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The MTR operates the metro network within inner urban Hong Kong, Kowloon Peninsula and northern part of Hong Kong Island with newly developed areas, Tsuen Wan, Tseung Kwan O, Tung Chung, Hong Kong Disneyland, the Hong Kong International Airport, the northeastern and northwestern parts of the New Territories.
The ten lines are the East Rail, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, Tung Chung, Tseung Kwan O, West Rail, Ma On Shan, the Airport Express and the Disneyland Resort lines.
* Tuen Mun to Tung Chung
It links Tung Chung MTR station and Ngong Ping Terminal near Po Lin Monastery.
:: Sha Tin <> Kwai Tsing <> Lantau Island North <> Tung Chung <> Airport
The rail line is part of MTR's Tung Chung Line and Airport Express.
Rail services that connect the towns in the New Territories with the city centres of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island are provided by the East Rail Line, West Rail Line and Tung Chung Line.
Hong Kong Island is connected to the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland by two road-only tunnels ( the Cross-Harbour Tunnel and the Western Harbour Tunnel ), two MTR railway tunnels ( Tsuen Wan Line and Tung Chung Line ) and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel ( Eastern Harbour Tunnel, containing the Tseung Kwan O Line and road traffic in separate conduits running side by side ).
Originally the site of fishing villages, the island has been developed in recent years with the construction of Tung Chung New Town on its north-western coast and the completion of several major infrastructure projects, including Lantau Link ( 1997 ), Hong Kong International Airport ( 1998 ), Hong Kong Disneyland ( 2005 ) and Ngong Ping 360 ( 2006 ).
Tung Chung New Town and Tung Chung Bay seen from the Ngong Ping 360 cableway.
The completion of the Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1998 has led to economic development in north-western Lantau ; the once quiet village of Tung Chung became a new town and is now home to over 25, 000 people located in 30 to 50 storey high-rise housing estates and condominiums located near the airport.
Over the next few years, the population of the North Lantau New Town is expected to increase to a target population of over 200, 000 across 7. 6 km² of reclaimed land stretching from Tung Chung to Tai Ho.
Entrance of Tung Chung Fort.
These emperors are also believed to have held court in the Tung Chung valley, which takes its name from a local hero who gave up his life for the emperor.
Walkers can ascend from Tung Chung to the monastery in two hours.
Visitors can also take a 25 minute ride on a Ngong Ping 360 from Tung Chung to the Ngong Ping Plateau.
Tung Chung Fort was built in 1817 to thwart the opium trade and defend the coast from pirates.
The ruins of the Tung Chung Battery, also a historical monument, are located nearby.
The best known of these is the 70 kilometre, 12 section Lantau Trailcomposed of beauty of natural stone steps and the dense woodland along a 3-kilometer stretch. Section 11 of the Lantau Trail starts just across the Tung Chung Road, which is not far from Ngong Ping 360.
Blue Lantau taxi in Tung Chung.
Ngong Ping 360 across Tung Chung Bay.
It is located off the north coast of Lantau, near the new town of Tung Chung and is connected to urban areas by the Lantau Link, which is composed of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge, the Ma Wan Viaduct, and the Tsing Ma Bridge.

Tung and currently
Fanling North is one of three new development areas currently being planned for North District, in parallel with Ta Kwu Ling and Kwu Tung North.

Tung and one
The one important non-Caucasian character, the Asian Ky Tung, is from Earth.
In the afternoon, Minh ordered his bodyguard, Nguyễn Văn Nhung, to arrest, and later execute, Colonel Lê Quang Tung, one of Diệm's closest and most faithful associates.
Some sampled the nuts, which made them ill, and they had to be taken to a doctor in town, who, upon seeing one of the nuts, told them that they had eaten poisonous Chinese Tung nuts.
In addition, one can reach Tung Chung by train on the Tung Chung Line of the MTR, and there is a branch line to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.
Most of the vehicles are like ( tourist ) coaches rather than the standard buses one would find in an urban area, except for the newer buses in the Tung Chung new town.
Initial with A shows one of the terminal of the routes end in Airport and do not have a stop in Tung Chung.
For something more unusual, one can enjoy a meal at a temple behind the Tung Chung Battery and a restaurant in Po Lin Monastery which serves vegetarian food.
Tung Chung Battery was one of the two military forts built in the 22nd year of Jiaqing reign ( 1817 ) at the foot of the Rocky Lion Hill at Tung Chung according to the Guangdong Annals.
Tung Chung Stream is the only known Hong Kong site for the rare fish, Acrossocheilus ( Lissolichthys ) wenchowensis beijiangensis ( 北江光唇魚 ) and one of only two sites on Lantau where the locally rare Crested Kingfisher, Cervie lugubris, has been recorded.
Turning south from Tung Chung Road, one can get to the Cheung Sha beaches.
The Tung Chung Line is one of the 10 lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong.
There will be two stations on the island, one " Lei Tung " for Lei Tung Estate and one " South Horizons " serving Marina Square, a mini mall with a food market, and South Horizons, a private estates covering the western edge of the island.
Wong realizes that one of his gangsters named Foxy ( Tung Wei ), is an informant for the police.
Wave 5 was entirely new body parts for all but one character ( Tung Lashor ) whilst the final wave returned to the " classic " look.
Henry Fok founded the Fok Ying Tung Foundation in 1984, and it is now one of the largest philanthropic organizations in Hong Kong.
The latest findings dating from the Paleolithic suggest that Wong Tei Tung ( 黃地峒 ) is one of the most ancient settlements in Hong Kong.

Tung and new
* December 11 – Tung Chee Hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule in 1997.
Ma Hon Keung ( Jackie Chan ), a Hong Kong cop comes to New York to attend the wedding of his Uncle Bill ( Bill Tung ) who introduces his new wife to him down at his supermarket, which he owns and has sold to Elaine ( Anita Mui ).
Many in Hong Kong cried cronyism, as the Hong Kong Government, under chief executive Tung Chee Hwa, gave away the land to his new high-tech residential and commercial venture called Cyberport.
The 12. 48 km² airport site added nearly 1 % to Hong Kong's total surface area, connecting to the north side of Lantau Island near Tung Chung new town.
One major decision taken during the late 1960s was to relocate the large railway workshops from Hung Hom to their present location at Ho Tung Lau in Sha Tin and to construct a new terminus at Hung Hom.
This allowed cross platform interchange with the Tung Chung Line possible at Lai King and the new platforms were opened in 1997, nearly a year before the Tung Chung Line started service.
* 2 Jul 1997: To enable cross-platform interchange with the Tung Chung Line, the original platform 1 ( for westbound trains ) was removed and filled, becoming part of today ’ s wider low-level island platform, allowing interchange with the new platform 4 ( for Tung Chung Line eastbound trains ) further behind.
In 1996, KMB formed a subsidiary named Long Win Bus Company on Lantau Link with service to the new Hong Kong International Airport and Tung Chung.
Since the direction of the PCB remained rigidly faithful to Moscow, a division of Mao with the rest of the communist movement has attracted the sympathy of PCdoB, who sent emissaries to Beijing to formalize the ideological link with the new ideological guidelines of the Communist Party of China, Among these messengers, was the party's exiled former president, Joao Amazonas, who was received by Mao Tse Tung.
Prior to the Airport Core Programme and the subsequent development of Tung Chung and North Lantau into a new town, Mui Wo was the principal point for day-trippers setting out to explore Lantau Island.
With the opening of Ngong Ping 360 and the new, smoother Tung Chung Road, this may change.
Some routes are short-haul routes within the Tung Chung new town.
After the development of Tung Chung new town in 1998, New Lantao Bus gained operation of an airport bus route A35, connecting Mui Wo in southern part of Lantao Island and the airport in the northern part.
As the number of residents in Tung Chung keep increasing, New Lantao Bus soon found out that the 3 Dennis Darts were not capable to handle the demand of the new routes.
Long Win Bus Company Limited () provides bus service to northern Lantau Island ( Tung Chung new town and Hong Kong Disneyland ) and the Hong Kong International Airport.
Developed as part of the Airport Core Programme, the North Lantau New Town is the first new town on an outlying island of Hong Kong, with the first phases built on reclaimed land to the north, east and northeast of the original Tung Chung Town.
According to the information from the Hong Kong Territory Development Department, Tung Chung is being developed in 4 phases into a new town with a target population of 250, 000 people.

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