| Kwai Tsing | |
| Official Name: | Kwai Tsing District |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant-HK |
| Type: | District |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Official emblem |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 60px |
| Image Map1: | Hong Kong Kwai Tsing District.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Kwai Tsing within Hong Kong |
| Coordinates: | 22.3549°N 114.084°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | SAR |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hong Kong |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | New Territories |
| Leader Title: | District Council Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Lo Yuen-Ting |
| Leader Title2: | District Council Vice-Chairman |
| Leader Name2: | Chan Chi-Wing |
| Leader Party2: | Independent |
| Parts Type: | Constituencies |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 32 |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.82 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 520,572 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Hong Kong Time |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Website: | Kwai Tsing District Council |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Largest neighbourhood by population |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kwai Chung (167,455 – 2016 est) |
Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016.[1] The district has the third least educated residents and their income is below average.
Kwai Tsing did not exist as a standalone district when Hong Kong's District Boards were formed in the early 1980s. It remained as a part of Tsuen Wan district until 1985. The newly created district was known as Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District (Chinese: 葵涌及青衣區) until 1988, when its name was shortened to Kwai Tsing District.
The internationally famous container terminals can be found within the district, along the shores of Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. The Tsing Ma Bridge, leading to the Hong Kong International Airport through the North Lantau Highway, starts at the northwestern end of Tsing Yi Island.
Over 75% of the district residents live in public housing.
In 1669, the Qing dynasty forced the people in Hong Kong and the coastal regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, etc., to move to the inland areas of mainland China. After this move inland policy ceased, a large number of Hakka people from the Huayang region of Guangdong province, as well as the Hakka districts of Fujian province, moved to what is now Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Traditionally, Kwai Tsing District has been a Hakka speaking region; the original inhabitants of the villages in this area were mainly of Hakka extraction.
Kwai Tsing District borders in the north and west with Tsuen Wan District, east with Sha Tin District, southeast with Sham Shui Po District and Yau Tsim Mong District (marine), south with Central and Western District (marine), and southwest with Islands District (marine liners and similar).
By 2003 District Councils Election, the Kwai Tsing District Council is divided into 28 constituencies:
Kwai Chung
Tsing Yi
It has 29 constituencies in 2015 election.[2]
The district is part of Tsuen Wan New Town. Unlike other new towns in Hong Kong, the district has no clear town core in the course of development. Cores emerge only after Metroplaza in Kwai Fong and Maritime Square in Tsing Yi was built, but they are still incomparable to their counterparts in other new towns in Hong Kong.
Industry is an integral part of the district. Both light and heavy industries share substantial land in the district.
See also: List of schools in Kwai Tsing District. Like other early new towns of Hong Kong, the district was primary for settling the influx of Chinese population around the year of the change of sovereignty in China in 1949 and the baby boom afterwards. Public housing estates were built throughout the district. Many schools have been established by various charities and religious organisations. Some have provided vocational training for industries in Hong Kong while some have become liberal schools. As the community has aged, the number of school children declined after the 2000s, and schools are facing survival problems.
Secondary schools in 2006:
There are several sports grounds in the district. Biu Chun Rangers are based in Tsing Yi. Kwai Tsing Theatre in Kwai Fong is gradually becoming an important performance venue in Hong Kong.
The usual forms of transportation in the district are buses, minibuses and metro.
The MTR (metro) Tsuen Wan line has four stations on three lines running through the district:
6, 30, 31, 31A, 31B, 32, 32H, 32M, 33A, 34, 35A, 35X, 36A, 36B, 36M, 36X, 37, 37M, 38, 38A, 38B, 38P, 40, 40A, 40E, 40P, 40S, 40X, 41, 41A, 41M, 42, 42A, 42C, 42M, 43, 43A, 43B, 43C, 43D, 43M, 43S, 44, 44M, 45, 46, 46P, 46S, 46X, 47A, 47X, 48X, 49P, 49X, 57M, 58M, 58P, 59A, 60X, 61M, 67A, 67M, 68A, 68E, 69M, 69P, 73D, 73P, 73X, 234C, 234D, 235, 235M, 237A, 240X, 242X, 243M, 243P, 248M, 249M, 249X, 260C, 265B, 265M, 269A, 269M, 269P, 272P, 278A, 278P, 278X, 279A, 279B, 279X, 290, 290A, 290B, 290X, N41X, N237, N241, N252, N260, N269, N290, X42C, X42P
A31, A32, E31, E32, E32A, E42, E42P, N31, NA31, NA32
50, A20, E21, E21A, E21C, N21, N21A, NA20