.

Hong Kong Wetland Park

Park

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Hong Kong Wetland Park is a conservation, education and tourism facility, located at the northern part of Tin Shui Wai, in Yuen Long. It was to be an ecological mitigation area for the wetlands lost due to Tin Shui Wai New Town development, in the New Territories.

Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda

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The Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda is the only surviving ancient pagoda in Hong Kong near MTR Tin Shui Wai station and Light Rail Tin Shui Wai stop. It is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail and a declared monument.

Kai Shan

Peak

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Kai Shan is a hill in Wang Chau, in the New Territories of Hong Kong, separating the new towns of Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai. It has a height of 121 metres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yuen Long and Ping Shan.

Yuen Long

Town

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Yuen Long is a town in the western north New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu, Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin, and to the north Nam Sang Wai.

Ping Shan

Suburb

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Ping Shan is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located west of Yuen Long Town and Shui Pin Wai, and south of Tin Shui Wai. Administratively, it is part of the Yuen Long District.