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TUNG CHUNG

From sleepy fishing village to bustling new townPhotos by Terry Chow Go back just 30 years and Tung Chung hummed to the sound of nets being cast, fish being scoured and racked for drying, and fisherfolk swapping notes on where they might find the next big shoal. Wind the clock forward and the current soundtrack is one of over 90,000 people going about their everyday business – MTR commuters wending their way to Kowloon and… Read More »TUNG CHUNG

MAKING OF A METROPOLIS

REPORTING BY Martin Lerigo PHOTOS BY Terry Chow It was just 24 years ago that first ground was broken in the opening chapter of Tung Chung’s amazing transformation. Phase 1 and 2 of North Lantau New Town were complete by 1997, in time for the opening of the new Hong Kong International Airport. Built to the north, on reclaimed land at Chep Lap Kok, the airport is a prize-winning feat of modern engineering. A population… Read More »MAKING OF A METROPOLIS