Tung Chung

Tung Chung Crescent, residential complex in the city center

Residential houses in Tung Chung North, with the ferry pier in the foreground

Tung Chung Bay with Tung Chung Road in the background

Tung Chung ( Chinese 東涌 / 东涌 , Pinyin Dōngchōng , Jyutping Dung ¹ cung ¹ - "eastern tributary") is a place in Hong Kong on Lantau Island with 80,000 inhabitants. The place is shaped by the New Town program of the Hong Kong government North Lantau New Town ( 北大嶼山新市鎮 / 北大屿山新市镇 , Běi Dàyǔ Shān Xīn Shìzhèn , Jyutping Bak ¹ Daai ⁶ jyu ⁴ Saan ¹ San ¹ Si ⁵ zan ³ ), during which Tung Chung was expanded into a modern satellite city in the 1990s .

Tung Chung is located on Tung Chung Bay ( 東涌灣 / 东涌湾 , Dōngchōng Wān , Jyutping Dung ¹ cung ¹ Waan ¹ ) in the north of Lantau Island in direct proximity to the Hong Kong International Airport and is administratively part of the Islands District .

North Lantau New Town

North Lantau New Town is the most recent New Town development project in Hong Kong. The city was designed to support the infrastructure of the nearby Hong Kong International Airport (“ supporting community ”). The concept was elaborated in the North Lantau Development Study in 1992 and envisaged implementation in four phases. Landfill was planned in each phase for the acquisition of new building land .

Phase 1: Construction of the Tung Chung city center with residential buildings and connection to the traffic routes that are also used by the airport. Filling of the Siu Ho Wan Bay ( 小蠔灣 / 小蚝湾 , Xiǎoháo Wān , Jyutping Siu ² hou ⁴ Waan ¹ - "Small Oyster Bay") in order to build a motorway and the Mass Transit Railway there , as well as to build one Sewage treatment plant .
Phase 2: Construction of a residential area north of the motorway and a residential area in the southwest of the city center. '' Yat Tung Estate '' ( 逸東邨 / 逸东邨 , Yìdōng Cūn , Jyutping Jat ⁶ dung ¹ Cyun ¹ )
Phase 3: Extensive backfilling of Tung Chung Bay for the construction of a residential area, further landfill in the northeast of Tung Chung, as well as construction of a residential area in the Bay of Tai Ho ( 大蠔灣 / 大蚝湾 , Dàháo Wān , Jyutping Daai ⁶ hou ⁴ Waan ¹ - "Big Oyster Bay").
Phase 4: Construction of further residential areas in the northeast of Tung Chung and in Tai Ho ( 大蠔 / 大蚝 , Dàháo , Jyutping Daai ⁶ hou ⁴ ).

With the completion of phase 4, the city should accommodate 210,000 inhabitants, with the potential to expand to 260,000 inhabitants. After a change in development plans, the planned population was increased to 320,000. Phase 1 was completed in 1997 and Phase 2 in 2001. Phase 3 was originally scheduled to be completed in 2006 and Phase 4 in 2011, but project execution has been suspended. Further development is being planned, with Tai Ho is the exception after the 1998 Bay site of special scientific interest ( " nature reserve was declared").

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Tung Chung

Until the airport and North Lantau New Town were built, Tung Chung was a fishing village with fewer than 2000 residents.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Tung Chung has 78,000 residents. At 10.9%, the proportion of residents who are not of Chinese origin is higher than the Hong Kong average of 6.4%. Compared to the Hong Kong average, the age structure consists of slightly more people up to 14 years of age and slightly fewer people over 65 years of age, which is typical for a newly founded New Town. The employment rate is 62.1%. Due to the proximity to the airport, 18.5% of the employees are employed in the transport sector.

geography

Tung Chung is mostly on flat land that was reclaimed from the sea. The urban area is limited to the south by the mountains of Lantau Islands . To the west of the city center there is a 50 meter high hill.

Although Tung Chung has no industrial facilities, the air quality is slightly worse than the Hong Kong average. Smog occurs one in four days, compared to one in six days for the Hong Kong average. In 2004, the environmental protection ministry gave Tung Chung the second highest air pollution level Very High for 40 days . Most of the air pollution comes from Chinese industrial plants in the Pearl River Delta .

heritage Site

The weir system is on Tung Chung Road ( 東涌道 / 东涌道 , Dōngchōng Dào , Jyutping Dung ¹ cung ¹ Dou ⁶ ) ( 22 ° 16 ′ 39.9 ″ N , 113 ° 56 ′ 9.6 ″ E ) Tung Chung Fort ( 東涌寨城 / 东涌寨城 , Dōngchōng Zhàichéng , Jyutping Dung ¹ cung ¹ Zaai ⁶ sing ⁴ , also: 東涌炮臺 / 东涌炮台 , Dōngchōng Pàotái , Jyutping Dung ¹ cung ¹ Paau ³ toi ⁴ ) which was built in 1832 by Chinese troops to fight pirates . The facility was equipped with six coastal guns, which can be viewed today in the restored fort , which is now a listed building . 22.277747 113.936001

Further north ( 22 ° 17 '15 " N , 113 ° 56' 9.1" O ) are the remains of the Tung Chung Battery ( 東涌小炮臺 / 东涌小炮台 , Dongchong xiǎo Paotai , Jyutping extension ¹ cung ¹ Siu ² Paau ³ toi ⁴ ), a smaller fort that is also under monument protection. This was built in 1817 and housed two coastal guns , but was forgotten until 1980 when the overgrown ruins were discovered. 22.287488 113.935872

There are also two historical temples in Tung Chung. Directly on Tung Chung Bay ( 22 ° 16 ′ 49.7 ″ N , 113 ° 55 ′ 52.5 ″ E ) is a Hau Wong temple ( 侯王古廟 / 侯王古庙 , Hóuwáng Gǔ Miào , Jyutping Hau ⁴ wong ⁴ Gu ² Miu ⁶ ). In the temple is a bell, the engraving of which refers to the year 1765 and to the emperor Qianlong from the Qing dynasty . On Wong Lung Hang Road ( 黃龍坑道 / 黄龙坑道 , Huánglóngkēng Dào , Jyutping Wong ⁴ lung ⁴ haang ¹ Dou ⁶ ) ( 22 ° 16 ′ 37.6 ″ N , 113 ° 56 ′ 29.6 ″ E ) is a small one Temple in honor of Tin Hau ( 赤鱲角天后宮 / 赤鱲角天后宫 , Chìlièjiǎo Tiānhòu Gōng , Jyutping Cek ³ laap ⁶ gok ³ Tin ¹ hau ⁶ Gung ¹ , also: 東涌天后廟 / 东涌天后庙 , Dōngchōng Tiānhòu Miào , Jyutping Dung ¹ cung ¹ Tin ¹ hau ⁶ Miào ). 22.280469 113.931237 22.277106 113.941569

Tung Chung Fort
Tung Chung Battery
Hau Wong Temple
small Tin Hau temple

traffic

The Tung Chung Line of the Mass Transit Railway runs from Tung Chung via Kowloon to Central . The route is largely identical to the Airport Express , but it does not stop in Tung Chung.

Tung Chung is connected to the Hong Kong motorway network via Route 8 . The road link of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge , which is currently under construction , will not go directly through Tung Chung, but will join Route 8 near Tung Chung.

In the city center is the station of the Ngong Ping 360 cable car , which leads to the popular Tian Tan Buddha .

Web links

Commons : Tung Chung - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Territory Development Department: For consideration on May 18, 2000 - Legislative Council - Panel on Planning, Lands and Works (PDF; 392 kB), May 2000. Accessed July 7, 2013.
↑ Compare the Planning Department map: Development Phases of North Lantau New Town . Retrieved July 7, 2013.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Leung, Sui-hei ( 梁萃熹 ): Walkable New Towns . Dissertation for the Master of Science (Urban Planning). The University of Hong Kong , Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong 2012 ( hku.hk [accessed July 7, 2013]).
↑ Andrew Stone, Piera Chen, Chung Wah: Hong Kong and Macau: City Guide . 14th edition. Lonely Planet Publications, 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-225-6 .

22.289176 113.941355Coordinates: 22 ° 17 ' N , 113 ° 56' E

[legco2000-1] Territory Development Department: For consideration on May 18, 2000 - Legislative Council - Panel on Planning, Lands and Works (PDF; 392 kB), May 2000. Accessed July 7, 2013.

[2] Compare the Planning Department map: Development Phases of North Lantau New Town . Retrieved July 7, 2013.

[leung2012-3] Leung, Sui-hei ( 梁萃熹 ): Walkable New Towns . Dissertation for the Master of Science (Urban Planning). The University of Hong Kong , Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong 2012 ( hku.hk [accessed July 7, 2013]).

[4] Andrew Stone, Piera Chen, Chung Wah: Hong Kong and Macau: City Guide . 14th edition. Lonely Planet Publications, 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-225-6 .