Sai Tso Wan, Tsing Yi

Sai Tso Wan, Tsing Yi

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.Fact|date=August 2007 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.


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