Tung Chung

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

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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2019, ASIA PACIFIC

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.

2019 June 21, Rebecca Tan, “He watched the Hong Kong protests from his Virginia apartment and decided he had to join”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2019, Local