Shatin - Sunshine with clouds

[bleedingOrange]

Snoopy is hiding somewhere in that photo also

[EricIsHim]

Originally Posted by bleedingOrange

Snoopy is hiding somewhere in that photo also

There is a Snoopy theme park on the roof of New Town Plaza.

[trueapprentice]

Travel agents on the move

Saturday, September 15, 2007

In response to skyrocketing rents, 16 travel agencies have joined forces to rent a whole gallery in a Sha Tin shopping mall.
The agencies are partnering the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp to create a one-stop travel service gallery at the KCRC-owned City Link Plaza. Currently, 13 of the travel agencies are located in the nearby Sha Tin Town Plaza. They will all relocate to the new premises early next month.

"Our current rents are between HK$170 and HK$200 per square foot," Evergloss Tours executive director Steve Huen said. "The per square foot rent of the new premise is only in double digits."

Sunflower Travel Services general manager Alcuin Li Wa-keung said the move will help cut their operating costs by as much as 60 percent while providing a more spacious environment.

"If we don't move then our customers will have to suffer from the rising costs, and that's something we don't want," Li said.

KCRC did not make any special deal with the travel agencies but they were attracted to the new premises by the relatively low rent.

NICKKITA LAU

[hkskyline]

Didn't they just move to the new travel theme area in New Town?

[EricIsHim]

As I remember from my last visiting, more than a year ago, the answer is yes at the second or third floor at the other end by Shatin City Hall. There is a whole bunch of travel agents over there.

Well, City Link isn't part of New Town even they are connected. It can be just a head-to-head competition between City Link and New Town or it's a further expansion for the travel agent clusters. With all the people walk in and out of the malls, supporting two shops so nearby may be actually feasible.

[Kaitak747]

Originally Posted by bleedingOrange

Snoopy is hiding somewhere in that photo also

Originally Posted by EricIsHim

There is a Snoopy theme park on the roof of New Town Plaza.

Yup, the Snoopy theme park is located on the roof of NTP, but I'm so disappointed with its size.

[trueapprentice]

Sha Tin Equestrian Pavilion off and running

Staff reporter

Monday, November 05, 2007

The Jockey Club yesterday unveiled its latest initiative to boost public interest in equestrian sports and next year's Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong - the purpose-built Equestrian Pavilion in Penfold Park, Sha Tin.
The pavilion will be open until the end of next April and admission is free.

Key elements of the pavilion include an electronic book, with pages that turn at the touch of a fingertip, detailing events from when Hong Kong was granted the rights to co-host the Olympic equestrian events until the HKSAR 10th Anniversary Cup eventing competition in August; a hands-on data bank operating through an interactive table interface; the walk-in Captivating Circular Theatre, with a 120-degree curved screen, introducing the Olympics and the equestrian events through an engrossing multimedia presentation; a photo-fun corner enabling visitors to have their photos taken with selected equestrian-related backdrops; models of the equestrian venues; and an Olympic stable and equestrian gear displays.

There is also access to outdoor exhibits such as jumping fences and a judging hut used for equestrian events, as well as meeting the club's Shetland ponies "up close and personal."

"The finish of the Olympics will not be the end; on the contrary, it signifies the start of the Olympic legacy in Hong Kong," Jockey Club chairman John Chan Cho-chak said. "We have plans to build a permanent Olympics and Olympic Equestrian Museum."

Officiating at the opening ceremony were Chan, Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs Carrie Yau Tsang Ka-lai, Zhao Guangting, secretary general of the central government liaison office, and president of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong Timothy Fok Tsun-ting.

Other guests included Lam Woon- kwong, chief executive officer of The Equestrian Company; president of the Hong Kong Equestrian Federation Simon Ip Ski-on; chairman of the Hong Kong Paralympics Committee and Sports Association for the Physically Disabled Jenny Fung Ma Kit; and Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges.

The guests were later shown around the interactive exhibits at the pavilion by the club's equestrian ambassador.

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Originally Posted by Kaitak747

城市發展中誕生的沙田價值足的生活文娛設施等，不同的活動都有相對應的空間配合。購物消費的可到新城市廣場；進行文化活動的可到圖書館或大會堂；運動休憩的可往城門河畔、公園或體育館……除此之外，土地的使用就是道路、住宅、學校和工廠大廈。這裏沒有一寸多餘的土地，也沒有一個混雜的地方。分層式的空間結構進而使分隔區的正常及有效率地運作及互相連接。隨覑沙田一步一步地變成一個完美的系統，程序化、功能化和自豪化變成當中的核心價值。

麥理浩的「新人類」計劃並不限於新市鎮的興建，那是全方位的人類改造計劃，配合教育、社會福利、文娛康樂、青少年政策等政策，最後成功地把新的秩序注入「新人類」的心裏。作為一個沙田人，馬傑偉在《中產沙田甘於平凡》一文中，描述他對沙田的感受：沙田的生活是「平平無奇」、「毫無遐想」的，那裏「從來不會有洶湧的波濤，沒有驚險的崖岸，連錯落的石灘也沒有」。但沙田人卻喜歡這種乾淨整齊的生活，且深深地感受到政府在規劃上精密計算的好處和偉大。這也使沙田人偏好專業形象，相信行政方式可以解決問題。有別於徙置區內一條街、一條村互相聯繫、關照的生活方式，沙田人在那細小、獨立的住宅單位內「埋頭苦幹、默默耕耘，各自經營自己那個小康家庭」，個人利益漸漸取代集體利益。沙田人開始相信靠覑自身的努力及能力能夠爬上高位。從公屋到居屋，最後入住私人樓宇，擁有物業成為人生的追求，私有產權的概念也在這時開始.

Hideous! The suburban neighbourhood, Sha Tin, is so detached, plain and indifferent. I have been there, noticed the difference of this example of new town with the downtown. Well, the population looks younger, yuppier and considerably poorer than downtown it seems.

Sha Tin was a great solution for isolating the mass who were living in poverty back in the 1970s... The presence of this sort of new towns avoided social problems in downtown.

Tsim Sha Tsui and Wan Chai had become much more liveable than 30 years ago after most of the lower class and young population moved to new towns.

Most of the negative social impacts affect these new towns instead of the downtown, which is a very good phenomenon.

[hkskyline]

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Thanks Hkskyline! I love the pictures of this place!

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Shatin Sing Mun River by Johnny__Ko, on Flickr

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