MOSTown (formerly Sunshine City; ) is a shopping centre in the town centre of

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in the

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. It was developed by

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, and contains a series of high-rise residential

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and a series of shopping arcades.

Residential towers

There are residential towers above MOSTown, containing in excess of 5,000 residential units, were constructed in five phases during the 1990s. The majority of units are between 40 and 60 square metres. Each phase was built together with a shopping arcade. Phase 5 is also known as Tolo Place ().

Shopping centre

The

shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collec ...

s for phases 1 to 3 are relatively small. "''Sunshine City Plaza''" (), the shopping arcade built with phase 4, is by far the largest, and has retail floor space of in excess of . "''Sunshine Bazaar''" () is the name given to Phase 5 of the mall.

Location and access

Sunshine City Plaza is located on

Sai Sha Road Sai Sha Road () is a main road connecting Sai Kung Town, Sai Kung and Ma On Shan (town), Ma On Shan. It begins at the roundabout at Sai Kung Town, Mak Pin, Sai Kung and passes through Three Fathoms Cove and Shap Sze Heung before traversing the ne ...

, adjacent to the MTR

Ma On Shan station Ma On Shan () is an elevated station on the of Hong Kong. It is located above Sai Sha Road, at the town centre of Ma On Shan, between Sunshine City and Bayshore Towers. It also serves other residential areas like Kam Ying Court and Chung On ...

, has nowadays become the centre of

. It is across from the

Ma On Shan Plaza Ma On Shan Plaza is a shopping centre in the town centre of Ma On Shan in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong. Location Ma On Shan Plaza is located on Sai Sha Road, and is connected to MOSTown and the Ma On Shan station of the MTR Tuen Ma line ...

. Ma On Shan Town Centre bus terminus is located underneath Sunshine City Plaza.

of the MTR

Tuen Ma line The Tuen Ma line () is a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map, the Tuen Ma line is in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of ...

was opened in 2004, and is connected to Sunshine City Plaza by a footbridge. The resulting improvement in transport has been an important factor for the increase in the number of visitors to Sunshine City Plaza.

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Residential towers

Shopping centre

Location and access

See also

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