Tin Shui Wai New Town

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Tin Shui Wai New Town (Traditional Chinese: 天水圍新市鎮; Simplified Chinese: 天水围新市镇; Cantonese Jyutping: tin1 seoi2 wai4; Mandarin Pinyin: Tiānshuǐwéi) is located in northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is a part of the Yuen Long District. It is the 2^nd new town in Yuen Long. It is situated within 25[km] from Central, Hong Kong. As of 2001, the New Town has a population of 270,000.

1 Environment
2 Housing
3 Sights
4 Transport
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Environment

Tin Shui Wai is consisted of Public Housing and Private Housing. Tin Wah Road is a boundary separating the South and the North development zone of Tin Shui Wai. The South development zone developed first starting late 1980s. It has now become a unique community. Since Tin Shui Wai has been developed from stretch, locals enjoy wider walkways and larger green spaces. Also, it is an excellent place to avoid the crowd like from the City. Therefore, it is a peaceful place for living.

When the north development zone is developed, the Tung Chee Hwa government planned to build 85,000 units and apartments annually in Hong Kong. Therefore, in the north development zone, residential high rises are generally taller and denser than those of the south. The population of Tin Shui Wai rose rapidly over the past few years. With ever increasing demand, the government is criticized not doing enough at setting up new facilities in the new town.

In recent years, there were quite a number of serious family and social issues occurred in Tin Shui Wai. The incidents attracted extensive reports from the local media. Therefore, the image of Tin Shui Wai has become negative among readers, although it is brought about by misunderstanding. Family issues is the matter of the whole society in Hong Kong. Serious family incidents can occur in every parts of the region. In July, 2006, the Director of Social Welfare, Mrs Carrie Lam labelled Tin Shui Wai as the so-called "City of Sadness". Local media criticized Lam's comments because it is a misleading comment and it does not do any good with regard to social problem within the region. [1]

[edit] Housing

Public housing estates include:

Tin Chak Estate (天澤邨),
Tin Heng Estate (天恆邨),
Tin Shui Estate (天瑞邨),
Tin Tsz Estate (天慈邨),
Tin Wah Estate (天華邨),
Tin Yan Estate (天恩邨),
Tin Yat Estate (天逸邨),
Tin Yiu Estate (天耀邨),
Tin Yuet Estate (天悅邨),
Grandeur Terrace (俊宏軒).

Estates provided under the Home Ownership Scheme include Tin Chung Court (天頌苑), Tin Fu Court (天富苑), Tin Oi Court (天愛苑), Tin Sing Court (天盛苑), Tin Yau Court (天祐苑). Kingswood Villas (嘉湖山莊), one of the largest private housing estates in Hong Kong, is also located in Tin Shui Wai. Chestwood Court, Kenswood Court, Maywood Court, Lynwood Court, Sherwood Court, Locwood Court. There are lots of shopping malls in Tin Shui Wai.

[edit] Sights

Parts of Tin Shui have a picturesque and tranquil environment. The Hong Kong Wetland Park, demonstrating the diversity of the Hong Kong's wetland ecosystem, is located in Tin Shui Wai.