Ma On Shan (town)

22°25′19″N 114°13′57″E / 22.42194°N 114.23250°E / 22.42194; 114.23250

Ma On Shan
View of Ma On Shan and the Tolo Harbour. The namesake mountain is visible in the background.
Traditional Chinese馬鞍山
Simplified Chinese马鞍山
Literal meaningSaddle Hill
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ'ānshān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingmaa5 on1 saan1

Ma On Shan (Chinese: 馬鞍山) is a new town along the eastern coast of Tolo Harbour in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Although it was initially an extension of Sha Tin New Town, it has its own town centre and various government facilities, and is now classified as a separate new town in government reports.[1] Administratively, it belongs to Sha Tin District.

  1. ^ "Geographical Demarcation Systems − New Town/Other Area in the New Territories" (PDF). Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.