New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the

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Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new ...

, Hong Kong. Developed by

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, it was the biggest shopping centre in the

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when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres (49.4

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), 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

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and

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. 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

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station located right within the plaza itself, and so forth.

Floor plan

Phase 1

*LB: Play Park *UB: Play Park *Level 1: MOVIE TOWN Cinema, restaurants *Level 2:

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, Beauty & Health Care *Level 3: Luxury & Beauty, Fashion, Cosmetics,

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, Bally,

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, American Eagle,

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, SaSa and a roof garden with Pet play area *Level 4: Fashion & Accessories,

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, 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

New Town Plaza Phase 3 Level 3 After renovation 201912

New Town Plaza Phase 3 () is a

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and a shopping arcade. It comprises 5

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and a 3-floor shopping arcade built between 1990 and 1991. 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: *Level 1: Yata (), Department Store, Drop off area *Level 2:

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, Children's wear and various stores *Level 3:

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, GU, comesics store and restaurants Layout of the shopping arcade before renovation: *Level 1:

, Children's wear and various stores, Drop off area *Level 2: Yata () Department Store *Level 3: Yata supermarket & food court, fashion store, comesics store and various stores

Grand Central Plaza

The

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complex () houses the HomeSquare shopping mall. *Levels 1 – 3: Furniture *Levels 5 & 6:

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flagship store in Hong Kong, in which a restaurant serving Swedish dishes is included

Snoopy's World

On the

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of Level 3 of Phase 1, there is an outdoor playground called the "

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's World" (), the first ''

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'' outdoor playground in Asia. It opened to the public on 1 September 2000.

Spots in Snoopy's World

*Doghouse Entry: the Snoopy House * School Plaza: Peanuts Academy * Boating Canal:

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Ride * Baseball Playground: Peanuts

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* Mini Town Area: Peanuts

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* Covered Sitting Pavilion: Party Pavilion File:HK Snoopy World Overview 201111.jpg, Overview of Snoopy World image:Snoopy World House 2010.jpg, Entrance of Snoopy's World in November 2010 image:HK Snoopy World 20050628.jpg, Snoopy's World Entry Plaza in June 2005 image:Snoppy World Hall Inside 201107.jpg, Snoppy World Hall in July 2011

Musical fountain

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. 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.

Phase 1 gallery

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Nearby shopping malls

*New Town Plaza Phase 3 () *Grand Central Plaza () *

() * Shatin Centre () * Shatin Plaza () *

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Nearby facilities

Sha Tin Town Hall Sha Tin Town Hall is a town hall at the town centre of the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong. It is located near Sha Tin station, Sha Tin Park and New Town Plaza. It is part of the podium complex which includes the Sha Tin Town Hall, Sha Tin Publ ...

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(), also developed by

, and is regarded as Phase 2 of the New Town Plaza project. It has been designated as the Olympic Village in Hong Kong for the Beijing Olympics 2008.

During the Anti-ELAB movement in 2019

New Town Plaza cleansing workers cleaning glass trash in Footbridge gallery 20191215

New Town Plaza is one of the key locations for the Anti-ELAB movement, which originated from a peaceful protest held on 14 July in

escalated into intense confrontations between the protesters and the police when the protesters were kettled inside New Town Plaza.

were scrutinised for allowing the police to enter the shopping centre without proper permit. In September 2019, protesters gathered several times in different shopping malls to sing for the song

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. 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. China flag in new town plaza 20190922.jpg, People Dancing and trampling on

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