Tin Shui Wai
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Tin Shui Wai (Traditional Chinese: 天水圍; Simplified Chinese: 天水围; Cantonese Jyutping: tin1 seoi2 wai4; Mandarin Pinyin: Tiānshuǐwéi), located in northwestern New Territories, Hong Kong.It is a place of Yuen Long District.It was a gei wai fish pond area. In late 1980s, the fish ponds were reclaimed for the development of the Tin Shui Wai New Town. The new town is next to and at the northwest of Ping Shan.
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[edit] History and geography
The land of Tin Shui Wai did not exist at the beginning of 1900s while Ping Shan in the adjacent is by the sea. The water north of Ping Shan gradually became marshes and villages made use of it by coverting into pools and rice paddies. The pools became gei wai fish ponds where most of the residents were fishermen before new town development. Because of the decline in aquaculture, most of the fish ponds were abandoned. The Hong Kong Government developed the area into a new town by land reclamation.
[edit] Sights
Parts of Tin Shui have a picturesque and tranquil environment. The Hong Kong Wetland Park, demonstrating the diversity of the Hong Kong's wetland ecosystem, is located in Tin Shui Wai.
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