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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]
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories,it covers the areas of Sha Tin,Tai Wai,Ma On Shan,Fo Tan,Siu Lek Yuen,Kwun Yam Shan and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populous district in Hong Kong,with a population of 659,794 as per 2016 by-census,having a larger population than many states or dependencies including Iceland,Malta,Montenegro and Brunei.
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.
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) is a listed corporation and one of the largest property developers in Hong Kong. The company's businesses include property sales,property rental,telecommunications,hotel operation,transport and logistics,and others. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust,largely the Kwok brothers.
Citylink Plaza is a building that stands above Sha Tin station on the MTR East Rail line in Hong Kong. It was developed and is owned by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC). The building,as well as the railway station,is connected to New Town Plaza,which is one of the largest shopping centres in Sha Tin District.
City One Shatin is a residential precinct in Sha Tin,New Territories,Hong Kong. The estate occupies approximately 1,800,000 square feet of land. The estate was named City One as it is on Lot 1,Shatin Town. It has a census area population of 24,758 people. City One is the largest private residential estate in Sha Tin District. There are a total of 52 blocks of residential buildings with 10,642 units. Each tower is about 30 storeys with units ranging from 389 square feet (36.1 m2) to an area of 1,018 square feet (94.6 m2),offering different floor plans.
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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MOSTown is a shopping centre in the town centre of Ma On Shan in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong. It was developed by Henderson Land Development,as part of the Sunshine City residential and commercial development,constructed in five phases during the 1990s.
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Siu Lek Yuen is an area in Sha Tin District,New Territories East. Located to the east of Yuen Chau Kok,the area is surrounded on three sides by the Ma On Shan Country Park. Nowadays it is a residential area.
Tsuen Wan Plaza is a private housing estate and shopping mall in Tsuen Wan,New Territories,Hong Kong,located near the MTR Tsuen Wan West station,Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier,Nina Tower,Skyline Plaza,Citywalk and Citywalk 2. It is one of the largest shopping malls in the district. Built on the reclaimed land of the old Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier,it was developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties in 1992. A large-scale renovation was completed from 2005 to 2009.
KOLOUR‧Tsuen Wan is a private housing estate and shopping mall in Tsuen Wan Town,New Territories,Hong Kong. Its phase 1 and phase 2 are located at Chung On Street and Castle Peak Road respectively,and they were developed by Henderson Land Development.
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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.
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Luk Fook Holdings (International) Limited principally engages in the sourcing,designing,wholesaling,trademark licensing and retailing of a variety of gold and platinum jewellery and gem-set jewellery. They were listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in May 1997,and the Group has tapped into the mid to high-end watch market in recent years.
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