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4 unusual facts about Tsuen Wan


All's Well, Ends Well 2009

On 12 May 2008, a press conference was held in a Tsuen Wan shopping mall, where Wong had announced that a HK$4 million investment would be put into making the 2009 version of All's Well, Ends Well.

Hong Kong 1956 riots

The Communist areas were the main targets of Nationalist attacks, the most violent of which took place in the town of Tsuen Wan, five miles from central Kowloon.

Tsuen Wan District Council

Sha Tin District currently consists of 22 members, of which the district is divided into 17 constituencies, electing a total of 17 with 2 ex officio members who is the Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan rural committee chairmen and 3 members appointed by the Chief Executive.

Tsuen Wan Station

This was because the station was actually at the northern edge of Tsuen Wan town by then, and the infrastructure was also incomplete, meaning it was unable to attract many people in the town centre to take MTR.


Cheung Sha Wan Station

Cheung Sha Wan Station is an underground station located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR, between Sham Shui Po and Lai Chi Kok.

Kwai Chung Hospital

Located near Princess Margaret Hospital, it provides 1372 psychiatric beds and serves the population of Kowloon, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung and Outlying Islands.

Maxim's Catering

In January 1999, as a Hello Kitty craze swept through Hong Kong, Maxim's partnered with Sanrio and opened three branches of the new Hello Kitty Café in Tsuen Wan and Kowloon.

Sincere Department Store

Since 1997, Sincere's retailing arm is mostly in Hong Kong with four locations in Hong Kong (Central: Li Po Chun Chambers;Causeway Bay: Percival Street) and Kowloon (Mong Kok: Grand Century Place; Mong Kok: Kingwah Centre; Sham Shui Po: Dragon Centre;Yau Tong: Domain(Yau Tong); and Tsuen Wan: Citywalk 2); there are Chinese location, including Dalian.


see also

CityWalk

Citywalk, Hong Kong, a shopping centre in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong

Jordan Station

When the Tsuen Wan Line opened on 10 May 1982, the Kwun Tong Line was shortened and terminated at Yau Ma Tei, the first stop north of Jordan, and Jordan was transferred to the Tsuen Wan Line.

Tsing Yi North Bridge

On 1st February, 2002, the day of the opening of Tsing Yi North Coastal Road, the North Bridge was connected and became the main path from Tsuen Wan to Tung Chung on Lantau Island and the International Airport in Chek Lap Kok.

Tsuen Wan Station

It is thought to become a through station with two off-side platforms, originally designed as an intermediate station, with a terminus called Tsuen Wan West further north west near the present day Tsuen King Garden apartments (different from the present West Rail Line Tsuen Wan West Station).

During the construction of Tsuen Wan Station, the Route Twisk was diverted.