Sunshine City, Ma On Shan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunshine City (Chinese: 新港城; pinyin: Xīn Gǎng Chéng) is a name of a sizeable private development in the core of the town of Ma On Shan in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong, China. It was developed by Henderson Land Development, and contains a series of high-rise residential tower blocks and a series of shopping arcades.

1 Residential towers
2 Shopping mall
3 Location and access
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Residential towers

The residential buildings of Sunshine City, containing in excess of 5,000 residential units, were constructed in five phases during the 1990's. The majority of units are between 40 and 60 metres squared. Each phase was built together with a shopping arcade. Phase 5 is also known as the Tolo Place (海濤居).

[edit] Shopping mall

The shopping arcades for phases 1 to 3 are relatively small. "Sunshine City Plaza" (新港城中心), the shopping arcade built with phase 4, is by far the the largest, and has retail floor space of in excess of 175,000 square metres. "Sunshine Bazaar" (新港城廣場) is the name given to the mall in phase 5.

[edit] Location and access

The Sunshine City Plaza is located in Sai Sha Road, adjacent to the KCR Ma On Shan Rail station, has nowadays become the center of Ma On Shan Town.

The "Ma On Shan Town Centre" bus terminus is located underneath Sunshine City Plaza. The Ma On Shan Station of the KCR Ma On Shan Rail was opened in 2004, and is connected to the Sunshine City Plaza by a footbridge. The increase in the efficiency in transport has been an important factor for the increase in the number of visitors of the Sunshine City Plaza.