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港珠澳大橋香港口岸人工島 Historical Background
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities Island of
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
東涌新市鎮擴展（東部） Human settlement on Lantau Island could be traced back to the Northern Sung Dynasty as a famous
Tung Chung
New Town Extension (East)
salt production base and later on a fishing centre and agricultural base. Two declared monuments in
香港國際機場 Tung Chung, namely Tung Chung Fort (Figure 5) and Tung Chung Battery which was built in 1729 and
Hong Kong International Airport
北大嶼山公路 1817 respectively, witnessed the once strategic location of Lantau as a defence point at the southern
tip of Pearl River Estuary. There are also three sites of archaeological interest, namely Tung Chung
東涌纜車站 Game Board Carving Site of Archaeological Interest, Fu Tei Wan Kiln (relocated to Tung Chung) Site of
Tung Chung
Cable Car Terminal North Lantau Highway Archaeological Interest and Ma Wan Chung Site of Archaeological Interest and a Grade 2 historic building,
namely Tin Hau Temple in Wong Lung Hang within Tung Chung New Town.

現時東涌新市鎮
Existing Tung Chung
New Town

東涌港鐵站
Tung Chung
MTR Station
大嶼山
Lantau Island

東涌新市鎮擴展（西部）
Tung Chung
New Town Extension (West)

圖 例 LEGEN D
東涌新市鎮擴展範圍 Figure 5: Tung Chung Fort
Tung Chung New Town Extension Area
Ref No.: M/LI/25/63 Plan 1
Date: 15.12.2025

Planning Concept

Following the completion of the Port and Airport Development Strategy (PADS), the Government
decided in October 1989 to build a replacement international airport at Chek Lap Kok. The PADS also
recommended the development of the North Lantau New Town (NLNT) as a supporting community of the
new international airport. The Government commissioned Consultants to carry out planning of the NLNT
and detailed feasibility studies collectively known as the North Lantau Development Study (NLDS). The
planning intention is to develop the New Town into a hub of providing commercial, cultural, community
and recreational activities serving the Tung Chung and the wider area of Lantau Island. Lying at the
strategic location near the Hong Kong International Airport, the New Town also plays an important role as
the ‘Gateway of Hong Kong’.

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