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New Town Plaza

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新城市廣場
New Town Plaza
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New Town Plaza in November, 2020
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Location18-19 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
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Opening date30 January 1985; 41 years ago (1985-01-30)
DeveloperSun Hung Kai Properties
ManagementKai Shing Management
OwnerSun Hung Kai Properties
Stores and servicesMore than 400
Floor area2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m2)
Floors9
Public transitSha Tin station
Websitewww.newtownplaza.com.hk
New Town Plaza
Traditional Chinese新城市廣場
Simplified Chinese新城市广场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīn Chéngshì Guǎngchǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSān sìhng síh gwóng chèuhng
JyutpingSan1 sing4 si5 gwong2 coeng4

New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping centre in the New Territories when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres (49.4 acres), the plaza comprises Phase 1 (the main mall) and Phase 3, which are connected to each other, as well as the Grand Central Plaza, which is less than one kilometre from Phase 1. Phase 1 underwent extensive renovation from 2003 to 2008.

The nine-storey shopping centre is right next to Sha Tin station and Citylink Plaza. It is one of the busiest shopping malls in Hong Kong. There are many different transportation links to New Town Plaza, such as shuttle services from nearby estates, minibus routes, the MTR station located right within the plaza itself, and so forth.

Floor plan

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Phase 1

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  • LB: Play Park
  • UB: Play Park
  • Level 1: MOVIE TOWN Cinema, restaurants
  • Level 2: c!ty'super, Uniqlo, Beauty & Health Care
  • Level 3: Luxury & Beauty, Fashion, Cosmetics, agnès b., Bally, Coach, American Eagle, ZARA, Tommy Hilfiger, SaSa and a roof garden with Pet play area
  • Level 4: Fashion & Accessories, Apple Store, IT, G2000, H&M
  • Level 5: Trendy, Casual & Sports Wear and a roof garden
  • Level 6: Electric World (Fortess, DG Lifestyle, Broadway, Suning, AV Life)
  • Level 7: THE MENU@Level 7, a CD shop and a roof garden in which a music fountain is included
  • Level 8: Maxim's Chinese Restaurant
  • Level 9: Roof garden

Phase 3

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New Town Plaza Phase 3 in August 2007
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New Town Plaza Phase 3 atrium have been removed after the renovation in 2017. Taken in July 2007.
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New Town Plaza Phase 3 after the renovation in 2019

New Town Plaza Phase 3 (新城市廣場第三期) is a private housing estate and a shopping arcade. It comprises 5 high-rise buildings and a 3-floor shopping arcade built between 1990 and 1991.[1] Phase 3 underwent extensive renovation from 2017 to 2019, to increase the shops, the existing atrium from Level 1 to Level 2 have been removed.

Layout of the shopping arcade after renovation:

Layout of the shopping arcade before renovation:

  • Level 1: Toys "R" Us, Commercial Press, Children's wear and various stores, Drop off area
  • Level 2: Yata (一田) Department Store
  • Level 3: Yata supermarket & food court, fashion store, comesics store and various stores

Grand Central Plaza

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Grand Central Plaza in December 2009

The Grand Central Plaza complex (新城市中央廣場) houses the HomeSquare shopping mall.

  • Levels 1 – 3: Furniture
  • Levels 5 & 6: IKEA flagship store in Hong Kong, in which a restaurant serving Swedish dishes is included

Snoopy's World

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On the podium of Level 3 of Phase 1, there is an outdoor playground called the "Snoopy's World" (Chinese: 史努比開心世界), the first Peanuts outdoor playground in Asia.[2] It opened to the public on 1 September 2000.[3]

Spots in Snoopy's World [1]

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  • Doghouse Entry: the Snoopy House
  • School Plaza: Peanuts Academy
  • Boating Canal: Canoe Ride
  • Baseball Playground: Peanuts Dugout
  • Mini Town Area: Peanuts Boulevard
  • Covered Sitting Pavilion: Party Pavilion

Musical fountain

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When New Town Plaza Phase 1 opened, an oval musical fountain at the centre of Level 3 was an icon of the shopping mall and the largest musical fountain in Asia[citation needed]. It was demolished in August 2004 and then, in May 2005, rebuilt on the roof garden of Level 7, opening in November that year. But it was then closed in 2015 which is the year of New Town Plaza has opened 30 years.

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Nearby shopping malls

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Nearby facilities

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Sha Tin Park in May 2005

During the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests

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On 25 August 2019, the protesters were applauded by the public as they passed by New Town Plaza in the evening after a confrontation with the police.
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People complaint in New Town Plaza Customer Service Centre on 16 July 2019
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Protesters gathering at New Town Plaza, Sha Tin, Hong Kong on 5 August 2019
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Workers cleaning glass in footbridge gallery on 15 December 2019

New Town Plaza is one of the key locations for the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, which originated from a peaceful protest held on 14 July in Sha Tin escalated into intense confrontations between the protesters and the police when the protesters were kettled inside New Town Plaza.[5][6] Sun Hung Kai Properties were scrutinised for allowing the police to enter the shopping centre without proper permit.[7]

In September 2019, protesters gathered several times in different shopping malls to sing for the song Glory to Hong Kong. On 11 September 2019, around 1000 people sang the song in New Town Plaza together that night, with crowds of people singing the song in other shopping malls around Hong Kong as well.[8]

References

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  1. ^ New Town Plaza-Phase 3
  2. ^ Snoopy's World
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