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New Town Plaza 
New Town Plaza Phase 1 Traditional Chinese 新城市廣場 Simplified Chinese 新城市广场 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Xīn Chéngshì Guǎngchǎng Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping san1 sing4 si5 gwong2 cheong4 - Yale Romanization san1 sing4 si5 gwong2 cheung4 New Town Plaza 
Location Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, China Opening date 30 January 1985 Developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Management Kai Shing Management Owner Sun Hung Kai Properties No. of stores and services more than 400 Total retail floor area 1,300,000 m² (321.2 acres) No. of floors 9 Website http://www.newtownplaza.com.hk New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin in Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping mall in the New Territories of Hong Kong when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres (49.4 acres), the plaza comprises Phase 1 (the main mall), Phase 3, which are connected to each other, and Grand Central Plaza, which is less than one kilometre from Phase 1. Currently under extensive renovation, the nine-storey main mall is right next to Sha Tin Station and Citylink Plaza. Until now, it remains one of the busiest shopping malls in Hong Kong.
Contents
Floor plan
Phase 1
- Basement: UA cinemas
- Level 1: UA cinemas, restaurants
- Level 2: c!ty'super, Cosmetics, Books & Gifts, Banks
- Level 3: Luxury & Beauty, Fashion, ZARA and a roof garden with playground
- Level 4: Fashion & Accessories, Marks & Spencer, ESPRIT, H&M, Accessorize
- Level 5: Trendy, Casual & Sports Wear, McDonald's and a roof garden
- Level 6: Electric World
- Level 7: THE MENU@Level 7, a CD shop and a roof garden in which a music fountain is included
- Level 8: Maxim's Palace (美心皇宮)
- Level 9: Roof garden
Phase 3
- Level 1: Toys "R" Us, Children's wear and various stores
- Level 2: Yata (一田) Department Store
- Level 3: Yata supermarket & food court, MUJI and various stores
Grand Central Plaza
- Levels 1 & 2: Furniture
- Levels 3 & 5: IKEA flagship store in Hong Kong, in which a restaurant serving Swedish dishes is included
Snoopy's World
On the balcony of Level 3 of Phase 1, there is an outdoor playground called the "Snoopy's World", the first Peanuts outdoor playground in Asia. It is opened to the public on 1 September 2000.
Spots in Snoopy's World [1]
- 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
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Snoopy's World Overview
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Entrance of Snoopy's World
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The yellow school bus in Snoopy's World
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Snoopy's World Entry Plaza
Musical fountain
The new music 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[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.
Gallery
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Entrance Arena
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Taxi Stands in Level 1
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Level 1 West Wing Open-Shopfront Restaurant
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Level 2 Gift Shop
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Level 3 Footbridge Gallery
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New Town Plaza after renovation
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Marks & Spencer on Level 4
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Shops in Level 6
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Maxims Palace Chinese Restaurant
Nearby shopping malls
- New Town Plaza Phase 3 (新城市廣場第三期)
- Grand Central Plaza (新城市中央廣場)
- Citylink Plaza (連城廣場)
- Sha Tin Centre (沙田中心)
- Sha Tin Plaza (沙田廣場)
- Lucky Plaza (好運中心)
- Wai Wah Centre (偉華中心)
- Hilton Plaza (希爾頓中心)
Nearby facilities
Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)- Sha Tin Town Hall (沙田大會堂)
- Sha Tin Public Library (沙田公共圖書館)
- Sha Tin Marriage Registry (沙田婚姻註冊處)
- Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)
- Royal Park Hotel (帝都酒店), also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, and is regarded as Phase 2 of the New Town Plaza project[citation needed]. It has been designated as the Olympic Village in Hong Kong for the Beijing Olympics 2008.[1]
Notes and references
- ^ "SHKP cheers Beijing Olympic torch relay". Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 2008-04-27. http://www.shkp.com.hk/en/scripts/news/news_press_detail.php?press_id=3679. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
External links
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Coordinates: 22°22′55″N 114°11′18″E / 22.381947°N 114.188309°E
Categories:- Sha Tin
- Shopping malls established in 1985
- Sha Tin District
- Shopping centres in Hong Kong
- Sun Hung Kai Properties
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