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Tsing Yi Pier () or Tsing Yi Ferry Terminus () was a ferry
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on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It replaced
Tsing Yi Town Tsing Yi Town is located on the eastern coast of Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong and is part of the Tsuen Wan New Town Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. It spans Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and the eastern part of Tsing Yi Island. ...
old pier that was buried during land reclamation. There were ferries to
Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fle ...
and
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. The service ceased to exist and the pier was free for public use thereafter.


Location

The pier is on the east seafront of reclaimed land of
Tsing Yi Bay Tsing Yi Bay was a bay on the east side of Hong Kong's Tsing Yi Island, beside the Rambler Channel, approximately on the site of modern-day Tsing Yi Park. The whole bay was reclaimed for the development of new town. Before reclamation, it was sur ...
, near Tsing Leng Tsui, facing
Rambler Channel Rambler Channel is a body of water in Hong Kong that separates Tsing Yi Island from Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung in the New Territories. The channel separates the two landmasses by 900 metres at its widest point. Historically, the channel was known ...
. Three
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s Greenfield Garden,
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and Serene Garden are very close to it.


References

Tsing Yi Piers in Hong Kong {{HK-geo-stub