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Kwai Chung is an area in the New Territories
New Territories

New Territories, abbreviated to NT or N.T., is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory....
 of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing
Kwai Tsing District

Kwai Tsing is one of the districts of Hong Kong of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories....
 District
Districts of Hong Kong

The Districts of Hong Kong are the 18 administrative areas by which Hong Kong is geographically divided. Each district has a District council of Hong Kong, which was formerly known as a district board....
 of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port
Port of Hong Kong

The Port of Hong Kong, located by the South China Sea, is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerization manufactured products, and to a lesser extent raw materials and passengers....
. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town
Tsuen Wan New Town

Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. It spans over Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Traditionally, the officials of Tsuen Wan managed the area of proper Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi Island, Ma Wan and Northeast Lantau Island....
. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000.






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Kwai Tsing District Council Election 2003
Kwai Chung is an area in the New Territories
New Territories

New Territories, abbreviated to NT or N.T., is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory....
 of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing
Kwai Tsing District

Kwai Tsing is one of the districts of Hong Kong of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories....
 District
Districts of Hong Kong

The Districts of Hong Kong are the 18 administrative areas by which Hong Kong is geographically divided. Each district has a District council of Hong Kong, which was formerly known as a district board....
 of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port
Port of Hong Kong

The Port of Hong Kong, located by the South China Sea, is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerization manufactured products, and to a lesser extent raw materials and passengers....
. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town
Tsuen Wan New Town

Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. It spans over Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Traditionally, the officials of Tsuen Wan managed the area of proper Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi Island, Ma Wan and Northeast Lantau Island....
. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000. Its area is 9.93 kmē

Kwai Chung is the home of the principal commercial cargo handling area of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, the Kwai Chung Container Terminal, one of the largest and busiest port facilities in the world. The main commercial port was relocated here from Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei

Yau Ma Tei , also spelled as Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti, Yaumati or Yau-ma-Tee, is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong district, in the south of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong, China....
 in the 1980's, in preparation for the West Kowloon Reclamation, which has left the original waterfront of Yau Ma Tei almost half a mile inland.

Origin of the name

In earlier times Kwai Chung was called Kwai Chung Tsz. Kwai Chung was a stream
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 (Chung) that emptied into Gin Drinkers Bay
Gin Drinkers Bay

Gin Drinkers Bay or Gin Drinker's Bay is also known as Lap Sap Wan . It was a bay in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.The bay was land reclamation in 1960s and became Kwai Fong and Kwai Hing....
. The whole bay was reclaimed for land and the stream is no longer visible.

The name is sometimes spelled 'Kwai Cheong', such as in 'Kwai Cheong Road', which is in Kwai Chung.

Divisions

Traditionally, Kwai Chung is divided in to Upper Kwai Chung or Sheung Kwai Chung, and Lower Kwai Chung or Ha Kwai Chung. Administratively, the former is called North Kwai Chung, and the latter South Kwai Chung.

See also

  • List of areas of Hong Kong
    List of areas of Hong Kong

    The following is a list of neighbourhoods of Hong Kong....
  • Kwai Chung Estate
    Kwai Chung Estate

    Kwai Chung Estate is a public housing estate in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. The phase 1 and phase 3-5 of its redevelopment were completed progressively in 1998, 2000 and 2005....


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