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The buildings in Tsuen Wan Town. Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60.7 km 2. [2] Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjoy the highest income in the New Territories. [citation needed]
Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fleets of fishing boats in the area. The modern city is centered the Tsuen Wan station of the MTR.
In late 19th Century, it was one of four yeuk (約; 'district or administration unit') in Tsuen Wan, together with Kwai Chung, Shek Wai Kok and Tsing Yi. The heads of four yeuks formed the Tsuen Wan Security Council (荃灣安全局) to secure the area of Tsuen Wan. The original site of the village is in present-day Jockey Club Tak Wah Park.
However, in 1999, the Transport Bureau decided to shelve Phase 3 after reviewing the traffic flow changes in Tsuen Wan District. Additionally, the reclamation plan for Tsuen Wan District was canceled due to the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance, resulting in lower-than-expected traffic growth. In September 2002, Texaco Road’s Phase 3 ...
Historically Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail, a hilly path connecting Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long, was once a major access between two areas. The trail remains good for hiking and Chai Wan Kok is the start on the Tsuen Wan end. The area is the transportation crossroads of several major roads connecting Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun.
West New Territories consisted of Yuen Long District and Tuen Mun District, while South New Territories consisted of Tsuen Wan District, Islands District and Sai Kung District. The electoral colleges lasted for two terms until they were replaced by the geographical constituencies in 1991 when the first direct election to the Legislative Council ...
the area of Tsuen Wan New Town in 1961. Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. It spans Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and the eastern part of Tsing Yi Island. Traditionally, the administrative officials of Tsuen Wan managed the area of Tsuen Wan proper, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi Island, Ma Wan and Northeast Lantau Island. Its total development area ...
Tin Shui Wai New Town. The Hong Kong government started developing new towns in the 1950s to accommodate Hong Kong's booming population.During the first phase of development, the newly developed towns were called "satellite towns", a concept borrowed from the United Kingdom, of which Hong Kong was a colony.