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Tung Chung

Tung Chung proper noun: an area and town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Tung Chung

  1. An area and town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • Tung Chung Station is the terminus of the Tung Chung Line and was conceived as an integral part of the Tung Chung New Town.2002, “TUNG CHUNG STATION: TUNG CHUNG, LANTAU, HONG KONG”, in The city in architecture, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 110
    • 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.2018 November 5, Kris Cheng, “Sunday tourist influx via new mega bridge sparks complaints from Tung Chung residents”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2024, Hong Kong
  2. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples of Tung Chung in a sentence

  • 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.2018 November 23, Amy Qin, Tiffany May, “For Some in Hong Kong, New Bridge Has a Downside: ‘That Kind of Tourist’”, in The New York Times...
  • As a young boy, Cheung remembers, he looked up to the police officers in his neighborhood of Tung Chung.2019 June 21, Rebecca Tan, “He watched the Hong Kong protests from his Virginia apartment and decided he had to join”, in The Washington...

Origin of Tung Chung

From Cantonese 東涌 (dung¹ cung¹).

Questions about Tung Chung

What does Tung Chung mean?
Tung Chung means an area and town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
How do you use Tung Chung in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is Tung Chung?
Tung Chung is a proper noun.

Words near Tung Chung in the dictionary

  1. tuneups
  2. tunewise
  3. tunful
  4. tunfuls
  5. tung
  6. Tung Chung
  7. tung oil
  8. tung oil tree
  9. tung tree
  10. tung trees
  11. Tung-kuan

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