DISCOVER TUNG CHUNG BAY ( T-BAY )
‘Tung Chung T-Bay is Hong Kong’s newest place to eat out – near the airport has everything from fine Chinese fare to pizzas and Tiki launge ‘
(SCMP 2nd July 2021)
‘Tung Chung T-Bay is Hong Kong’s newest place to eat out – near the airport has everything from fine Chinese fare to pizzas and Tiki launge ‘
(SCMP 2nd July 2021)
This is pet-friendly restaurant offering both indoor and outdoor seating.
The restaurant caters for up to 300 guests with both indoor and alfresco seating, and it is located right next to the Sheraton Tung Chung Hotel, a short walk from Citygate Outlets and a ten-minute drive from Hong Kong International Airport.
The Upper Deck Bar & Grill is dedicated to an elevated steak experience, where the choicest cuts of beef are married with friendly service. Catering to 75 guests, the spacious booth-inspired seating of the main dining room creates a sense of comfort for diners. Situated across Hong Kong International Airport, it is also one of the best venue for plane spotting, backdropped by stunning sunset views while sipping a classic martini or your favourite cocktail.
Injecting a dynamic dose of tropical living into Tung Chung’s dining scene, Cabana Breeze caters for up to 160 guests with both indoor and alfresco seating, and it is located in a waterfront retail space right next to the Sheraton Hotel, a short walk from Citygate Outlets and a ten-minute drive from Hong Kong International Airport.
La Vista serves Mexican cuisine in the area and is recognized for the quality and excellence of dishes, synonymous with tradition and delicacy.
Come for a culinary experience that exceeds your expectations and will take you beyond your imagination.
TC New Town (Phase 1) is the newly developed core living area around TC. 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.
Near the MRT : Tung Chung Crescent is the MTR Station Development Package One together with Seaview Crescent and Citygate.
It is the first private residential estate completed in the area. 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 the same style , though these face the sea and the airport at Chek Lap Kok.
Coastal Skyline is the MTR 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 is the MTR 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 m2 with both residential and commercial buildings.
Public (government) housing and Home Ownership Scheme flats also make up a sizeable part of TC. 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 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.
Citygate shopping center
The growing Town Centre features a number of shops, restaurants, a cinema and entertainment facilities centered on the Citygate development. As well as transportation to Kowloon or Hong Kong Island.
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 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.
This shopping centre is at the heart of this new town.
Built in conjunction with the 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 m2) of shopping, entertainment, and food outlets spread across five floors. A square outside the mall contains a special fountain which performs a musical show regularly.
Yat Tung is a newer development; the first and second phase was completed in March 2001 and May 2002 respectively. It provides supermarkets, services, and a number of eating outlets.
Both Asian and Western cuisines are available at the many restaurants in the area , including Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, American, Thai, Japanese, and Korean. It is also possible to have a meal at a temple behind the Tung Chung Battery and at a restaurant in Po Lin Monastery which serves vegetarian food. Near the Ngong Ping cable car terminal, there are restaurants and bars offering Asian and European dishes.
Funky Monkey Bar & Restaurant started with the vision of award winning bartender Gurung Dammarsing (Dipen). Dipen has won “42 Below Cocktail Competitions” locally in Hong Kong and was also the finalist at the “42 Below Cocktail World Cup” in New Zealand on 2008. With over 15 years of experience and knowledge in bartending and F&B industry, he decided to venture into the industry and bring his own unique vision to life by opening “Funky Monkey Bar & Restaurant” in 2016.Funky Monkey Bar & Restaurant started with the vision of award winning bartender Gurung Dammarsing (Dipen). Dipen has won “42 Below Cocktail Competitions” locally in Hong Kong and was also the finalist at the “42 Below Cocktail World Cup” in New Zealand on 2008. With over 15 years of experience and knowledge in bartending and F&B industry, he decided to venture into the industry and bring his own unique vision to life by opening “Funky Monkey Bar & Restaurant” in 2016.
Injecting a dynamic dose of tropical living into Tung Chung’s dining scene. Open daily from mid-day till late, the dog-friendly Cabana Breeze has been designed to be more than just a restaurant – it’s a place to meet and soak in the relaxing seaside ambience while watching planes take off in the distance. Offering fresh seafood, grilled dishes; fresh-baked pizza from the woodstone oven, and indulgent dessert. Cabana Breeze has a little something for every cocktail lover as it presents an eclectic selection of Tiki-inspired cocktails and mocktails.
Built in 1817 Tung Chung Fort , 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 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
The old Hau Wong Temple, 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 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.
This Tin Hau Temple is located in Chek Lap Kok New Village, Wong Lung Hang Road, Tung Chung. The temple 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 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, 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.
Big Buddha
Tung Chung serves as the gateway for those wishing to explore Ngong Ping‘s Big Buddha, the world’s largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha statue; and 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, 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.
The hiking route begins at Ngong Ping, from the Big Buddha follow signs for Lantau Peak. The total length is 8 km. The route winds around the northern slopes of Lantau Peak and descends into Tung Chung Valley. The trail passes woodland, mountain streams and also hillside monasteries. The impressive views over Shek Pik make a strong contrast with the airport which is seen in the distance. Side paths skirt the small monasteries seen along the way. All around are natural hillsides, rich with life forms, some of them rare.
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 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.
Being 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 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 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.
Tung-Lung Stream spectacular stream that falls seemingly joined together by the torrential water to form continuous falls of more than 700 feet (213 m). Tung-Lung Stream is rich in varieties of rare local wild plants and animals, especially in 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 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, Megaceryle lugubris, has been recorded.
The upper Tung Chung Valley is an important habitat for birds, including thrushes and warblers (Hopkin, pers. comm.). Eagle owls, a species highly sensitive to a 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 the upper Tung Chung Valley are reported to be some of the best on Lantau for rare plant species and for butterflies, including the birdwing butterfly which breeds here (Reels, pers. comm.).
Hiking trails link 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 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 m2 site near Tung Chung, the Buddhist Youth Camp was built in 1979 for HK$3 million, the camp 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.
Tung Chung Swimming Pool
In a move to encourage green transport biking tracks are available throughout the town, and most of the private estate provides full clubhouse facilities for its residents. In October 2010, a public library has opened, behind Citygate outlet shopping center. In April 2011, a swimming pool opened near the Ngong Ping cable car.
In the future, an indoor games hall and community center are planned for Tung Chung. Furthermore, the Hong Kong Disneyland development at Penny’s Bay will provide further recreational opportunities.
The head offices of HK Express, Hong Kong Airlines] and Metrojet Limited are in One Citygate in Tung Chung.
YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College, the only EMI school within Tung Chung.
The planned population for Tung Chung New Town is projected at 124,000 residents. The expansion will expand the new town to the west and east of the existing New Town. It will provide 49,400 residential flats as proposed under the P & E study. Land has been reserved at the expansion area for recreational, education and community use like sport grounds and schools, the first population intake is targeted for the early 2020s. The project will include reclaiming 130 hectares (ha) of land.
North Lantau Highway (Tung Chung Section)
Tung Chung is connected to the rest of Hong Kong via massive infrastructure projects. The main road link, the North Lantau Expressway connects Tung Chung to the rest of Hong Kong via the Tsing Ma Bridge. Public transport options include buses, trains, and ferries. The Hong Kong International Airport is about 10 minutes of traveling time from Tung Chung. A gondola lift, called Ngong Ping 360, can take travelers up to the monastery in Ngong Ping.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge begins near Tung Chung and travel to Zhuhai and Macau. The bridge is the subject of controversy, especially due to its high environmental impact (details discussed in the related page).
Tung Chung is served by the Tung Chung Line of the MTR system. Tung Chung Station is situated in the centre of the new town. It is possible to travel to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island conveniently in less than 30 minutes.[citation needed] Passengers may change to the Tsuen Wan Line, West Rail Line and Island Line at Lai King Station, Nam Cheong Station and Hong Kong Station respectively.
Two new MTR stations are planned for Tung Chung, namely: Tung Chung West Station and Tung Chung East Station.
25 routes operated by two bus companies are serving the Tung Chung New Town mentioned above and the airport. Citybus Limited operates 13 of the routes and Long Win Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kowloon Motor Bus, operates 12. The Hong Kong International Airport is connected by a frequent bus service “S1” operated by the two companies.
Tung Chung is also a hub for bus routes to the rest of Lantau Island. Bus services operated by the New Lantao Bus carries residents and holiday travelers to places including Mui Wo, Ngong Ping, Tai O, Cheung Sha, etc.
The western part of Route 8, consisted of Tsing Ma Bridge, Kap Shui Mun Bridge and North Lantau Highway, is the only access for vehicles travelling between Tung Chung and the rest of urban Hong Kong.
Tung Chung Road, a winding mountain road, connects Lantau South with Tung Chung and the rest of Hong Kong.
There is a scheduled ferry service from Tai O and Tuen Mun, via Tung Chung New Development Ferry Pier and Sha Lo Wan, operated by Fortune Ferry. There is also another ferry service from Tung Chung to Tai O four times per day (five on Sundays and Public Holidays). This provides spectacular sea views of the North Lantau coast, home to the Chinese white dolphin.
The Ngong Ping 360 is a 5.7 km cableway that links Tung Chung and Ngong Ping via angled stations at Airport Island and Nei Lak Shan. Ngong Ping is the home of the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery. The Ngong Ping 360 and Ngong Ping Village form the Ngong Ping 360 tourism project. Following an accident involving one of the cable cars falling from the ropeway in June 2007, Ngong Ping Cable Car services were suspended until passenger safety could be guaranteed. Ngong Ping 360 is now fully operational.
