Tsing Yi Hui () was a town on

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 ...

, Hong Kong. Many people at that time referred to the town as Tsing Yi Main Street (), namely the main street of the town. In

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

, the character ''hui'' () means a periodic market, where people gather at a fixed time, usually every nine to ten days. However, the stalls and shops open every day in the town. It is the possibly one of the reasons that people called the town ''main street''.

Transport

The town was adjacent to

Tsing Yi Bay Tsing Yi Bay was a bay on the east side of Hong Kong's Tsing Yi Island, beside the Rambler Channel, approximately on the site of modern-day Tsing Yi Park. The whole bay was reclaimed for the development of new town. Before reclamation, it was su ...

and

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 ...

. In the early days, the town had no motor roads. Residents travelled on foot within the island and external transport totally relied on sea. Taking a

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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 ...

was a typical example. Later the

Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Limited (HYF), is a ferry company founded in 1897 in Hong Kong. It is commonly known as Yaumati Ferry. After restructuring the company in 1989, it became a subsidiary of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Lim ...

provided services to and from Tsuen Wan Town (

Tsuen Wan Pier Tsuen Wan Pier, Tsuen Wan Ferry or Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier is a public pier at the south of Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, which is adjacent to the MTR Tsuen Wan West station. It provided ferry service to Central via Tsing Yi, but the serv ...

) to the old

Tsing Yi Pier Tsing Yi Pier () or Tsing Yi Ferry Terminus () was a ferry pier on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It replaced Tsing Yi Town old pier that was buried during land reclamation. There were ferries to Tsuen Wan and Central. The service ceased to exi ...

beginning in 1980s. Later the service extended to Central, Victoria. Service ended in 2000. Upon the completion of

Tsing Yi Bridge Tsing Yi South Bridge, opened as the Tsing Yi Bridge on 28 February 1974, was the first bridge to Tsing Yi, Hong Kong. It spans Rambler Channel, linking Tsing Yi Island to the former Pillar Island, Kwai Chung. The bridge spans 610 metres (abou ...

, roads were built to various places including Tsing Yi Town.

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established bus routes to Tsuen Wan Town and Mei Foo.

Relocation

Upon the demolition of Tsing Yi Market, most of shops in the town were relocated to the re-sited villages of

Chung Mei Chung Mei is an area on the Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. It is also the name of a village on the island. Name Chung Mei means the end () of a stream (), in Cantonese. It might refer the stream of Liu To or a much shorter where the former vi ...

and Lo Uk near

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. Shops open on the ground floor of houses and form a market. The informal

Chung Mei Market Chung may refer to: Surnames * Chung (surname) * Jeong (surname), Korean surname * Zhong (surname), or Chung, Chinese surname * Cheung, or Chung, Cantonese surname Geography * Chung, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran * C ...

still operates and is busy every early morning.

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* * Populated coastal places in Hong Kong Roads in the New Territories Street markets in Hong Kong Tsing Yi {{HongKong-geo-stub

Transport

Relocation

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