Sha Tin New Town 沙田新市鎮 | |
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Satellite Town | |
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| Nickname: Sha Tin | |
  Sha Tin New Town | |
| Coordinates:22°22′49″N114°11′23″E / 22.380238°N 114.189835°E /22.380238; 114.189835 | |
| Country | China |
| SAR | Hong Kong |
| District | Sha Tin District |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 640,000[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
| Sha Tin New Town | |||||||||||||
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 Thetown centre of Shatin New Town | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 沙田新市鎮 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 沙田新市镇 | ||||||||||||
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Sha Tin New Town, also known asSha Tin-Ma On Shan New Town orSha Tin Town is one of thesatellite towns andnew towns of Hong Kong. It is within theSha Tin District, theNew Territories. The New Town covers the neighbourhoods ofSha Tin,Tai Wai,Fo Tan,Tai Shui Hang, andMa On Shan. TheShing Mun River runs through the middle of the town.
Development was started in the 1970s, and currently covers an area of 35.87 square kilometres[citation needed] with a total developed area of about 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres).[1] As of 2004, it has a population of around 640,000 people.[1] The town centre houses a mall,New Town Plaza, theSha Tin Public Library,Sha Tin Town Hall, and other community facilities.
Despite Sha Tin New Town including Ma On Shan,[2] and the town itself is sometimes known as Sha Tin-Ma On Shan, Ma On Shan town has its own urban planning plan or Outline Zoning Plan (OZP), the "Ma On Shan Outline Zoning Plan". The plan was amended most recently in 2020.[3] Neighbourhoods such as Sha Tin,Tai Wai,Fo Tan are included in the "Sha Tin Outline Zoning Plan".[4]
TheScience Park-Pak Shek Kok development, also located in Sha Tin New Town, has its own OZP too, but part of the area of that development is located inTai Po District.
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The road transport between Sha Tin New Town and Kowloon relies on theLion Rock Tunnel (completed in 1967),Tate's Cairn Tunnel (completed in 1988), theShing Mun Tunnels, andTai Po Road. TheTolo Highway was opened in September 1985. It connects Sha Tin Road and Tai Po Road, forming a connection system between the New Town andTai Po New Town.Tate's Cairn Highway also connects Ma On Shan with Tolo Highway. The opening ofSai Sha Road in October 1988 provided a connection between Sha Tin andSai Kung. The T3 Highway (Tsing Sha Highway) and the Cheung Sha Wan to Sha Tin section ofRoute 8 between was completed in March 2008.
The New Town has numerous bus routes connecting to the city centre and metro stations from various populated zones in the New Town. Beside bus services, minibus services are provided as well for residential areas with fewer people.
KCR, which has since merged with the formerMTR, was essential to the development of new town. There are fiveEast Rail line stations within the new town, namelyTai Wai,Sha Tin,Fo Tan,Racecourse andUniversity. Part of theTuen Ma line also lies within the New Town, namely the section fromHin Keng station to the eastern terminus ofWu Kai Sha station. Passengers are able to transfer between the East Rail line and Tuen Ma line atTai Wai station.
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