Mun Tsai Tong or Moon Tsai Tong () was a
harbour located between northeast
Tsing Yi Island
Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all ...
and
Nga Ying Chau
Nga Ying Chau, or Cap Island, was an island off the northeast shore of Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong, separated by a small harbour, Mun Tsai Tong, with Tsuen Wan at its northeast, just across the Rambler Channel. When the small harbour was reclai ...
in Hong Kong. It was reclaimed for the development of a
new town
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on Tsing Yi Island in 1980s. The harbour became two
public housing estate
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s,
Cheung On Estate
Cheung On Estate () is a public housing estate in Tsing Yi Island, New Territories, Hong Kong built on reclaimed land in Tsing Yi North near Tsing Yi Northeast Park and MTR Tsing Yi station. It consists of ten residential blocks completed betwe ...
and
Cheung Fat Estate
The following is an overview of public housing estates on Tsing Yi, Hong Kong including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Subsidised Sale F ...
.
The harbour once protected the boats of fishermen and boat-people that were affected by the
reclamation
Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back".
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* Land reclamation, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds
* Dedesertification, reversing of the land degradation in arid ...
of
Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...
and
Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town.
In 2000, it had a popula ...
areas. They were forced to leave again when reclamation on the harbour started.
CARE and
Caritas Hong Kong
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built homes for them in the nearby hill, namely
Tsing Yi Fishermen Village () and
St. Paul's Village (). Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's School was established by the
Fish Marketing Organisation
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The Fish Ma ...
above the hill nearby on the Tsing Yi Island.
Ports and harbours of Hong Kong
Tsing Yi
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