Tsing Yi Bay was a bay on the east side of Hong Kong's

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 ...

, beside the

Rambler Channel Rambler Channel is a body of water in Hong Kong that separates Tsing Yi Island from Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung in the New Territories. The channel separates the two landmasses by 900 metres at its widest point. Historically, the channel was known ...

, approximately on the site of modern-day

Tsing Yi Park Tsing Yi Park is a public park on the Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong with Tsing Yi Estate, Tsing Yi Garden, Broadview Garden and St. Paul's Village in its proximity. It was opened to the public in September 1996, with area of 7.09 hectares, the par ...

. The whole bay was reclaimed for the development of

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. Before

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, it was surrounded by places known as

Tsing Leng Tsui Tsing Leng Tsui () is a former cape on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong between the former Tsing Yi Bay and the Rambler Channel. After several phases of reclamation, the cape lost its shape and became the location of the Hong Kong Cement Plant belonging ...

Sheung Ko Tan Sheung may refer to: * Sheung (surname), Cantonese romanization of various Chinese surnames **Kiki Sheung, Hong Kong TVB actress *Lam Sheung Yee (1934–2009), former football (soccer) defender, coach and announcer, as well as an actor * Lee Sheung ...

(上高灘), Ha Chung Mei, Tai Wong Ha and

Tsing Yi Town Tsing Yi Town is located on the eastern coast of Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong and is part of the Tsuen Wan New Town. See also * Tsing Yi Hui Tsing Yi Hui () was a town on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. Many people at that time referred to the town as ...

. The names of these places have since changed, and can now be translated, approximately, as Grand Horizon,

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Tsing Yi Estate Tsing Yi Estate () is a public housing estate in Tsing Yi Island, New Territories, Hong Kong near Fung Shue Wo Sports Centre and Tsing Yi Park. It is the only public housing estate on Tsing Yi Island which name does not start with the character ' ...

and

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Silting up

The mud and sand in the stream of

Liu To Liu To () is the area around the valley in the midwest of Tsing Yi Island. There is a stream in the valley watering the narrow band of agricultural fields of Liu To Village (). Its water formerly filled the Tsing Yi Lagoon and nurtured the ric ...

settled on the shores of Tsing Yi Bay. A marsh formed at the mouth of the stream and the water in the bay became shallower and shallower. Finally, an

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developed between Tsing Yi Town and Sheung Ko Tan. The inner water is now separated from the bay outside the isthmus to become

Tsing Yi Lagoon Tsing Yi Lagoon, or Tsing Yi Tong, was a lagoon on the east shore of Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. Its water came from a stream in the nearby valley of Liu To and its outlet was at Tsing Yi Bay. It acted as the shelter for nearby boat people, es ...

Reclamation

In the 1980s, the

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started to reclaim the bay in three phases. The bay has now been completely reclaimed and the shore has been straightened from

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 ...

References

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