Sai Tso Wan, Tsing Yi

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For the bay in Kwun Tong District in Kowloon, see Sai Tso Wan, Kowloon.

For the bay near Sham Wat on Lantau Island in the New Territories, see Sai Tso Wan, Lantau.

Sai Tso Wan (Chinese: 茜草灣 or 西草灣) is a bay in the west shore near the middle of Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. Its reclamation started from 1960s.^{[citation needed]} The bay has several heavy industry facilities, such oil storages and docks.

The Chinese name Sai Tso Wan (茜草灣) means the bay of Rubia cordifolia (茜草). Correctly, it pronounces as Sin Tso Wan rather than Sai Tso Wan. For sack of convenience, the Chinese name sometimes written in characters of same pronunciation, Sai Tso Wan (西草灣), which means the bay of west grass.