Kwai Chung

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Kwai Chung
Traditional Chinese:		葵涌
Mandarin
Mandarin	Hanyu Pinyin:	kuí chōng
Cantonese
Cantonese	IPA:	[kʰwɐɪ₁₁ tsʰʊŋ₅₅]
	Jyutping:	kwai4 cung1

Constituencies in 2003 District Council Election. Kwai Chung is the region on the right.

Kwai Chung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, China. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town.

Population: 287,000 (in 2000)
Area: 9.93 km²

Kwai Chung is the home of the principal commercial cargo handling area of Hong Kong, the Kwai Chung Container Terminal, one of the largest and busiest port facilities in the world. The main commercial port was relocated here from Yau Ma Tei in the 1980's, in preparation for the West Kowloon Reclamation, which has left the original waterfront of Yau Ma Tei almost half a mile inland.

1 Origin of the Name
2 Divisions
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Origin of the Name

In earlier times Kwai Chung was called Kwai Chung Tsz (葵涌子). Kwai Chung was a stream (Chung) that emptied into Gin Drinkers Bay. The whole bay was reclaimed for land and the stream is no longer visible.

The name is sometimes spelled 'Kwai Cheong', such as in 'Kwai Cheong Road' (葵昌路), which is in Kwai Chung.

[edit] Divisions

Traditionally, Kwai Chung is divided in to Upper Kwai Chung or Sheung Kwai Chung (上葵涌), and Lower Kwai Chung or Ha Kwai Chung (下葵涌). Administratively, the former is called North Kwai Chung, and the latter South Kwai Chung.