Kwai Chung

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<tr><td valign=top colspan="2" style="white-space: nowrap; font-size:85%;">Traditional Chinese:</td><td valign=top style="font-size:110%;">葵涌</td></tr><tr><td valign=top rowspan="2" align="left" style="width:55px; font-size:85%;">Mandarin</td><tr><td valign=top style="width:60px; font-size:85%;">Hanyu Pinyin:</td><td valign=top class="Unicode" style="font-size:90%;">kuí chōng</td></tr><tr><td valign=top rowspan="2" align="left" style="width:55px; font-size:85%;">Cantonese</td><tr><td valign=top style="width:60px; font-size:85%;">IPA:</td><td valign=top title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA" style="font-size:85%">[kʰwɐɪ₁₁ tsʰʊŋ₅₅]</td></tr><tr><td valign=top> </td><td valign=top style="width:60px; font-size:85%;">Jyutping:</td><td valign=top class="Unicode" style="font-size:85%;">kwai4 cung1</td></tr>

Kwai Chung

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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 (as of 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
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[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.