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|elevation_m highest_mount = 334[[Tsing Yi Peak]] (Sam Chi Heung)

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'''Tsing Yi''' ({{zh|c=青衣}}), sometimes referred to as '''Tsing Yi Island''', is an [[island]] in the urban[[New areaTerritories]] 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 generally 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]].

[[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, probablymost 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 known as Chun Fa Lok ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|春花落}}) once upon a time, 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 water near Chun Fa Lok, Chun Fa Yeung ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|春花洋}}), which is ''the ocean of spring flowers''. The Ming navy defeated once defeated pirate fleets there.

[[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, Hong Kong|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, however, 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 Councilscouncils 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.

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 are 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=2009-08-22 August 2009 }}. The sum of the population in constituency area S18 to S28</ref> It is expected to grow to 203,300 in the near future. Most of the population live in [[Tsing Yi Town]].

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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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}}, ''lit.'' {{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.

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 arousedfueled protest. Finally, [[Tsing Yi North Bridge]], a connection to [[Tsuen Wan]] Towntown was built to ease off the congestion, as well as to accommodate the local residential population boom.

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.

DuringFrom 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.

{{main|Public Housinghousing Estatesestates on Tsing Yi Island}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長發邨}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長亨邨}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長康邨}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長安邨}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|長宏邨}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣邨}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青雅苑}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青盛苑}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青泰苑}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青華苑}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青宏苑}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|海悅花園}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|宏福花園}}

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| Height="12.75" | Greenview Villa

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|綠悠雅苑}}

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| Height="12.75" | Ching Chun Court

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青俊苑}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|偉景花園}}

| style="text-align:right;"| -n/a-1776

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|海欣花園}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|翠怡花園}}

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|美景花園}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|曉峰園}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|灝景灣}}

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| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|盈翠半島}}

| [[Maritime Square]], [[Tsing Yi (MTR)station|Tsing Yi MTR]]

| {{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青怡花園}}

* [[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 Yu Resite Village]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青裕新村}})

* [[Yim Tin Kok Resite]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|鹽田角村}})

* [[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.

* [[Rambler Channel Bridge (railway bridge)|Tsing Lai Bridge]] to [[Lai King (MTR)|Lai King Stationstation]] (dedicated MTR viaduct)

* [[Stonecutter'sStonecutters Bridge]] to [[Stonecutter'sStonecutters Island]], [[Kowloon]] and [[Sha Tin]] Town (Route 8).

* [[Cheung ChingTsing Tunnel]] (Route 3)

[[Tsing Yi Stationstation]], at the northeastern part of Tsing Yi Island, in [[Tsing Yi Town]], is served by [[MTR]] [[Tung Chung Lineline]] and [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]]. It is also the only rail station 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|Tsing Yi Railway Stationstation]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣鐵路站}})

* Tsing Yi Estate ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣邨}})

* [[Tsing Yi Pier|Tsing Yi Ferry]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|青衣碼頭}})

All ferry services ceased with rapid development of road and rail transport, especially [[MTR]] [[Tung Chung Lineline]] 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.

* [[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]].

* [[Tsing Tak Tong Tat-more Temple]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|清德堂達摩廟}}); the [[Bodhidharma]] temple in [[Tsing Yi Lutheran Village]].

* [[Ward (LDS Church)|Tsing Yi Ward]] of [[Thethe 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]]".

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.

* [[Chan Lai So Chun Memorial School|HKSYIC&IA Chan Lai So Chun Memorial School]]

* [[LSTLok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School]]

* [[TWGHs S. C. Gaw Memorial College]]

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

People practise [[T'aitai chi ch'uan|T'ai 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]].

* [[IslandsList of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong]]

* [[List of buildings, sites and areasplaces in Hong Kong]]

* [[List of villages in Hong Kong#Tsing Yi Rural Committee]]