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Location | 18-19 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin, Hong Kong |
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Coordinates | 22°22′55″N114°11′18″E / 22.381947°N 114.188309°E |
Opening date | 30 January 1985 |
Developer | Sun Hung Kai Properties |
Management | Kai Shing Management |
Owner | Sun Hung Kai Properties |
No. of stores and services | more than 400 |
Total retail floor area | 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m2) |
No. of floors | 9 |
Public transit access | Sha Tin station |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 新城市廣場 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 新城市广场 | ||||||||||||
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New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin,Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties,it was the biggest shopping centre in the New Territories when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres (49.4 acres),the plaza comprises Phase 1 (the main mall) and Phase 3,which are connected to each other,as well as the Grand Central Plaza,which is less than one kilometre from Phase 1. Phase 1 underwent extensive renovation from 2003 to 2008.
The nine-storey shopping centre is right next to Sha Tin station and Citylink Plaza. It is one of the busiest shopping malls in Hong Kong. There are many different transportation links to New Town Plaza,such as shuttle services from nearby estates,minibus routes,the MTR station located right within the plaza itself,and so forth.
New Town Plaza Phase 3 (新城市廣場第三期) is a private housing estate and a shopping arcade. It comprises 5 high-rise buildings and a 3-floor shopping arcade built between 1990 and 1991. [1] Phase 3 underwent extensive renovation from 2017 to 2019,to increase the shops,the existing atrium from Level 1 to Level 2 have been removed.
Layout of the shopping arcade after renovation:
Layout of the shopping arcade before renovation:
The Grand Central Plaza complex (新城市中央廣場) houses the HomeSquare shopping mall.
On the podium of Level 3 of Phase 1,there is an outdoor playground called the "Snoopy's World" (Chinese :史努比開心世界),the first Peanuts outdoor playground in Asia. [2] It opened to the public on 1 September 2000. [3]
When New Town Plaza Phase 1 opened,an oval musical fountain at the centre of Level 3 was an icon of the shopping mall and the largest musical fountain in Asia[ citation needed ]. It was demolished in August 2004 and then,in May 2005,rebuilt on the roof garden of Level 7,opening in November that year. But it was then closed in 2015 which is the year of New Town Plaza has opened 30 years.
New Town Plaza is one of the key locations for the Anti-ELAB movement,which originated from a peaceful protest held on 14 July in Sha Tin escalated into intense confrontations between the protesters and the police when the protesters were kettled inside New Town Plaza. [5] [6] Sun Hung Kai Properties were scrutinised for allowing the police to enter the shopping centre without proper permit. [7]
In September 2019,protesters gathered several times in different shopping malls to sing for the song Glory to Hong Kong. On 11 September 2019,around 1000 people sang the song in New Town Plaza together that night,with crowds of people singing the song in other shopping malls around Hong Kong as well. [8]
Tai Wai is an area in the New Territories,Hong Kong,located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock,within the Sha Tin District.
Sha Tin station,formerly known as Sha Tin railway station is a station on the East Rail line of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system. The station is located in the town centre of Sha Tin.
Sheung Shui is an area in the New Territories,Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town,a part of this area,is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeast.
Sha Tin,also spelt Shatin,is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories,Hong Kong. Administratively,it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.
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Shatin Plaza is one of the main private housing estates in Sha Tin Town Centre,Sha Tin District,New Territories,Hong Kong,which is near New Town Plaza Phase I,Lucky Plaza and Shatin Centre. Formerly Sha Tin Hui Bus Terminus,it comprises 4 high-rise buildings and a shopping arcade,developed by Henderson Land Development in 1988. Sha Tin station is the main station to interchange from Shatin Plaza.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of private housing estates in Sha Tin District,Hong Kong.
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Fok On Garden is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court built on reclaimed land in Ma On Shan,New Territories,Hong Kong near The Waterside,MOSTown and MTR Ma On Shan station. It has a total of two blocks built in 1992.
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Sha Tin Wai is an area in Sha Tin District,New Territories,Hong Kong,named after Sha Tin Wai Village (沙田圍村).
Consignment store,is a transformation of flea market;which sets up many transparent boxes in a small shop for people to rent and sell their products. The renters can also treat the boxes as showrooms and display their products or artworks there. This kind of shop was originated in Japan and the concept spread in Hong Kong,Taiwan and Macau between 2000 and 2005. However,the business environment of consignment shop had deteriorated since 2010.
Grand Central Plaza is a commercial development located near the town centre of Sha Tin,Hong Kong. It comprises two 16-storey office towers atop a multi-storey shopping podium called HomeSquare which specialises in home decor and furnishings. It is owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties,which also owns the nearby New Town Plaza,and was completed in 1995.
Chun Yeung Estate is a public housing estate in Fo Tan,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is the only public housing estate in Fo Tan,located at the junction of Wong Chuk Yeung Street and Kwei Tei Street. It comprises 5 blocks and 1 shopping centre with total of 4,846 flats. Its name prefix "Chun" means "horse" in English since Sha Tin Racecourse is located in Fo Tan. It was completed in 2020.
Landmark Life Plaza is a shopping mall in Bade District,Taoyuan,Taiwan that opened on January 12,2017 as Kwong Fong Plaza (廣豐新天地). The total floor area of the mall interior is about 107,527 m2 (1,157,410 sq ft),including parking spaces.
iFG Farglory Square is a shopping center in Xizhi District,New Taipei,Taiwan that opened on 23 October 2015. Owned and operated by the Farglory Group,it is the first and largest shopping mall in the district. It occupies levels B1 to 3 of the skyscraper complex Farglory U-Town. With a total floor area of 104,181 m2 (1,121,390 sq ft),the main core stores of the mall include Carrefour Xike store,Nitori,Muji,Timberland as well as various themed restaurants and a food court on level B1.
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