Tsuen Wan District

Infobox HK District
official_name = Tsuen Wan District

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map_caption = Location in Hong Kong
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leader_title = District Council Chairman
leader_name = Chau How-chen, GBS, JP
constituencies = 17
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area_total = 60.70
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population_as_of = 2006
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population_total = 288,728
population_density = 4,679
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website = [http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/english/welcome.htm Tsuen Wan District Council]
footnotes =
:"For the old town of Hong Kong, see Tsuen Wan".:"For the new town in Hong Kong, see Tsuen Wan New Town".

Tsuen Wan District (zh-t|t=荃灣區) is one of the 18 districts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. It had a population of 275,527 in 2001. Its residents enjoy the highest income in the New Territories.

Tsuen Wan of the district is part of the Tsuen Wan New Town.

History

The district was set up in 1982 covering the present-day Tsuen Wan District and Kwai Tsing District. Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District was split in the mid-1980s, and subsequently renamed as Kwai Tsing District.

ights

The Sam Tung Uk Museum is a cultural and agricultural museum and was set up in a former Hakka walled village. Behind Tsuen Wan is Shin Mun reservoir, a valley that was once home to 10 villages that grew mostly pineapples. The dam that stops the reservoir is called Po Lo Pa, lit. "pineapple dam". There were once disputes and fights among the Shing Mun valley dwellers and Tsuen Wan residents during the 18th century, over the levying of taxes for pineapple sales. The reservoir valley also has a disused lead mine, where some of the residents of Tsuen Wan used to work. Behind this is the tallest hill in the territory of Hong Kong, called Tai Mo Shan.

Islands

The following islands of Hong Kong are administratively part of the district:
* Cheung Sok (長索)
* Ma Wan (馬灣)
* Ngam Hau Shek (岩口石)
* Pun Shan Shek (半山石)
* Tang Lung Chau (燈籠洲)

Transport

There are two railways serving the town:

* Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. Tsuen Wan is the terminus of the line.
* West Rail Line of the MTR also has a station at the coastal area, named Tsuen Wan West.

Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates bus services between Park Island on Ma Wan Island and Tsing Yi station, Ma Wan and Kwai Fong, and a ferry service between Ma Wan and Central and between Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan West (next to the MTR station).

There are also tens of bus routes serving "Tsuen Wan", mostly operated by Kowloon Motor Bus. Citybus also operates a few.

Further reading

* Chinese University of Hong Kong. "Traffic and Industrial Noise Problems in Tsuen Wan for Tsuen Wan District Board (Full Report)". Hong Kong: Tsuen Wan Provisional District Board, 1997.
* Chow, Wing-sun, Nelson. "A Study of the Values, Leisure, Behaviour and Misbehaviour of the Youth in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung". [Hong Kong] : The Board, 1985.
* Hong Kong. ;;Report of the Working Group on Pollution Problems in Tsuen Wan". Hong Kong: Govt. Printer, 1988.
* Hong Kong. "Report on Religious Cult Activities in Tsuen Wan & Kwai Chung". Hong Kong: The Board, 1982.
* Hong Kong. "Tsuen Wan District Board". [Hong Kong] : The Board, 1981.
* Hong Kong. "Survey of Chinese Historic Rural Architecture in Tsuen Wan District, New Territories, July - August, 1980". [Hong Kong: The Section, 1980.
* Hong Kong. "Tsuen Wan and District Outline Development Plan". Hong Kong: Govt. Printer, 1969.
* Lam, Kin-che. "Tsuen Wan Tourism Development & Promotion Strategy". [Hong Kong: Centre for Environmental Policy and Resource Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.
* Ng, Sek-hong. "A Report on the Survey on the Conditions of Work for Female Workers in Tsuen Wan, 1986". [Hong Kong] : Tsuen Wan District Board, 1987.
* Tsuen Wan Arts Festival. "Opening of the Third Tsuen Wan Arts Festival: Dance Drama 'Life of the Li Tribe"'. Hong Kong: Govt. Printer, 1981.

ee also

* List of areas of Hong Kong

External links

* [http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/english/welcome.htm Tsuen Wan District Council]
* [http://www.eac.gov.hk/pdf/distco/maps/dc2003k.pdf List and map of electoral constituencies (large PDF file)]
* [http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about/achievements/regional/regi_tsuenwan.htm Tsuen Wan New Town]
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/asia/hongkong/mtr.html Hong Kong: Mass Transit Railway by NYC Subway]