Tsing Yi

Tsing Yi(青衣) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. Area: 10.25 km².

Administration

Tsing Yi is part, together with Kwai Chung, of Tsuen Wan New Town and of the Kwai Tsing district in the New Territories.

Note: Tsing Yi is not part of the Islands District.

Transportation

Tsing Yi is connected to the Kowloon peninsula, and Lantau Island.

There are bridges linking Tsing Yi Island with Tsuen Wan.

The Tsing Ma Bridge, part of the Lantau Link, connects Tsing Yi to Ma Wan island.

There is a metro station with the same name of the MTR metro system. It is part of the Tung Chung and Airport Express lines.

Miscellaneous

Tsing Yi Station has a huge shopping centre with hundreds of residential apartments above it, reaching up to a height of over 40 floors.

The apartments overlook a park on its southern side. People practice Tai Chi in it in the early morning hours.

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