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46-474: When it first opened for business in 2000, the shopping centre component was simply known as Citygate. Following a major shift in market position, the mall renamed itself Citygate Outlets in August 2006. Construction commenced in 1995, and was completed in 1999. The entire complex is built on reclaimed land. The combined retail-office complex is a key feature of Tung Chung New Town, which was designed and built as

92-597: A 20% stake in the venture. The Citygate Outlets shopping centre is managed by Swire Properties Management Limited. The 440-room Novotel Citygate hotel, managed by AccorHotels , opened in April 2006. It targets business travelers, housing a business centre as well as conference facilities. The phase 2 extension opened in 2019. With the opening of its new extension, the Mall has doubled in size and now houses over 150 international brands offering up to 90%-year-round discounts; with

138-456: A 330-metre section of this Ecologically Important Stream near Shek Mun Kap was found damaged by unauthorised excavations. It was later revealed that the boulders illegally excavated from this river were used by a subcontractor to build Hong Kong Disneyland . About 400 tonnes of the boulders were brought to Penny's Bay to create an artificial lake as part of the development of the adjacent Hong Kong Disneyland Resort . The government jailed

184-571: A cement base and the enclosures are made of granite blocks, measuring 70 by 80 meters. Three arched gateways, each engraved with a Chinese inscription, are spaced along the walls. Tung Chung Fort itself went through several transformations. It was first used as a police station and then as a secondary school. Now, it is the base for the Rural Committee Office and the Tung Chung Public School. Hau Wong Temple ,

230-544: A cinema and entertainment facilities centered on the Citygate development; as well as transportation to Kowloon or Hong Kong Island . The Tung Chung Citygate Outlets have many factory outlets of high-end brands and other brands as well as offering huge discounts. Fu Tung Shopping Centre, Yat Tung Shopping Centre, and Citygate are the three shopping centres in Tung Chung thus far. Further shopping malls are expected at

276-458: A complement to the construction of Chek Lap Kok International Airport, also on reclaimed land. Phase I of the Citygate shopping centre opened in April 2000. It was developed, and is presently owned by, Newfoundworld Investment Holdings Limited, a consortium of Swire Properties , Hang Lung Development , Henderson Land , New World Development , and Sun Hung Kai Properties . Each company owns

322-420: A hill slope facing the sea near Tung Chung pier in 1980. An L-shaped wall with a platform at the corner, probably for gun emplacements, was revealed after clearing the dense undergrowth. Lo Hon Monastery  [ zh ] , at Shek Mun Kap . Built by lay Buddhists in 1974, it occupies the site of a grotto named Lo Hon Cavern where a hermit from Guangdong practiced Buddhism in 1926. Tung Chung serves as

368-655: A host of retailers launching their first outlet store in Hong Kong. The Mall also features a food court and al fresco eateries with 40 food and beverage outlets, and a 600-seat cinema. Citygate Outlets is in Tung Chung , above Tung Chung MTR station , which is the terminus of the Tung Chung line . The mall is also next door to Tung Chung bus terminus, and is directly connected to the Novotel Citygate Hong Kong hotel. Hong Kong International Airport

414-572: A new town, but its heritage can be seen in the form of old fishing villages. They show another façade of Tung Chung, of a village before the development of the airport and the town. In the 1990s, Tung Chung was developed as a new town . This was undertaken as part of the Airport Core Programme , a package of development and infrastructure projects surrounding the relocation of Hong Kong's international airport from Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok , adjacent to Tung Chung. Tung Chung New Town

460-531: A number of villages and local scenery. This, however is a strenuous four-hour trek. An easier and well-wooded walk with picnic and barbecue sites also link Shui Hau to Tung Chung Road. Turning south from Tung Chung Road, visitors can get to the Cheung Sha beaches . Located on a 4,877 m site near Tung Chung, the Buddhist Youth Camp was built in 1979 at a cost of HK$ 3 million, the camp

506-434: A population of about 22,000. The remaining development in Tung Chung is planned to be implemented as Phases 3 and 4 and to be completed in a foreseeable future. Currently, Tung Chung is primarily residential, but an office block and hotel have already been completed. It is envisaged that in the future, other commercial projects will be developed in Tung Chung to support the growing population. Tung Chung New Town (Phase 1)

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552-538: A public library opened, behind Citygate Outlets shopping center. In April 2011, a swimming pool opened near the Ngong Ping cable car. In the future, an indoor games hall and community centre are planned for Tung Chung. Additionally, the Hong Kong Disneyland development at Penny's Bay will provide further recreational opportunities. Tung Chung Town Centre features a number of shops, restaurants,

598-590: A spa, trendy restaurants, and one of the largest outdoor kinetic fountains in Asia. In 2007, Citygate Outlets won a Silver in the International Council of Shopping Centre MAXI Awards (Category Integration section). It was the first time that a mall in Asia won an ICSC MAXI Award. The development includes One Citygate, a nine-storey office building with a gross floor area of 161,400 square feet (14,990 m). Greater Bay Airlines has its head office on

644-512: A tiered-roof structure built in 1765, is dedicated to Yeung Hau , a loyal court official of the Song dynasty who died with its last emperor . And this temple was a place for training soldiers in the Qing dynasty. There is a stele founded in 1777, which is an important product of culture for researches about the Qing dynasty. Recently renovated, the temple features lavish interior decorations. The temple

690-426: Is 10 minutes away by bus. Citygate Outlets has 942,800 square feet of retail space. The Citygate complex also includes 160,000 square feet (15,000 m) of office space, as well as subterranean parking for over 1,100 cars. The 440-room Novotel Citygate Hong Kong hotel is also connected to the mall. Citygate Outlets has made extensive use of glass and natural light. The mall features two sky-lit atriums, located at

736-507: Is a newer integrated development consisting of twenty 40-story tower blocks towards the south of the town center, near the fishing village in Tung Chung Bay , complete with kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, shopping mall, car park, and transport interchange. Ying Tung Estate was built in 2018 near Ying Tung Road, which consists of four blocks: Ying Chui House, Ying Yuet House, Ying Hei House and Ying Fuk House. Villages in

782-453: Is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island , Hong Kong . One of the most recent new towns , it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay , and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma Wan Chung in the north-western coast of Lantau Island. The area was once an important defence stronghold against pirates and foreign military during the Ming and

828-471: Is an important habitat for birds , including thrushes and warblers (Hopkin, pers. comm.). Eagle owls, a species highly sensitive to any disturbance around their nesting sites, breed here (Wilson, pers. comm.). The locally rare Hainan blue flycatcher probably breeds here (Chalmers, pers. comm.). The largest population of the reptile tokay gecko , Gekko gecko , occurs in the cliffs and boulder crevices in upper Tung Chung Valley (Lau, pers. comm.). The woods in

874-636: Is located here, and the space is often used for artistic performances, open-air exhibitions and special events. The shopping centre spans the North Lantau Highway . Residents of the eastern half of Tung Chung must therefore walk through the shopping centre on their way to and from the railway station. The first outlet mall in Hong Kong, Citygate Outlets is home to more than 150 international brands offering year-round discounts of 30% to 70% on designer fashion, sports, beauty, accessories, children's wear, and home items. Citygate Outlets also features

920-615: Is over 200 years old. The row of miniature human figures on the eaves looks still very real to life. On the 18th of the eighth month in the lunar calendar every year, there are activities such as Chinese operas and gatherings in the open area of the temple, to celebrate the birthday of Hau Wong. The temple is twenty minutes walking distance from the train station. A Tin Hau Temple is located in Chek Lap Kok New Village , Wong Lung Hang Road, Tung Chung. The temple

966-535: Is run by the Hong Kong Buddhist Association . Facilities available at the camp include table tennis, chess, books and television, playground for basketball, badminton, archery, barbecue and a swimming pool. In a move to encourage green transport, on the model of most of the new towns , cycle tracks run throughout the town, and are widely used. Most of the private estates provides full clubhouse facilities for their residents. In October 2010,

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1012-576: Is the MTR Tung Chung Station Development Package Three. It was jointly developed by Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited , Hutchison Whampoa Limited and the MTR Corporation. It is about 67,900 m with both residential and commercial buildings. The Visionary was built by Nan Fung Group, consisting of 9 buildings with 34/35 floors each, 3 duplexes, and 6 houses. It is the first estate to be built on

1058-487: Is the first private residential estate completed in Tung Chung. It is jointly developed by five local developers including Hang Lung Development Co. Ltd., Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. , New World Development Co. Ltd. , Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. , Swire Properties and with the MTR Corporation . Seaview Crescent , developed by the same developers as Tung Chung Crescent, consists of four tower blocks in

1104-663: Is the newly developed core living area around Tung Chung. The development is one of the ten parts of the Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. The first phase of public housing development was completed in late 1997 and can accommodate up to 15,000 people. Another 5,000 people are housed in the private housing development completed in 1998. Tung Chung Crescent is the MTR Tung Chung Station Development Package One together with Seaview Crescent and Citygate. It

1150-677: The Qing dynasties. 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. Administratively, Tung Chung is part of Islands District . Since the Song dynasty between 960 and 1279 AD, there have been people living in Tung Chung. At that time, they lived on fishing and agriculture. Crabs, fishes and crops were their main productions. This place

1196-495: The 12th floor of the complex. Hong Kong Airlines has its head office on the seventh floor of the building, as did HK Express . Metrojet Limited has its head office in suites 1301 through 1306 in One Citygate. 22°17′22″N 113°56′26″E  /  22.28953°N 113.94059°E  / 22.28953; 113.94059 Tung Chung 83.2% Chinese 6.7% South Asian Tung Chung , meaning " eastern stream ",

1242-600: The Tung Chung River is home to more than 20 species of fish, including the Beijiang Thick-lipped Bard ( Acrossocheilus beijiangensis ), a species of conservation concern internationally. Rare tree species including those in the genera of Exbucklandia , Magnolia and Illicium are also present in the river area. A part of the river catchment at the upper course has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) . In 2003,

1288-480: The Tung Chung area include: Tung Chung Fort was built in 1817, when the Qing Government was alarmed by the rampant piracy of Cheung Po Tsai (though Cheung himself had been captured seven years earlier) and decided to intervene and thwart the opium trade and defend the coast from pirates. The Fort was declared a monument in 1979. There are 6 old muzzle-loading cannons (still intact), each resting on

1334-403: The chairman of village interest group Tung Chung Rural Committee along with several others for this illegal activity. The government has touted this river as a potential eco-tourism area, but in a recent survey in 2021, over 90 per cent of respondents thought that the government should "conserve the river and its estuary by restoring damaged areas, setting up conservation areas and restricting

1380-506: The first housing developments. This phase of development provided about 20,000 people in the district to support the airport at Chek Lap Kok . Phase 2 of Tung Chung development was also completed. About 350,000 square metres of land was reclaimed east of the Phase 1 development area. Roads and drainage works to serve this reclaimed land were completed in May 2000. Land formation of 270,000 m for

1426-604: The gateway for those wishing to explore Ngong Ping 's Big Buddha , one of the world's largest seated Buddha statues, as well as Po Lin Monastery . Ngong Ping can be reached by: Tung Chung is surrounded by two large country parks , cover an area of Lantau Island as large as Hong Kong Island: The Lantau North and Lantau South Country Parks. The presence of mangroves and freshwater streams in Tung Chung provides excellent ecologically valuable habitats for freshwater fish species, dragonflies and rare amphibians . However,

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1472-405: The high ground, the stream resembles a yellow dragon ready to take off for heaven when it and its feeders are flooded with torrential muddy water, with Wong-Lung as the trunk and the feeders its limbs. The spectacular Tung Lung Stream includes what appear as continuous waterfalls of more than 700 feet (213 m). Tung Lung Stream is rich in varieties of rare local wild plants and animals, especially in

1518-466: The mall contains a special fountain which performs a musical show regularly. Tung Chung River The Tung Chung River is a river on Lantau Island , Hong Kong. It is designated by the governmental Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department as one of the "Ecologically Important Streams" within the territory. It is 4.31 km in length. According to the University of Hong Kong ,

1564-768: The new developments in Caribbean Coast . Tung Chung is 12 minutes from Tsing Yi and Kwai Tsing , where a much wider variety of shopping options are available. Citygate Outlets is at the heart of this new town, developed in conjunction with the Tung Chung MTR station and bus terminus, thus providing a focal point to the town. Citygate, developed in the glass and steel style of the Hong Kong International Airport, contains 500,000 square feet (46,000 m ) of shopping, entertainment, and food outlets spread across five floors. A square outside

1610-414: The northern and southern ends of the complex. These two atriums are connected to one another by walkways. The mall comprises five storeys, two of which are basement levels. There is a large restaurant-in-restaurant called Food Republic on the mall's topmost level. Unusually for Hong Kong , Citygate Outlets includes a large open-air piazza called The Square. One of the largest outdoor kinetic fountain in Asia

1656-454: The primeval forest at an upper stream, among them the unique Hong Kong newts ( Paramesotriton hongkongensis ) as well as several species of wild orchids . Tung Chung River 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 , Megaceryle lugubris , has been recorded. The upper Tung Chung Valley

1702-400: The reclamation and other civil engineering works in Tung Chung has heavily damaged these habitats and produced irreversible damage to native wildlife and the surrounding environment. Tung Chung Valley is the home of some of the steepest and most primeval mountain streams in Hong Kong. The formation of spectacular waterfalls is facilitated in the presence of the sheer cliffs and deep gorges in

1748-764: The reclamation land of Tung Chung North-east. Century Link developed by the Sun Hung Kai Group, consisting of 2 phases and 6 towers (27 to 29 storeys) with 3 residential blocks (2 storeys). It is the second estate to be built on the reclamation land of Tung Chung North-east after the Visionary. Public (government) housing and Home Ownership Scheme flats also make up a sizeable part of Tung Chung. The first phase of public housing development including five homeownership blocks at Yu Tung Court and three public rental housing blocks at Fu Tung Estate comprising 2,640 homeownership and 1,664 rental units. Yat Tung Estate

1794-574: The remaining Phase 2 areas south of Tung Chung Bay together with the associated infrastructure were completed in February 2001. Upon completion, Phase 2 development will accommodate a population of 67,000. Reclamation works under Phase 3A development commenced in March 1999 and were completed in April 2003. About 260,000 m of land was reclaimed north-east of Phase I development area. The reclamation will provide land for housing developments to accommodate

1840-505: The saddle at the east of Sunset Peak , but the stream collects water through a large network of feeder streams on both sides of the valley, including the famous Tung-Lung, Pak-Lung, Chong-Lung, and Ngo-Lung Streams, which are known collectively as "The Five Dragons of Tung Chung". Wong Lung Waterfall is located in the Lantau North Country Park . It is named "Wong-Lung" since, during a heavy rainstorm, when we view from

1886-534: The same style of Tung Chung Crescent, though these face the sea and the airport at Chek Lap Kok. Coastal Skyline is the MTR Tung Chung Station Development Package Two. It was jointly developed by HKR International Limited , Hong Leong Holdings Limited and Reco Tung Chung Pte Ltd. and MTR Corporation and consisting of seven residential towers of around 50 stories each, and a number of low-rise flats. Caribbean Coast

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1932-421: The upper Tung Chung Valley are reportedly some of the best on Lantau for rare plant species and for butterflies, including the birdwing butterfly which breeds here (Reels, pers. comm.). The Tung O Ancient Trail is a hiking trail that links Tung Chung to the fishing village of Tai O . This trail follows the north-western coast of Lantau Island; providing a view of the runway approach to Chek Lap Kok as well as

1978-643: The valley. Almost all the streams in the area have their name related to Lung (the Chinese word for dragon ) which is the Chinese mythological creature of the waters and the favorite metaphor for the towering waterfalls. As the main branch of the Tung Chung Valley, the deep-set Wong Lung Valley is the home of the Wong Lung Stream (The Yellow Dragon). The mainstream has its source on

2024-548: Was initially built in 1823 at the north east of Chek Lap Kok . It was dismantled in 1991 because of the construction of the new airport , and was rebuilt in 1994 at its present location. It is a Grade I historic building . Tung Chung Battery was one of the two military forts built in 1817 at the foot of the Rocky Lion Hill at Tung Chung according to the Guangdong Annals. Its remains were discovered on

2070-556: Was intended to serve as a supporting community for the new airport. According to the information from the Hong Kong Territory Development Department , Tung Chung is being developed in four phases into a new town with a target population of 250,000 people. The first phase was completed in 1994; infrastructure works was completed in January 1997 in order to tie with the subsequent completion of

2116-592: Was originally called Tung Sai Chung , when Hong Kong was still a group of fishing villages. Tung means east in Cantonese , while Sai means west . At that time, merchandising ships sailed east to the village and west to Macau . Tung Sai Chung is one of five villages of Lantau that were resettled when the coastal restriction of the Great Clearance was lifted in 1669. The other villages are Tai O , Lo Pui O , Shek Pik and Mui Wo . Tung Chung may be

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