Maritime Square
Maritime Square is a four-storey shopping centre located on Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. It was built and is owned by MTR Corporation (MTRC) in conjunction with the opening of Tsing Yi station.
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 Maritime Square entrance after renovation | |
| Location | Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22.3557°N 114.1082°E |
| Address | 33 Tsing King Road (Phase 1) 31 Tsing King Road (Phase 2) |
| Opening date | 1 April 1999 (Phase 1), 16 December 2017 (Phase 2) |
| Developer | MTR Corporation Limited |
| Management | MTR Properties Management |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| Total retail floor area | 46,000 m2 (500,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 4 |
| Public transit access | Tsing Yi station |
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| Chinese | 青衣城 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Tsing Yi City | ||||||||||||
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History
The shopping centre opened on 1 April 1999 and has a floor area of 46,000 square metres (500,000 sq ft). The landlords claimed in December 2004 that daily pedestrian traffic at the mall is 170,000.[1]
MTR expanded the shopping centre onto the site of the Tsing Yi lorry park.[2] Some opposed the plan because it blocks the already crowded skyline. The MTR broke ground on the $2.4 billion project in 2015, and work was completed in 2017.[2]
Design
Maritime Square is the first shopping mall in Hong Kong adopting ocean and navigation as the design theme.
Shops
Maritime Square houses a total of 140 shops. There are a wide variety of restaurants, bookstores, fashion stores, electrical appliances stores, supermarket, cinema and banks, etc. Numerous types of restaurants are available. For example, fast food restaurants like Café de Coral, traditional Chinese restaurants, cafés like Starbucks and restaurants providing Japanese and Thai food. There is also a Hong Kong Jockey Centre, which is the first off-course betting branch of the Hong Kong Jockey Club to be opened on the island.[3]
Facilities
The following various customer services are available at the Customer Service Centres:[4]
- Enquiries on mall promotional activities and transportation information
- Wheelchair lending (within the mall area only)
- Baby stroller lending (within the mall area only and limited supply)
- Emergency mobile phone battery charging
- Disposable raincoat
- Umbrella lending (limited supply)
- Lost child handling and lost & found service
- Octopus card add-value service
References
- Lau, Eli (3 December 2004). "MTRC malls face rent rises". Hong Kong Standard. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
- Li, Sandy (12 June 2015). "MTR Corp breaks ground on HK$2.4 billion shopping mall in Tsing Yi". South China Morning Post.
- Shops in Maritime Square, Official website
- Facilities in Maritimes Square, Official website
