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42-545: The campus is located mostly in Sha Tin District and partly in Tai Po District . Hong Kong Science Park provides a campus-like environment of 330,000 square metres marketed for high-technology enterprises. It is designed to accommodate companies of all sizes and stages of development and to promote interaction and innovation at both a local and global level. This article about a Hong Kong building or structure

84-762: A northeast–southwest direction. Hin Keng Estate , located northeast of the villages and across Hin Keng Street, was named after them. Villages in the vicinity of Che Kung Temple : Other villages in Tai Wai include: Several public housing estates have a shopping centre. The only private shopping centre was Grandeur Shopping Arcade ( 金禧商場 ), located within Grandeur Garden, along Tai Wai Road ( 大圍道 ), until The Wai shopping mall opened in 2023. The Wai ( 圍方 ) opened on July 22, 2023. Located on top of Tai Wai Station and below

126-528: A wide range of facilities including a fitness centre with weight training and cardiovascular equipment, squash courts as well as badminton courts. These sport centres are owned and operated by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department ; however, the facilities are charged prior to booking with several exceptions. Hin Tin Swimming Pool ( 顯田游泳池 ) is the only public swimming pool in Tai Wai. Opened in 1992, it

168-643: Is Hong Kong's largest museum. The Museum was opened on 16 December 2000 and includes 12 galleries, a café and museum shop. Other attractions include: Tai Wai Tai Wai (Chinese: 大圍 / ˌ t aɪ ˈ w aɪ / ) is an area in the New Territories , Hong Kong , located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock , within the Sha Tin District . With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines , five bus termini and several trunk roads and tunnels connecting it to other parts of

210-476: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a corporation in the service industry is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 22°25′35.634″N 114°12′40.496″E  /  22.42656500°N 114.21124889°E  / 22.42656500; 114.21124889 Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of

252-514: Is also a popular activity in Tai Wai. Situated at the end of a valley, Tai Wai is surrounded by country parks : Shing Mun (north), Kam Shan (west), Lion Rock (south) and Ma On Shan (southeast). Sections of the Wilson Trail and the MacLehose Trail run across the hills near Tai Wai. Some sources mention Tai Wai as being famous for its chicken porridges and roast baby pigeon. Tai Wai

294-554: Is also located in Sha Tin. People typically travel there via the MTR East Rail line and get off at University station . A minibus service operates on campus. Sha Tin is the location for Hong Kong's second equestrian racecourse (the first and most famous being Happy Valley Racecourse ) which has a capacity of 85,000. This course hosted the equestrian events during the 2008 Summer Olympics . The Olympics were hosted by Beijing, but there

336-542: Is composed largely of low to medium income households of different ethnic backgrounds ranging from local Chinese to Westerners. According to the 2016 Population By-census, the number of persons living in Tai Wai was as follows: A large part of the population of Tai Wai lives in public housing estates . Privately owned apartment blocks are also common and higher income luxury housing is also available in various parts of Tai Wai. Hundreds of three-storey village houses (some western styled, others more traditional) can be found in

378-553: Is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 88. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Shatin Government Primary School (沙田官立小學). Tai Wai has multiple primary and secondary schools, mostly public, some with religious background. They include: Other historic or otherwise notable buildings and structures in Tai Wai include: Tai Wai station

420-796: Is on the East Rail line and the Tuen Ma line of the MTR . The northward termini of the East Rail line, Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations, located at the border with Shenzhen , are about 30 minutes away. The station was opened in 1983 and its expansion for the Ma On Shan line was completed in September 2004. Che Kung Temple station of the Tuen Ma line is also located in the Tai Wai area. It opened in 2004. In 2002, KCRC won

462-711: Is operated by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It is located along Che Kung Miu Road, between Tai Wai station and Hin Keng station. The Tai Wai Cycling Park, where beginners could practice their cycling skills, was demolished in 2001 to make way for the railway terminus of the Ma On Shan Line. A number of bicycle rental shops can be found in Tai Wai and bicycle lanes run along the Shing Mun River and link Tai Wai to Tai Po , Ma On Shan and Plover Cove Reservoir . Hiking

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504-515: Is part of Route 8 that connects Tai Wai to the airport over the Stonecutters Bridge and through the Nam Wan Tunnel . A large percentage of the bus routes that go past Tai Wai are circular routes which both start and terminate in Sha Tin. There are also long-distance routes that go past famous Hong Kong landmarks and attractions. They include 170, which goes to Ocean Park ; E42 goes to

546-474: Is served by an extensive road network. Four trunk routes on Hong Kong's strategic route network pass through the district: These trunk roads make use of several road tunnels leading to the district. Of these, the Lion Rock Tunnel used by Route 1, is the oldest, having opened in 1967 to replace the overcrowded Tai Po Road to Sham Shui Po . Despite the opening of further tunnels over the years, it remains

588-512: Is that the 12 towers would create an urban heat island effect and block off the air flow of the area. Other private housing estates in Tai Wai include: A number of villages exist in Tai Wai and most of them are surrounded by the towers of housing estates. Traditional village layout and some historic buildings can still be found. Ha Keng Hau , Sheung Keng Hau and Hin Tin are three adjacent villages located along Hin Keng Street ( 顯徑街 ), along

630-577: The MTR railway network, the most of any district in Hong Kong. Five of these stations lie on the East Rail line , namely Tai Wai , Sha Tin , Fo Tan , Racecourse and University . Although all except Racecourse station (which only has service on race days) lie on the original Kowloon–Canton Railway , the oldest in the territory, only Sha Tin station existed at the time the line was inaugurated in 1910, providing direct service to Hung Hom station in Kowloon in

672-510: The New Territories , such as Tsuen Wan , and Kowloon , Tai Wai is an important transport node in Hong Kong. Tai Wai occupies the southwestern end of the Sha Tin Valley. The Sha Tin area is located directly northeast of Tai Wai. Hill ranges separate Tai Wai from New Kowloon in the south, and from Tsuen Wan in the west. The Tai Wai Nullah , sometimes referred to as the upper stream of Shing Mun River, flows through Tai Wai, where it joins

714-466: The Shing Mun River . The Shing Mun River then flows in a southwest–northeast direction across the Sha Tin Valley towards Tolo Harbour . Sprouting from traditional farming villages growing rice, vegetables and fruits, such as choy sum , Chinese broccoli , bamboo, banana, peach, and lychee, Tai Wai area once functioned as a light suburban industrial park in the 1970s. Few factory buildings are still in use, mostly as warehouses. The current urbanization of

756-734: The 9 districts located in the New Territories , it covers the areas of Sha Tin , Tai Wai , Ma On Shan , Fo Tan , Siu Lek Yuen , Kwun Yam Shan and Ma Liu Shui . The district is the most populous district in Hong Kong, with a population of 659,794 as per 2016 by-census, having a larger population than many states or dependencies including Iceland , Malta , Montenegro and Brunei . The Sha Tin District covers approximately 69.4 km (26.8 sq. mi), including Sha Tin New Town and several country parks. Built mostly on reclaimed land in Sha Tin Hoi ,

798-525: The Cross Harbour section was completed in 2022. As part of this project, a new station was built in the Tai Wai area, Hin Keng station , which opened in February 2020. Tai Wai is the main gateway of tunnels and roads connecting the New Territories to Kowloon as well as Tsuen Wan due to its convenient location. In the early 20th century and until the Lion Rock Tunnel , the first road tunnel in Hong Kong,

840-675: The East Rail line were operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation until they were absorbed by the MTR Corporation in 2007. Railway connectivity to and from Sha Tin District is expected to be significantly improved following the completion of the Sha Tin to Central Link , which will see extensions to both the East Rail and Ma On Shan lines. The first section, known as Tuen Ma line Phase 1, opened in January 2020, extending

882-543: The East Rail line would be extended across Victoria Harbour and terminate at Admiralty station , providing a direct service to Hong Kong Island for the first time. A total of 110 franchised bus routes serve various points in Sha Tin District. These are predominantly operated by Kowloon Motor Bus , which has a depot in Siu Lek Yuen. They include a combination of routes entirely within the district, routes connecting

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924-524: The Ma On Shan area. Its nine stations, running between Tai Wai and Wu Kai Sha, were all located within Sha Tin District, and served newly built housing estates along the route. The only interchange between this line and the rest of the network was at Tai Wai, leading to extreme congestion on the East Rail line between this station and Kowloon Tong , which has a connection to the Kwun Tong line . Both this line and

966-521: The Ma On Shan line to Kai Tak via Diamond Hill , and includes a further station serving Hin Keng at the southern end of Sha Tin District. This is expected to relieve congestion on the East Rail line between Tai Wai and Kowloon Tong. By the end of 2021, the full Tuen Ma line would open with a new route through Kowloon City , merging with the West Rail line at Hung Hom and continuing to the northwestern New Territories via western Kowloon. Finally, in 2022,

1008-800: The Pavilia Farm residential complex, the shopping mall covers an area 650,000sq ft across four floors. At the time of its opening, The Wai housed the largest of the then 43 Market Place supermarkets in Hong Kong, covering an area over 20,000sq ft. Sports venues in Tai Wai include: There are three indoor public sport centres in Tai Wai: Che Kung Temple Sports Centre (opened in 2020), Hin Keng Sports Centre (opened in 1988) and Mei Lam Sports Centre (opened in 1986). They are located in or next to major estates, namely Chun Shek Estate , Hin Keng Estate and Mei Lam Estate . They offer

1050-462: The Tai Wai area, through the Sha Tin town centre to Tide Cove . It has three main tributaries, namely Tai Wai Nullah , Fo Tan Nullah and Siu Lek Yuen Nullah . Along the Shing Mun River are high-rise residential, commercial and industrial buildings with numerous village type developments scattered around. Sha Tin District is served by a total of fourteen rapid transit stations on two lines of

1092-626: The area is the consequence of the development of Sha Tin New Town that started in the 1970s. Tai Wai Village , where the name of the area came from, was the largest and oldest walled village in Sha Tin. It was built in 1574 during the Ming dynasty , and was called Chik Chuen Wai ( Chinese : 積存圍 ) at the time. It was originally made up of 16 families, Wai ( 韋 ), Chan ( 陳 ), Ng ( 吳 ), Yeung ( 楊 ), Wong ( 黃 ), Lee ( 李 ), Hui ( 許 ), Cheng ( 鄭 ), Tong ( 唐 ), Yuen ( 袁 ), Yau ( 游 ), Lam ( 林 ), Lok ( 駱 ), Tam ( 譚 ), Mok ( 莫 ) and Choy ( 蔡 ). The Wai family, being

1134-525: The bid to plan, build and operate the Sha Tin to Central Link , and in 2004 it submitted the Draft Final Proposal to the Government. The March 2008 MTR-KCR revised proposal includes the extension of East Rail line across Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island and the extension of Ma On Shan line to West Rail line via East Kowloon . The Tai Wai to Hung Hom section was fully completed in 2021 and

1176-638: The district to other parts of the New Territories and Kowloon, and several cross-harbour routes to Hong Kong Island, including one as far as Aberdeen. Furthermore, Long Win Bus operates several routes to Lantau Island, the airport, and the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge , while New World First Bus has express bus service to eastern Hong Kong Island and Tseung Kwan O . The district is also served by various public light bus routes. Sha Tin District

1218-672: The district was built. Several other villages were built along the river after Tai Wai Village. Sha Tin started to be administered by the British Hong Kong government after the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory was signed. The establishment of the Sha Tin station of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) in 1910 caused Sha Tin to be the more common name for the area, replacing Lek Yuen ever since. Sha Tin

1260-456: The largest family, is thought to be the direct descendants of the famous founder general of the Han dynasty , Han Xin , who purportedly fled there to escape executions ordered by Emperor Gao of Han 's empress Empress Lü Zhi . The Han descendants changed their surname into Wai by splitting the word Han ( 韓 ) in two halves and took up the character on the right hand side, Wai (韋) . The Cheng family, on

1302-895: The most direct route to central Kowloon, and thus the most heavily travelled. The Lion Rock Tunnel was followed by the Shing Mun Tunnels on Route 9 in 1990, the Tate's Cairn Tunnel on Route 2 in 1991, and most recently the Tsing Sha Highway on Route 8 (consisting of the Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel ) in 2008. Other major roads in the area include Sha Lek Highway linking central Sha Tin to Ma On Shan, Sha Tin Road linking eastern Sha Tin to Fo Tan, Tate's Cairn Highway linking eastern Sha Tin to Ma Liu Shui, Tolo Highway linking Sha Tin to

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1344-540: The northern districts, and Sai Sha Road linking Ma On Shan to Sai Kung . A network of cycle tracks throughout Sha Tin measures about 50 km long and is the longest cycle track network in Hong Kong. Schools with Misplaced Pages articles: There are four hospitals in Sha Tin District: Local and tourist attractions in the Sha Tin area include, most famously, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum , which

1386-555: The other hand, originated from a place called Xingyang in Zhengzhou , Henan which is the place where Chang'e supposedly flew to the Moon. It is also the birthplace of Li Shangyin , one of the most famous poets in the late Tang dynasty . Tai Wai appears on the "Map of the San-On District ", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri . The first public housing estate built in the area

1428-476: The region around four thousand years ago. Sha Tin was formerly named Lek Yuen , literally meaning the "source of trickling" or "source of clear water". The area of the present day Sha Tin was populated before the Ming Dynasty . As the Shing Mun River runs across the district, most local residents were farmers and relied on agriculture for living. In 1579, Tai Wai Village , the oldest and largest walled village in

1470-583: The south and the mainland border crossings at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau in the north. The other four stations were added later, mostly during the electrification of the line in the 1980s, as a result of the development of the Chinese University, Sha Tin Racecourse, and Sha Tin New Town. The Ma On Shan line , a branch of the East Rail line, began service in December 2004, serving the eastern parts of Sha Tin and

1512-484: The villages of the area. The table below lists all the public housing estates in Tai Wai, including Public Rental Housing (Public), Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS). Festival City ( 名城 ) is a HK$ 20 billion residential development project by Cheung Kong and MTR Corporation located above the Tai Wai (Station) Maintenance Centre . Phase I

1554-606: The well-developed Sha Tin New Town comprises mainly residential areas along the banks of the Shing Mun River Channel . In the early 1970s it was a rural township of about 30,000 people. After Sha Tin's first public housing estate, Lek Yuen Estate , was completed in 1976, the settlement began to expand. Today, about 65% of the district's population live in public rental housing, housing under Hong Kong's Tenants Purchase Scheme , or Home Ownership Scheme . According to archeological discoveries, there were inhabitants settled in

1596-749: Was Mei Lam Estate , with the first two blocks of its Phase 1 completed in 1981. Tai Wai station opened in August 1983. Tai Wai covers 11 of the 38 constituencies in Sha Tin District, as defined at the time of the 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections . They are: Chun Fung ( 秦豐 , R10), Sun Tin Wai ( 新田圍 , R11), Chui Tin ( 翠田 , R12), Hin Ka ( 顯嘉 , R13), Lower Shing Mun ( 下城門 , R14), Wan Shing ( 雲城 , R15), Keng Hau ( 徑口 , R16), Tin Sum ( 田心 , R17), Chui Ka ( 翠嘉 , R18), Tai Wai ( 大圍 , R19), Chung Tin ( 松田 , R20). Tai Wai

1638-541: Was a former market town at the present location of Sha Tin Centre Street and New Town Plaza shopping centre. Sha Tin Town was the second batch of satellite towns, or new towns , to be built in the New Territories, on land reclaimed from the sea . In addition to the residential areas, there are four industrial areas for light industries: Tai Wai , Fo Tan , Siu Lek Yuen and Shek Mun . The Chinese University of Hong Kong

1680-516: Was built in 1967, Tai Po Road was the main road connecting Tai Wai and the New Territories to Kowloon. Tai Po Road to this day remains as the only toll-free road connecting the two areas. The tunnels are: Lion Rock Tunnel (1967), Shing Mun Tunnels (1990) and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel (2008). Sha Tin Heights Tunnel opened in March 2008 to lessen the traffic of the Kowloon Tunnels and Tai Po Road. It

1722-496: Was completed in September 2010, Phase II in October 2011, and Phase III in August 2012. The plan was to build 12 50-stories high residential towers with a total construction area of 313,955 square meters as well as 25,890 square meters for the general public's use. It offers 4,264 flats to families, two schools and one community facility. This residential project raised the population of Tai Wai significantly. The controversy of this project

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1764-618: Was concern over proper quarantine and disease monitoring in the Chinese capital. Penfold Park is located inside the racecourse and closed on race days. It is best accessed via the Fo Tan station . Sha Tin Park is another major park located in Sha Tin. The Shing Mun River is a 7 km long, 200m wide channel originating at the Shing Mun Reservoir ( Tai Mo Shan catchment) that runs as a river from

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