Meaning of Tung Chung | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area and town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“Tung Chung Station is the terminus of the Tung Chung Line and was conceived as an integral part of the Tung Chung New Town.”

“Mainland Chinese tourists visited Tung Chung in large numbers on Sunday via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, sparking complaints from residents. Shops and restaurants in Tung Chung, the area closest to the bridge’s pier, were filled with tourists, as residents raised concerns about overcrowding. According to government figures, 102,919 people entered or left Hong Kong via the bridge on Sunday.”

“But for the residents of the quiet Hong Kong suburb of Tung Chung, the initial fanfare following the opening of the world’s longest sea bridge last month has quickly given way to frustration.”

“As a young boy, Cheung remembers, he looked up to the police officers in his neighborhood of Tung Chung. But on Friday, he joined thousands of demonstrators at the police headquarters in downtown Hong Kong to call for a formal investigation into their use of tear gas and rubber bullets days earlier.”

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