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{{Short description|Island in Hong Kong}}
{{About|an island in Hong Kong|the MTR station located on the island|Tsing Yi station|the type of fish|Green wrasse}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox islands
| name                          = Tsing Yi
| local_name                    = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣}}}}
| image_name                    = Tsing Yi 1.jpg
| image_caption                 = Tsing Yi, viewed from [[Shek Lung Kung]]
| location                      = New Territories West
| population                    = 191,500
| area_km2                      = 10.69
| length_km                     = 5.2
| width_km                      = 4.5
| highest_mount                 = [[Tsing Yi Peak]] (Sam Chi Heung)
| elevation_m                   = 334
| country                       = [[Hong Kong]]
| country_admin_divisions_title = Districts
| country_admin_divisions       = [[Kwai Tsing District]]
| map_image                     = 
| map_caption                   = Location within Hong Kong
| pushpin_map                   = Hong Kong
}}
{{Chinese
| c = 青衣
| j = Cing1ji1
| y = Chīngyī
| p = Qīngyī
}}
'''Tsing Yi''' ({{zh|c=青衣}}), sometimes referred to as '''Tsing Yi Island''', is an [[island]] in the [[New Territories]] of [[Hong Kong]], to the northwest of [[Hong Kong Island]] and south of [[Tsuen Wan]]. With an area of {{cvt|10.69|sqkm}}, the island has been extended drastically by reclamation along almost all its natural shore and the annexation of [[Nga Ying Chau]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|牙鷹洲}}) and [[Chau Tsai (Tsing Yi)|Chau Tsai]]. Three major bays or harbours, [[Tsing Yi Tong|Tsing Yi Lagoon]], [[Mun Tsai Tong]], and [[Tsing Yi Bay]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣灣}}) in the northeast, have been completely reclaimed for [[New towns of Hong Kong|new towns]].

The island is generally zoned into four [[Quarter (country subdivision)|quarters]]: the northeast quarter is a [[residential area]], the southeast quarter is [[Tsing Yi Town]], the southwest holds [[heavy industry]], and the northwest includes a recreation trail, a transportation interchange and some [[dockyards]] and [[ship building]] industry. The island is in the northwest of [[Victoria Harbour]] and part of its coastline is subject to the [[Protection of the Harbour Ordinance]].

=={{anchor|Name}} Etymology==
[[File:Kwai Tsing District Council Election 2003.png|thumb|right|Constituencies in 2003 District Council Election. Tsing Yi Island is the island on the left.]]
[[File:TsuenWanRivieraPark02.jpg|thumb|right|Ching Tai Court, Cheung Fat Estate and Ching Wang Court on the right, Villa Esplanada at the center, Maritime Square and Tsing Yi Bridge (North) on the left]]
[[File:Tsing Yi Island in Yuet Tai Kei.png|thumb|right|The position of Tsing Yi Island, as Chun Fa Lok ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|春花落}}), in the map of Yuet Tai Kei ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|粵大記}}) written by Kwok Fei ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|郭棐}}) during Ming Dynasty. (Note: The south is on the top of the map.)]]

Tsing Yi ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣}}) literally means "green/ blue/ black clothes", but is also a kind of fish, most likely [[blackspot tuskfish]], once abundant in nearby waters. People named the island after the fish. [[Tsing Yi Tam]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣潭}}, Tsing Yi Deep Pool) or [[Tsing Yi Tam Shan]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣潭山}}, Tsing Yi Deep Pool Hill) also appeared on some early Chinese maps.

The island was also once known as Chun Fa Lok ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|春花落}}), which means ''the fall of spring flowers'', or [[Chun Fa Island]], on some Western maps. Now, '''Chun Fa Lok''' is still a place name or a former village on the southeast corner of the island. A government document in the [[Ming Dynasty]] named the waters near Chun Fa Lok, Chun Fa Yeung ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|春花洋}}), which means ''the ocean of spring flowers''. The Ming navy once defeated pirate fleets there.

In some historical sources, it is referred to as '''Tsing-I Island''' instead of ''Tsing Yi Island'', and '''Chung-Hue Island''' instead of ''Chun Fa Island''.

==Administration==
[[Tsing Yi Town]], together with [[Kwai Chung]] Town, is part of [[Tsuen Wan New Town]] in the [[Kwai Tsing District]] in the [[New Territories]]. Although Tsing Yi Island is a ''de facto'' outlying island, it is not accordingly included in the [[Islands District]].

Historically, Tsing Yi Island, with Kwai Chung, were usually in the same administration unit as [[Tsuen Wan]] because of their proximity and close-knit neighbourhood. Unlike Kwai Chung, whose [[village]]s are part of [[Tsuen Wan Rural Committee]], Tsing Yi Island has its own, [[Tsing Yi Rural Committee]]. The [[rural committee]] was politically significant until the establishment of a [[District councils of Hong Kong|District Council]] and [[Regional Council (Hong Kong)|Regional Council]] (now-abolished), and even less significant since the urban population grew much larger than the rural population.

==Population==
There were about 4,000 people on the island when the British took the New Territories around 1898. In the following one hundred years, the [[population]] has grown to nearly 50 times this size; the 2001 [[Census]] calculating that the population of the island was 193,432 in 55,478 [[household]]s. In an estimation in 2007, there were about 200,400 people.<ref>[http://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2007/eng/summarys.html District Council Election 2007 – Summary of Constituency Areas of District Council Election (Kwai Tsing)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822024358/http://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2007/eng/summarys.html |date=22 August 2009 }}. The sum of the population in constituency area S18 to S28</ref> It was expected to grow to 203,300 in the near future. Most of the population live in [[Tsing Yi Town]].

==Geography==
Tsing Yi Island is a hilly island with [[Tsing Yi Peak]] in the south and [[Liu To Shan]] in the north east. Small plain can be found surrounding the former [[Tsing Yi Tong|Tsing Yi Lagoon]] in island northeast. The rocks on the island are mainly [[granite]] and were exposed due to extensive housing, industrial and infrastructure construction. Although the island is not fallen in the administration of [[country park]], most of the hilly area remains green. The Tsing Yi Peak climbs to {{convert|334|m|ft|abbr=on}}and is a barrier separating industrial west and residential east.

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|location = Tsing Yi (1998–2016)
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|Jan high C = 19.3
|Feb high C = 20.2
|Mar high C = 22.2
|Apr high C = 25.6
|May high C = 28.5
|Jun high C = 30.1
|Jul high C = 31.2
|Aug high C = 31.6
|Sep high C = 31.1
|Oct high C = 29.1
|Nov high C = 25.5
|Dec high C = 21.2
|year high C = 26.3
|Jan mean C = 16.0
|Feb mean C = 17.1
|Mar mean C = 19.3
|Apr mean C = 22.9
|May mean C = 26.0
|Jun mean C = 27.8
|Jul mean C = 28.6
|Aug mean C = 28.6
|Sep mean C = 28.0
|Oct mean C = 25.7
|Nov mean C = 22.0
|Dec mean C = 17.8
|year mean C = 23.3
|Jan low C = 13.6
|Feb low C = 14.9
|Mar low C = 17.2
|Apr low C = 20.9
|May low C = 24.0
|Jun low C = 25.9
|Jul low C = 26.5
|Aug low C = 26.4
|Sep low C = 25.8
|Oct low C = 23.6
|Nov low C = 19.7
|Dec low C = 15.3
|year low C = 21.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 38.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 25.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 64.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 124.4
|May precipitation mm = 312.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 429.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 270.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 302.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 222.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 64.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 28.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 26.3
|year precipitation mm = 1908.7
|humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 67
|Feb humidity = 75
|Mar humidity = 76
|Apr humidity = 80
|May humidity = 81
|Jun humidity = 82
|Jul humidity = 79
|Aug humidity = 78
|Sep humidity = 73
|Oct humidity = 67
|Nov humidity = 68
|Dec humidity = 63
|year humidity = 73
|source 1 = [[Hong Kong Observatory]]<ref>{{cite web
| url =http://www.hko.gov.hk/cis/region_climat/CPH/CPH_mean_e.htm
| title = Monthly Means of Meteorological Elements for Tsing Yi, 1998–2016
| publisher = Hong Kong Observatory
| access-date = 8 February 2017}}</ref>
}}
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==Nature==
The hilly area of the island largely remains intact and is designated as a [[green belt]]. In 1997 a once lost endemic plant, [[Hong Kong croton]], was found in the woodland beneath the highest peak, [[Tsing Yi Peak]], on the island.

==History==
[[File:HK Tsing Yi Promenade view1.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tsing Yi Promenade in Tsing Yi Town along Rambler Channel]]
[[File:HK Tsing Yi view1.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Residential buildings in Tsing Yi]]
[[File:青衣北岸公路Tsing Yi North Coastal Road.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tsing Yi North Coastal]]
In the early days, the inhabitants on the island were mostly farmers and fishermen. The major population concentrated in the northeast portion of the island. Farmers grew [[rice]], vegetables and [[pineapple]]s, while fishermen lived in huts connected by plank walkways in the small harbour of [[Tsing Yi Tong]] which stretched far back into the island. Many fishermen also lived on their [[Junk (ship)|junk]]s and boats all the time, fishing in the nearby waters. Even as late as the 1970s, Tsing Yi Tong resembled [[Tai O]] with its characteristic [[pang uk|stilt houses]] and water vehicles. Like many other fishing villages in Hong Kong, the Tsing Yi dwellers worshipped [[Matsu (goddess)|Tin Hau]], the goddess of mercy and the sea. A [[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temple]] was built on the shore of Tsing Yi Tong. At the birthday of Tin Hau, fishermen of all nearby waters would come to the Temple for celebrations. The temple was white in color and thus people call it ''Pak Miu'' ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|白廟}}, {{literally|White Temple}}).

From the 1920s onwards, a Chinese company built [[Lime (mineral)|lime]] factories on the present site of [[Greenfield Garden]]. It is the earliest known industry on the island. The lime industry continued to flourish during the 1950s, and a tanning factory was also founded at the same period. After [[World War II]], other heavy industries moved in as well. In the 1960s, several oil companies moved their oil storage depots onto the island and a [[Green Island Cement]] cement plant. [[CLP Group|CLP]] later commissioned its 1520[[Megawatt|MW]] oil-fired [[Tsing Yi Power Station]] in 1969 at [[Tai Nam Wan|Nam Wan]] due to its proximity to the oil tank farms. Meanwhile, some small [[shipbuilding]] companies opened on Tsing Yi, and remain on the north side of the island. In the 1970s, six large-scale companies on the island collectively built the [[Tsing Yi South Bridge|Tsing Yi Bridge]] to connect Tsing Yi Town and [[Kwai Chung]] Town over the [[Rambler Channel]]. The bridge was soon transferred to the [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]], remaining the sole road connection to the island for more than ten years. Several industrial buildings for light industries were constructed beside the bridge afterward. Several dockyards moved to the west shore of the island at the end of the 1970s.

During the 1950s, [[Wok Tai Wan]] on Tsing Yi Island was a paradise for [[nudist]]s, and hence Tsing Yi was once [[synonymous]] with nudism in Hong Kong.

After the establishment of the Tsing Yi Bridge, the Hong Kong government commenced an extensive [[New towns of Hong Kong|new town]] project on the island. [[Cheung Ching Estate]], [[Cheung Hong Estate]] and [[Mayfair Gardens]] were consequently built in heaps. The vicinity of the [[Mobil]] oil storage depot to Mayfair Garden and Cheung Ching Estate once aroused enormous concern for the safety of the residents. Some social workers and residents urged the government to relocate the storage facilities. The government decided to halt the last phase of the Mayfair Garden development scheme. The storage facility remained at the same location until [[Container Terminal 9]] was on the government's agenda.

Later on, the tenor of town development shifted northward. Two fisherman harbours, Tsing Yi Tong and [[Mun Tsai Tong]] were [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclaimed]] for residential use. Many fishermen were relocated from their boats parked in the typhoon shelter to the Ching Tao House, a new residential block on land, of Chueng Ching Estate. The land inhabitants were put together into several designated areas so as to re-build their villages. The primary sectors had all died out owing to the drastic town development. [[Tsing Yi Estate]], [[Cheung On Estate]], [[Cheung Fat Estate]], Ching Tai Court and Tsing Yi Garden were built after all reclamations were accomplished. [[Ching Wah Court]] was built adjoining to Cheung Hong Estate. At the same time, Tsing Yi Bridge was seriously overburdened and its structure was unable to cope with increasing traffic. There was only a one-way road in each direction on the bridge. [[Traffic congestion]] became the burning problem in the community, and subsequently fueled protest. Finally, [[Tsing Yi North Bridge]], a connection to [[Tsuen Wan]] town was built to ease off the congestion, as well as to accommodate the local residential population boom.

[[File:Tsing Yi Buildings 201406.jpg|thumb|right|Clusters of highrise residential blocks in Tsing Yi Town]]

Tsing Yi was continually under further development and [[Greenfield Garden]], [[Serene Garden]], [[Broadview Garden]], and [[Cheung Hang Estate]] were constructed.

The final decision to relocate [[Hong Kong International Airport]] spurred a new series of development: [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Railway]], [[Ting Kau Bridge]] to [[Ting Kau]] and North [[New Territories]], [[Tsing Ma Bridge]] to [[Ma Wan]] and [[Lantau Island]], [[Cheung Tsing Bridge|Rambler Channel Bridge]] to [[Kowloon]] and [[Hong Kong Island]], [[Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge]] on the south side of Tsing Yi Bridge. On the island, new residential projects, [[Tivoli Garden]], Grand Horizon, Mount Haven, [[Villa Esplanada]], [[Maritime Square|Tierra Verde]], and [[Cheung Wang Estate]] were completed. The final part of reclaimed land near the shore had been laid waste for almost a decade until [[Tsing Yi Promenade]] was built in 2004. Local Hong Kong cultural pursuits of Chinese music and dancing, walking and Chinese exercise are in evidence in most evenings.

From 2000 to 2004, Container Terminal 9 was built on the reclaimed southwest shore of the island, together with resident blocks, [[Rambler Crest]]. Nearby, and well within sight of [[Central, Hong Kong|Central. Victoria]], a controversial new dioxin burning plant was also put into operation during 2004, arousing much concern for the residents of Tsing Yi and Hong Kong island.

==Local product==
Since 2018, Tsing Yi hosts its very own local craft beer brewery - H.K. Lovecraft, making craft lager instead of craft ale.<ref>{{cite web
| url =http://www.hklovecraft.com | title = H.K. Lovecraft official website | access-date = 7 October 2024}}</ref>

==Housing estates and villages==
{{main|Public housing estates on Tsing Yi Island}}

===Public housing===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:yellow;"
| style="width:129.75; height:25.5;"| Name
| style="width:72.75;"|
| style="width:59.25;"| Type
| style="width:48px;"| Inaug.
| style="width:48px;"| No Blocks
| style="width:48.75;"| No Units Remained for Rent
| style="width:200px;"| Associated developments
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Cheung Ching Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長青邨}}
 | Public
 | 1977
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,905
 |
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Cheung Fat Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長發邨}}
 | Public
 | 1989
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,067
 | Cheung Fat Estate Shopping Centre
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Cheung Hang Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長亨邨}}
 | Public
 | 1990
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,689
 |
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Cheung Hong Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長康邨}}
 | Public
 | 1979
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,100
 |
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Cheung On Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長安邨}}
 | Semi-Private
 | 1988
| style="text-align:center;"| 10
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,338
 | Cheung On Bus Terminal
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Cheung Wang Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長宏邨}}
 | Public
 | 2001
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,273
 |
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Easeful Court
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青逸軒}}
 | Public
 | 2003
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 510
 |
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Tsing Yi Estate
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣邨}}
 | Public
 | 1986
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:right;"| 930
 |
|}

===HOS/PSPS/Sandwich Class Scheme housing===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:yellow;"
| style="width:129.75; height:25.5;"| Name
| style="width:72.75;"| 
| style="width:59.25;"| Type
| style="width:48px;"| Inaug.
| style="width:48px;"| No Blocks
| style="width:48.75;"| No Units
| style="width:200px;"| Associated developments
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Ching Nga Court
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青雅苑}}
 | HOS
 | 1989
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:right;"| 816
 | 
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Ching Shing Court]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青盛苑}}
 | HOS
 | 1985
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:right;"| 800
 | 
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Ching Tai Court
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青泰苑}}
 | HOS
 | 1988
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,180
 | 
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Ching Wah Court]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青華苑}}
 | HOS
 | 1986
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,460
 | 
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Ching Wang Court
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青宏苑}}
 | HOS
 | 2001
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 576
 | 
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Serene Garden
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|海悅花園}}
 | PSPS
 | 1992
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:right;"| 840
 | 
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Tivoli Garden]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|宏福花園}}
 | [[Sandwich Class Housing Scheme|Sandwich]]
 | 1995
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:right;"| 1024
 | 
|- valign="bottom"
| Height="12.75" | Greenview Villa
| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|綠悠雅苑}}
 | MHPP
 | 2015
| align="center" | 3
| align="right" | 988
|- valign="bottom"
| Height="12.75" | Ching Chun Court
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青俊苑}}
 | HOS
 | 2017
| align="center" | 2
| align="right" | 465
|}

===Private housing===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:yellow;"
| style="width:129.75; height:25.5;"| Name
| style="width:72.75;"| 
| style="width:59.25;"| Type
| style="width:48px;"| Inaug.
| style="width:48px;"| No Blocks
| style="width:48.75;"| No Units
| style="width:117.75;"| Associated developments
| style="width:139.5;"| Developer
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Broadview Garden
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|偉景花園}}
 | Semi-Private
 | 
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1776
 | 
 | HK Housing Society
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Grand Horizon
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|海欣花園}}
 | Private
 | 2000
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,432
 | 
 | Sun Hung Kai
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Greenfield Garden]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|翠怡花園}}
 | Private
 | 1989
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,216
 | Mall
 | Sun Hung Kai
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Mayfair Gardens]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|美景花園}}
 | Private
 | 1977
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
| style="text-align:right;"| 1912
 | 
 | Sun Hung Kai
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Mount Haven
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|曉峰園}}
 | Private
 | 1999
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:right;"| 816
 | 
 | Sun Hung Kai
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Rambler Crest]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|藍澄灣}}
 | Private
 | 
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1560
| Mall and hotels
 | Hutchison Whampoa
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Villa Esplanada]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|灝景灣}}
 | Private
 | 1997
| style="text-align:center;"| 10
| style="text-align:right;"| 2824
 | 
|style="font-style:Italic" | Consortium
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| [[Maritime Square|Tierra Verde]]
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|盈翠半島}}
 | Private
 | 
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
| style="text-align:right;"| 3700
 | [[Maritime Square]], [[Tsing Yi station|Tsing Yi MTR]]
 | MTR Corp, Hutchison
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| Tsing Yi Garden
 | {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青怡花園}}
 | Private
 | 1986
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,520
 | podium arcade
 | Cheung Kong
|}

===Villages===
* [[Chung Mei Lo Uk Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|涌美老屋村}})
* [[Tsing Yi Fishermen Village|Fishermen's Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|漁民村}})
* [[Fung Shue Wo Resite Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|楓樹窩新村}})
* [[Lam Tin Resite Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|藍田村}})
* [[St. Paul's Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|聖保祿村}})
* [[Sun Uk Resite Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|新屋村}})
* [[Tai Wong Ha Resite Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|大王下村}})
* [[Tsing Yi Hui]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣墟}})
* [[Tsing Yi Lutheran Village]]
* [[Tsing Yu Resite Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青裕新村}})
* [[Yim Tin Kok Resite]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|鹽田角村}})
* [[Sai Shan Village]]

==Hotels==
There are three hotels in Tsing Yi Town, at the east of Tsing Yi Island, facing the marvellous view of Rambler Channel and the container terminals. They are:
* [[Mexan Harbour Hotel]],
* [[Rambler Garden Hotel]] and
* [[Rambler Oasis Hotel]].

==Transport==
Tsing Yi Island is a transportation hub in Hong Kong.

===Bridges===
Eight bridges connect to the island.
* [[Tsing Yi South Bridge|Tsing Yi Bridge]] to [[Kwai Chung]] Town and [[Kowloon]].
* Kwai Tsing Bridge ([[Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge]]) to [[Kwai Chung]] Town and [[Kowloon]].
* Tsing Tsuen Bridge ([[Tsing Yi North Bridge]]) to [[Tsuen Wan]] Town.
* [[Ting Kau Bridge]] to [[Tuen Mun]] Town and [[Yuen Long Town]] (Route 3).
* [[Cheung Tsing Bridge]] to [[Kowloon]] and [[Hong Kong Island]] (Route 3).
* [[Tsing Ma Bridge]] to [[Ma Wan]] and [[Lantau Island]] (Route 8).
* [[Rambler Channel Bridge (railway bridge)|Tsing Lai Bridge]] to [[Lai King station]] (dedicated MTR viaduct)
* [[Stonecutters Bridge]] to [[Stonecutters Island]], [[Kowloon]] and [[Sha Tin]] Town (Route 8).

Within the island:
* [[Liu To Bridge]] (a part of Tsing Yi West Road)

===Tunnels===
* [[Cheung Tsing Tunnel]] (Route 3)
* [[Nam Wan Tunnel]] (Route 8)

===Railway===
[[Tsing Yi station]], at the northeastern part of Tsing Yi Island, in [[Tsing Yi Town]], is served by [[MTR]] [[Tung Chung line]] and [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]]. It is also the only rail station on the island.

===Bus transport===
Tsing Yi is served by an extensive bus network, with routes terminating at different parts of Hong Kong.

There are 9 [[bus termini]] on the island:
* Cheung Ching ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長青}})
* Cheung Hang ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長亨}})
* Cheung Hong ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長康}})
* Cheung On ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長安}})
* Cheung Wang ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長宏}}), formerly known as "Tsing Yan" ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青欣}})
* [[Mayfair Gardens]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|美景花園}})
* [[Tsing Yi station]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣站}})
* Tsing Yi Estate ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣邨}})
* [[Tsing Yi Pier|Tsing Yi Ferry]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣碼頭}})

===Pier===
Before the completion of Tsing Yi Bridge, [[ferry]] was the only [[public transport]] to mainland Hong Kong. [[Tsing Yi Pier]] was built near [[Tsing Yi Town]] before the reclamation. The pier followed the change of shoreline owing after reclamation, and moved to the [[Dock (maritime)|waterfront]] near [[Greenfield Garden]].

Hovercraft service between Tsuen Wan, Tsing Yi and Central was provided by the former [[Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry]]. After the franchise of the company came to an end, [[Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry]] took over the route and operated it.

All ferry services ceased with rapid development of road and rail transport, especially [[MTR]] [[Tung Chung line]] with its station just a few hundred metres away from the ferry pier. It no longer takes residents to [[Tsuen Wan]] and [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]]. The pier is now open to the public, and continues to be used as a drop-off point for fishermen and tourists, and as a mooring site for government boats.

==Religious buildings==
* [[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temple]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣天后古廟}}); the temple was originally located near Tsing Yi Tong. Upon reclamation of Tsing Yi, it was moved to [[Ha Ko Tan]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|下高灘}}), near today's [[Chung Mei Lo Uk Village]].
* [[Chun Kwan Temple]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|真君廟}}); dedicated to [[Chun Kwan]]. The temple was relocated near [[Tsing Yi Police Station]].
* [[Tsing Tak Tong Tat-more Temple]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|清德堂達摩廟}}); the [[Bodhidharma]] temple in [[Tsing Yi Lutheran Village]].
* [[Tai Wong Temple]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|大王古廟}}), [[Taoist]] temple in Tsing Yi Lutheran Village.
* [[Tai Yam Neong Neong Temple]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|太陰娘娘廟}}); [[Taoist]] temple, dedicated to the Lunar Goddess, [[Chang'e (mythology)|Sheung Ngo]] (嫦娥), located in Tsing Yi Lutheran Village.
* [[St. Thomas the Apostle Church (Tsing Yi)|St. Thomas the Apostle Church]]; the [[Catholic church]] building, near [[Tsing Yi Estate]] and [[Tsing Yi Park]], was completed in July 1999.
* [[Ward (LDS Church)|Tsing Yi Ward]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church); The church is near [[Maritime Square]] and [[St. Pauls Village]].
* [[Tsing Lam Church]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青霖堂}}), [[Protestant]] church by the side of [[Fishermen's Village]] and [[St. Paul's Village]]; the buildings were formally "[[Fish Marketing Organisation]] [[Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's Primary School]]".

==Education==
In the early days, education on the Tsing Yi Island was mostly private. The first public school on the island is [[Tsing Yi Public School]], a primary school founded by villagers and businessmen on the island. In the post-World War II era, [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]] provides 9-year free education to all children from primary one to secondary three. The public school is then mainly funded by the government. Another school for the children of fishermen, Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's Primary School, was founded by [[Fish Marketing Organisation]]. In 1977, Cheung Ching Estate, the first public housing estates on the island, marked the beginning of the new town on the island. To accommodate new schooling children, three primary schools and [[Buddhist Yip Kei Nam Memorial College]], the first secondary school on the island, were built with the estate. More schools were erected when new estates were completed. In 1999, a post-secondary college, [[Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education|Hong Kong Technical College (Tsing Yi)]], was completed and provides vocational training for all adults in Hong Kong. In the 2000s, the number of schooling children began to drop and the several schools are facing the fatal fate.

All of Tsing Yi is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 66. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-66b.pdf|title=POA School Net 66|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-12}}</ref>

Numerous schools are founded on Tsing Yi Island, namely:

===Primary schools===
* [[CNEC Lui Ming Choi Primary School]]
* [[Father Cucchiara Memorial School]]
* [[HKCSCA Cheung Chi Cheong Memorial Primary School]]
* [[Chan Lai So Chun Memorial School|HKSYIC&IA Chan Lai So Chun Memorial School]]
* [[Delia (Man Kiu) English Primary School]]
* [[PLK Castar Primary School]]
* [[PLK Chan Yat Primary School]]
* [[SKH Ho Chak Wan Primary School]]
* [[SKH Tsing Yi Estate Ho Chak Wan Primary School]]
* [[SKH Tsing Yi Chu Yan Primary School]]
* [[Tsing Yi Public School]]
* [[Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's Primary School]] (closed)
* [[Tsing Yi Trade Association Primary School]]
* [[Tsuen Wan Trade Association Primary School]]
* [[TWGHs Chow Yin Sum Primary School]]
* [[TWGHs Wong See Sum Primary School]]
* [[YCH Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School]]

===Secondary schools===
* [[Buddhist Yip Kei Nam Memorial College]]
* [[Caritas St. Joseph Secondary School]]
* [[CCC Yenching College]]
* [[Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School]]
* [[Po Leung Kuk Tsing Yi Secondary School (Skill Opportunity)|PLK Tsing Yi Secondary School (Skill Opportunity)]] (closed)
* [[Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College]]
* [[Queen's College Old Boys' Association Secondary School]]
* [[S. C. Gaw Memorial College]]

===Special schools===
* [[PLK Mr. and Mrs. Chan Pak Keung Tsing Yi School]]

===Institute of Vocational Education===
* [[Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)]]

===Public libraries===
[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]] maintains the Tsing Yi Public Library in the Tsing Yi Municipal Services Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/kwai-tsing/library/tsing-yi.html|title=Tsing Yi Public Library|publisher=[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]]|access-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>

==Medical services==
The [[Department of Health (Hong Kong)|Department of Health]] operates two [[general out-patient clinic]]s on the island in [[Tsing Yi Town]]. The first one is [[Tsing Yi Cheung Hong Clinic]] in [[Cheung Hong Estate]] and another is [[Tsing Yi Town Clinic]] near Tsing Yi Garden.
There is also one [[maternal and child health centre]], [[Tsing Yi Maternal and Child Health Centre]], on the island. It is just next to [[Tsing Yi Cheung Hong Clinic]].

There is at least one private clinic in each housing estate.

In town planning, '''Tsing Yi Hospital''' was supposed to be built near [[Cheung Hang Estate]] but the plan was put off owing to financial difficulty of [[Hospital Authority]].

==Shopping==
All public and private housing estates on the island have their own [[shopping centre]]s or [[market (place)|market]]s. [[Cheung Fat Estate|Cheung Fat Shopping Centre]], by [[Hong Kong Housing Authority]] was once the largest shopping centre and was later supplanted by [[MTR Corporation]]'s [[Maritime Square]], as the shopping focus of the island.

==Shipbuilding==

Tsing Yi is home to [[Hongkong United Dockyards|Hong Kong United Dockyard]], located on the west side since 1980.

==Leisure facilities==
* [[Tsing Yi Swimming Pool]]
* [[Tsing Yi Sports Ground]]
* [[Fung Shue Wo Indoor Recreation Centre]]
* [[Tsing Yi Indoor Recreation Centre]]
* [[Cheung Fat Indoor Recreation Centre]]
* [[Tsing Yi Public Library]]
* [[Tsing Yi Park]]
* [[Tsing Yi Nature Trail]]
* [[Tsing Yi Promenade]]

People practise [[tai chi]] in [[Tsing Yi Promenade]] near [[Maritime Square]] in [[Tsing Yi Town]] in the early morning hours. Some gather and practise [[dancing]] in the playground near Tsing Yung House of [[Cheung Ching Estate]].

==See also==
{{portal|Islands}}
* [[Tsing Yi Bamboo Theatre]]
* [[List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong]]
* [[Kam Chuk Kok]]
* [[List of places in Hong Kong]]
* [[Tsing Yi Rural Committee]]
* [[My Home Purchase Plan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Tsing Yi}}
{{Wiktionary|Tsing Yi}}
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.346277,114.099627&spn=0.033646,0.055532&t=k&hl=en Satellite image of Tsing Yi by Google Maps]
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