Maritime Square

Maritime Square (Chinese: 青衣城) 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. Maritime Square is directly connected to Tierra Verde (盈翠半島; jing4 ceoi3 bun3 dou2), a private housing estate that was also built by MTRC.

For the location formerly known as Maritime Square in Singapore, see HarbourFront.

Maritime Square
Maritime Square entrance after renovation
LocationTsing Yi Island, Hong Kong
Coordinates22.3557°N 114.1082°E / 22.3557; 114.1082
Address33 Tsing King Road (Phase 1)
31 Tsing King Road (Phase 2)
Opening dateApril 1, 1999 (Phrase 1), December 16, 2017 (Phrase 2)
DeveloperMTR Corporation Limited
ManagementMTR Properties Management
No. of stores and services140
Total retail floor area46,000 m2 (500,000 sq ft)
No. of floors4
Public transit accessTsing Yi Station
Atrium of Maritime Square
Aquatic Fantaria inside the mall
Tierra Verde, the housing estate above the shopping centre

History

The shopping centre opened in 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 Cafe 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
  • Letter mailing and postage stamp sale
  • Photocopying service

Transport interchange
MTR
Kowloon Motor Bus

All the routes below have Tsing Yi MTR station as terminus:

  • 68A: ↔ Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long (via Tuen Mun)
  • 68E: ↔ Yuen Long Park
  • 248M: ↔ Cheung Wang Estate
  • 249M: ↺ Mayfair Garden
  • 249X: ↔ Pok Hong Estate, Shatin (via Tai Wai and Shatin central)
  • 279X: ↔ Luen Wo Hui, Fanling (via Sheung Shui)
Bus operated by private estate

References
  1. 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.
  2. Li, Sandy (12 June 2015). "MTR Corp breaks ground on HK$2.4 billion shopping mall in Tsing Yi". South China Morning Post.
  3. Shops in Maritime Square, Official website
  4. Facilities in Maritimes Square, Official website
  5. Transportation around Maritimes Square, Official website
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