# Tsing Yi Bay

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traditional Chinese: 青衣灣; simplified Chinese: 青衣湾; pinyin: *Qīngyīwān*; Jyutping: *Cing1 ji1 wan1*; Hokkien: *Ciang1 yi1 van1*

**Tsing Yi Bay** was a [bay](/source/Bay) on the east side of Hong Kong's [Tsing Yi Island](/source/Tsing_Yi), beside the [Rambler Channel](/source/Rambler_Channel), approximately on the site of modern-day [Tsing Yi Park](/source/Tsing_Yi_Park). The whole bay was reclaimed for the development of [new towns](/source/New_towns_of_Hong_Kong). Before [reclamation](/source/Land_reclamation_in_Hong_Kong), it was surrounded by places known as [Tsing Leng Tsui](/source/Tsing_Leng_Tsui), [Sheung Ko Tan](/source/Sheung_Ko_Tan) (上高灘), [Ha Chung Mei](/source/Chung_Mei), [Tai Wong Ha](/source/Tai_Wong_Ha) and [Tsing Yi Town](/source/Tsing_Yi_Town). The names of these places have since changed, and can now be translated, approximately, as [Grand Horizon](/source/Grand_Horizon), [Green Field Garden](/source/Green_Field_Garden), [Fung Shue Wo Road](/source/Fung_Shue_Wo_Road), [Tsing Yi Estate](/source/Tsing_Yi_Estate) and [Tsing Yi Garden](/source/Tsing_Yi_Garden).

## Silting up

The mud and sand in the stream of [Liu To](/source/Liu_To) settled on the shores of Tsing Yi Bay. A marsh formed at the mouth of the stream and the water in the bay became shallower and shallower. Finally, an [isthmus](/source/Isthmus) developed between Tsing Yi Town and Sheung Ko Tan. The inner water is now separated from the bay outside the isthmus to become [Tsing Yi Lagoon](/source/Tsing_Yi_Tong).

## Reclamation

In the 1980s, the [Hong Kong Government](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong) started to reclaim the bay in three phases. The bay has now been completely reclaimed and the shore has been straightened from [Nga Ying Chau](/source/Nga_Ying_Chau) to [Tsing Leng Tsui](/source/Tsing_Leng_Tsui).

## References

- Hayes, James (1993). *Tsuen Wan: growth of a 'new town' and its people*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). ISBN 9780195851663.
- *zh:新界年鑑* [New Territories Yearbook] (in Chinese). 華僑日報 [Overseas Chinese Daily]

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