Tsuen Wan New Town is a

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. It spans

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 ...

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 ...

and the eastern part of

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 ...

. Traditionally, the administrative officials of Tsuen Wan managed the area of Tsuen Wan proper, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi Island,

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. Its total development area is about . The population of the new town is approximately 801,800, with the planned capacity being 845,000. Development of the

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commenced in the 1950s, along with Kwun Tong satellite town. In 1961, the government of Hong Kong decided to expand the satellite town into neighbouring Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, and Tsuen Wan New Town was established as the first new town in Hong Kong. In 1982, the

Tsuen Wan District 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 km². Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, en ...

was created under the

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. In 1985, with the explosion of population in the new town, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi were spun off to form the new

Kwai Tsing District Kwai Tsing is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district h ...

. Thus, the town is now under two administrative districts. In some recent official reports, Kwai Chung New Town and Tsing Yi New Town are separated from Tsuen Wan New Town. Despite being a part of the

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, the town is also considered a part of the

metro area by the

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and

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. Along with

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and Kowloon, it is the only area in the New Territories classified as the core urban area of Hong Kong. Part of this is because the town was developed early and is not geographically separated from Kowloon by hills. Also, there are no New Territories taxis service within most parts of the town, unlike other new towns in the New Territories.

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Tsuen Wan New Town
* New Territories Development Department
Hong Kong's New Towns: Tsuen Wan
{{coord, 22.3737, 114.1163, display = t New towns in Hong Kong Kwai Chung Kwai Tsing District Tsing Yi Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan District New towns started in the 1980s

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