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[[File:West New Territories Landfill 1.jpg|thumb|West New Territories Landfill facing [[Deep Bay, China|Deep Bay]].]]
'''Nim Wan''' ({{zh|t=稔灣}}) was a [[bay]] between [[Tsang Tsui]] ({{zh|t=曾咀}}) and [[Ha Pak Nai]] ({{zh|t=下白坭
}}) in [[Tuen Mun District]], [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]].<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/permit/latest/ep3342009.htm ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT TO DECOMMISSION, CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A DESIGNATED PROJECT]</ref> It approaches [[Deep Bay, China|Deep Bay]] with [[Shekou]], [[Shenzhen]] at its opposite.
The bay was [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclaimed]] to become a [[landfill]] site, "West New Territories Landfill" ({{zh|t=新界西堆填區}}). The landfill site covers the area of 110 [[hectares]]. It can handle more than 6,500 [[tonnes]] of [[waste]] per day and is expected to be used for 25 years.<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/waste/prob_solutions/msw_went.html West New Territories (WENT) Landfill]</ref><ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/news_events/legco/files/ea_220105annex.pdf Strategic Environmental Assessment Findings for WENT Landfill Extensions]</ref>
Nim Wan is a recognized village under the [[New Territories]] [[Small House Policy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=[[Lands Department]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
==Education==
Nim Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 72. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: [[Tin Shui Wai]] Government Primary School (天水圍官立小學).<ref name=POA72>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-72b.pdf|title=POA School Net 72|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Waste management in Hong Kong]]
* [[Tuen Mun Rural Committee]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/L/l-tm-19.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Nim Wan (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
[[Category:Bays of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Tuen Mun District]]
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