Ma Liu Shui

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Ma Liu Shui (Chinese: 馬料水 or originally 馬尿水; pinyin: Mǎ Liào Shuǐ) is an area in Sha Tin District of the New Territories in Hong Kong.

The area is facing the Tolo Harbour. There is a ferry pier providing regular ferry service to remote areas like Tap Mun and Ping Chau in the northeast New Territories. There were ferries to Wu Kai Sha but now replaced by a bridge to Ma On Shan area over the Shing Mun River Channel.

Ma Liu Shui is also the area in which the Chinese University of Hong Kong is located. Due to the fact that Chinese University of Hong Kong is a famous university within Hong Kong, many people in Hong Kong find it more precise to refer to the area as Chinese University or University, rather than Ma Liu Shui.

Yucca de Lac, a famous high-class western restaurant in Hong Kong, locating in Ma Liu Shui, was closed at October, 2005.

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[edit] Transport

There is a KCR railway station in Ma Liu Shui right next to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The station was originally known as the Ma Liu Shui Station, but was later renamed University Station. This is also due to the fact that the Chinese University of Hong Kong is more well-known than the name "Ma Liu Shui". The KCRC is planning to build another station called "Science Park" in the Ma Liu Shui area.

Next to the railway station, there is a bus terminus. There are several bus routes of the Kowloon Motor Bus and several routes of Green minibuses. Most of them go to the nearby Ma On Shan area.

The following bus routes of Kowloon Motor Bus terminated at the University KCR Station Bus Terminus:

  • 87K: Kam Ying Court, Ma On Shan <-> University KCR Station
  • 87S: Kam Ying Court, Ma On Shan <-> University KCR Station
  • 272K: Hong Kong Science Park <-> University KCR Station
  • 289K: Chevalier Garden, Ma On Shan <-> University KCR Station

Cancelled bus routes which formerly terminated at the University KCR Station Bus Terminus:

  • 84K: Chevalier Garden, Ma On Shan <-> University KCR Station
  • 287K: Ma On Shan Town Centre <-> University KCR Station

[edit] The Chinese name of Ma Liu Shui

"Ma Liu Shui" is a name that was translated to English phonetically from "馬料水" in Cantonese Chinese. It literally means "the water that the horses' feed on". Coincidentally, the Chinese character "料" (Mandarin pinyin: liào; Cantonese Jyutping: liu6) has very similar pronouciation to "尿" (Mandarin pinyin: niào; Cantonese Jyutping: niu6), which means "urine". So, some Hong Kong people would humorously called the place "馬尿水", which means "the horses' urine". Interestingly, the horses' urine is exactly the original name.

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