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	Lantau Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lantau Island, together with Tuen Mun were among the first European trading settlements in the Pearl River area, established by Portuguese traders in the 1510s.
		Lantau Island is often referred to as "the lungs of Hong Kong", because of its abundance of indigenous forest and relative scarcity of high-rise residential developments which characterise Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
		Lantau's best-known and longest beach is Cheung Sha and its most famous hike is to Sunset Peak, the third highest elevation in Hong Kong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lantau_Island (1547 words)

	Tsing Ma Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is part of the Lantau Link, which, with three long span bridges links the New Territories and Chek Lap Kok, where the Hong Kong International Airport is located.
		The Lantau Link, of which the bridge is an integral part, was opened on April 27, 1997.
		The model, pictures and the structure of the Lantau Link and Ting Kau Bridge are on display at the Centre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsing_Ma_Bridge (1443 words)

	Hong Kong/Lantau - Wikitravel
		Lantau (爛頭 Làntóu, also 大嶼山 Dàyǔ shān) is the largest island in Hong Kong.
		Since the opening of the Lantau Link a number of buses also cross over to Lantau, although they are considerably slower than the MTR and less scenic than the ferries.
		Much of Lantau is zoned as a national park and is off limits to vehicles without a permit.
	wikitravel.org /en/Lantau_Island (744 words)

	Lantau Link - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a series of infrastructures linking Hong Kong International Airport to the urban areas.
		The Lantau Link was officially opened on April 27, 1997, and it opened to traffic on May 22, 1997.
		The Lantau Link carries a railway as well as roads.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lantau_Link (112 words)

	Lantau Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lantau Peak (934 m) is the highest point of the island, and the second highest in Hong Kong.
		Lantau Island is often referred to as "the lungs of Hong Kong", because of its abundance of indigenous forest and lack of high rise residential developments which characterise Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
		The Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is located on the island near the town of Tung Chung[?] and is connected to the urban areas by the Lantau Link, which is composed of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge[?], the Ma Wan Viaduct, and the Tsing Ma Bridge.
	www.city-search.org /la/lantau-island.html (294 words)

	Lantau - Zuhai / Macau Bridge - SOS - Save our Shoreline - Hong Kong
		The northwestern shoreline of Lantau Island is one of the options being considered for the proposed Hong Kong – Macau- Zhuhai Bridge Link.
		The feasibility study on a bridge linking Hong Kong with the west side of the Pearl River Delta is expected to be completed next week, according to an official.
		The Lantau alignment will form the core of a feasibility study co-funded by the Guangdong and Hong Kong governments, which is due to be completed in June.
	www.saveourshorelines.bizland.com /project03.html (3881 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Hong Kong Mass Transit, China
		The main islands, Hong Kong Island and Lantau, are both connected to the Kowloon peninsula with bridges and tunnels, both for road and rail traffic.
		When a new airport was built 30km west of Lantau Island during the 1990s, this metro system was expanded.
		Linking Sham Shui Po in West Kowloon with Tuen Mun, West Rail will have nine stations: two in Sham Shui Po, one in Tsuen Wan, four in Yuen Long and two in Tuen Mun.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/china (2340 words)

	Tsing_Ma_Bridge
		The Tsing Ma Bridge links Tsing Yi Island on the east to Ma Wan island on the west.
		The other two bridges are the Kap Shui Mun Bridge linking Ma Wan to Lantau Island, and the Ting Kau Bridge, linking Tsing Yi Island and Tuen Mun.
		The model, pictures and the structure of the Lantau Link are on display at the Centre.
	www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Tsing_Ma_Bridge (1375 words)

	linbeck rausch
		The Kap Shui Mun Bridge is one of the two major bridges forming the Lantau Fixed Crossing, an essential link in the expressway and airport railway connection between Hong Kong Island and the new airport at Chek Lap Kok and the proposed port and developments on Lautau.
		The Lantau Link, as it is now known, is one of the 10 Airport Core Programme projects.
		On Lantau, the Bridge connects to the Toll Plaza, and on Ma Wan is connected to the Tsing Ma Bridge by a 503 metre long Ma Wan Viaduct.
	www.lighting-linx.com /linbeck_rausch/kapshuimun_page1.html (123 words)

	Centre Link - Link (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The monomers are linked to each other by the longest Cuâ”S apical distance observed to date among CuII square-pyramidal complexes of N4-substituted thiosemicarbazones.
		The Ikerlan Centre for Technological Research, linked to the Mondrag.n Corporaci.n Cooperativa (MCC), has been chosen to lead the European Optolab Card project the aim of which is to design and develop a device for the speedy and effective diagnosis in the treatment and consequent reduction of infectious diseases.
		Airport Express or MTR Tung Chung Line Tsing Yi Station Website: Maritime Square Lantau Link Visitors Centre Opened in July 1998, the new Hong Kong International Airport is one of the Hong Kong...
	centrelink.inlylink.com (1368 words)

	LANTAU LINK+ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lantau Link is the vital connection in the transport network serving the new airport, comprising the Tsing Ma Bridge, the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Ma Wan Viaduct.
		The two bridges and the viaduct have six lanes for road traffic on the open upper deck and two railway tracks together with two road lanes for emergency use on the sheltered lower deck.
		Taxi passengers using the Lantau Link are required to pay an additional fare of $30, ie., twice the single toll for taxis, irrespective of the direction of travel.
	www.info.gov.hk /napco/p-llink.html (239 words)

	Lantau_Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 Làntóu Dǎo, Ragged Head Island; now called 大嶼山 pinyin: Dàyǔ shān, Cantonese: Tai yue shan, Big Island Mountain), also Lantao, is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River.
		Hong Kong Disneyland is being constructed on the northeastern part of the island, approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay and to open on 12 September 2005, on a massive land reclamation project in Penny's Bay.
		The US$1.8 billion project is planned to include a Disney theme park, two hotels and retail, dining and entertainment facilities stretching over 1.26 square kilometres (310 acres); as well as its own rail network linking from Yam O.
	www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Lantau_Island (1496 words)

	Daily Information Bulletin
		Lantau Link Visitors Centre temporarily closed ******************************************** The Lantau Link** Visitors Centre and the Viewing Platform at the North West Tsing Yi Interchange will be closed from 7 am to 11 am on Friday (February 13).
		Members of the public who wish to view the Lantau Link from a vantage point early morning this Friday may visit the Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre at 401 Castle Peak Road, Ting Kau which is open from 10 am to 5 pm.
		In order to ensure continued shipping link between the HKSAR and Taiwan after the transition, we propose to provide the Director of Marine with a power of exemption so that Hong Kong registered ships need not fly the required flags when they call at ports in Taiwan.
	www.info.gov.hk /isd/news/dib/0211.htm (14243 words)

	New Territories
		Although Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Lantau Island are now redeveloped into more modern satellite cities, but the historic and natural parts of the New Territories are still preserved...
		Tsing Yi's Lantau Link Visitors Centre has exhibition about the Lantau Link models and videos, it also has a viewing deck for viewing the Tsing Ma Bridge and Ting Kau Bridge.
		Lantau Island is the focus of Hong Kong in recently years.
	www.hong-kong-travel.org /NewTerritories.asp (160 words)

	corporate - global presence - hong kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After leading the Port and Airport Development Strategy (PADS) Study which created the blueprint for the new airport, Mott Connell was entrusted with designing and delivering over HK$50 billion of infrastructure.
		This included the internationally acclaimed airport passenger terminal and the Tsing Ma suspension bridge - both winners of numerous awards - along with the North Lantau Expressway which provides the primary airport access.
		For the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation's new Lok Ma Chau spur line we've designed a major terminus connecting by footbridge to the nearby Shenzhen metro system across the boundary river between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the rest of mainline China.
	www.mottmac.com /html/01/01_05_chi1.cfm (301 words)

	Lantau Island - Tung Chung Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tung Chung and Tai Ho in North Lantau are being developed into a new town with a target population of over 200,000.
		Opened in May 1997, his expressway runs along the northern coast of Lantau, the largest of Hong Kong's outlying islands, and links the airport and Tung Chung New Town to the Lantau Link (Tsing Ma Bridge).
		The expressway was built on existing or reclaimed land and was part of the new international airport project.
	www.geocities.com /asiaglobe/gallery/hk-tungchung.htm (237 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Hong Kong Airport Rail Link - Chek Lap Kok international airport, China
		The Lantau Line's fleet comprises twelve trains, each of seven cars, seating a total of 336 passengers and with standing room for 264 more in each car - important given the anticipated heavy use to which they were expected to be subjected.
		The machines are linked via the ethernet to the main station accounting system, with each one configured for its location by downloaded software.
		When fully operational, with the anticipated strengthening of the new trains, the Airport Express link and Lantau line are expected to carry around 250,000 passengers a day.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/hong_kong (1128 words)

	Environment, Transport and Works Bureau - Confirmed Minutes of the 52nd Meeting of the Environmental Impact Assessment ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Upon the query of a Member, C for Tourism confirmed that the Chok Ko Wan Link Interchange was covered in the NLDFS since it was a long-term development planned by Transport Bureau and so needed to be covered in the report to demonstrate its implications to North Lantau.
		To address a Member's concerns on the details of the proposed eco-park in Northern Lantau, TD/ERM responded that the plan aimed to preserve the ecological habitats in the area and would be subject to further studies.
		A Member recalled that one of the endorsement conditions for the EIA report on Lantau Port Development submitted to the Council in 1995 was that a separate EIA study on the sources of marine borrow areas would be carried out before commencement of reclamation work.
	www.etwb.gov.hk /boards_and_committees/ace/eiamin/022000-confirm/index.aspx?langno=1&nodeid=540 (7315 words)

	The Hong Kong Tourist Association has released the findings of the Associated Tourism Development / Feb 1998
		In the long term, the study proposes the strategic expansion of attractions in Tsing Ma and northeast Lantau.
		As far as the strategic expansion opportunities on the northeast part of Lantau Island are concerned, the northern shore and Tsing Chau Tsai of Lantau are considered appropriate areas for future long-term extension of the Tsing Ma "tourism corridor." As a complementary development, it could enhance the area as a major international tourism attraction.
		The study proposes that these ideas be examined further in the Northshore Lantau Development Study to be initiated by the Government in the near future.
	www.hotel-online.com /News/PressReleases1998/HKTAFindings_Feb1998.html (796 words)

	Sinobanknote
		But it was vital for the planned new airport off the northern coast of Lantau Island to be linked with downtown Kowloon and Hong Kong Island by high-speed road and rail connections.
		The key to accomplish this was the Tsing Ma Bridge which leapfrogs the islands of Tsing Yi and Ma Wan, linking up with a lesser bridge in one direction and a tunnel beneath a housing estate in the other.
		There is also green minibus 309M running between the Tsing Yi Airport Railway station and the Lantau Link Visitors' Centre every Saturday, Sunday and on public holidays.
	www.sinobanknote.com /show_article.php?language=english§ion=building&title=tsingma (433 words)

	Hong Kong International Airport - Transport - Taxis
		New Territories taxis (green) serve only the New Territories and specified roads on Lantau and the airport for access to/from the Ground Transportation Centre.
		Lantau taxis (blue) serve all destinations in Lantau and the airport.
		Taxi passengers using the Lantau Link are required to pay an additional toll fare of HK$30 irrespective of the direction of travel, and additional fares are also charged for using toll tunnels.
	www.hongkongairport.com /eng/aguide/taxis.html (170 words)

	Hong Kong, New Territories, Tsing Yi, Maritime Square, Lantau Link Visitors Centre
		Lantau Link, which connects the new Airport to the urban areas, is one of the 10 projects that make up the Airport Core Programme.
		The Lantau Link was opened in May 1997.
		The best way to comprehend details about these bridges and to view them is to visit the Lantau Link Visitors Centre, which exhibits the models, videos and information about these bridges.
	www.hong-kong-travel.org /TsingYi.asp (324 words)

	Flint & Neill Partnership - Bridges, Footbridges, Ponts, Passarelles, Brucken, Stege, Ponti
		The Neath bridge is a composite bridge which was built as part of the project in the early 1980s to close the 'missing link' in the M4 between Neath and Swansea.
		This 1000m long double deck steel box girder viaduct carries the M1 motorway and A631 road through a region of industrial and urban development and is a critical link in the UK trunk road network.
		The purpose of the project is to undertake the necessary preparations in advance of appointing a Design-Build Contractor to construct a new crossing of the Danube.
	www.flintneill.co.uk /hbridges.html (1659 words)

	CNN - Almanac - April 23, 1997
		On Friday, April 25, the Lantau Link bridge connecting Hong Kong with Lantau Island officially opens.
		The bridge provides a highway and railway link to the new Chek Lap Kok airport off Lantau Island.
		On Sunday, April 27, President Clinton, former Presidents Bush and Carter, retired Gen. Colin Powell and Nancy Reagan are scheduled to attend the Presidents' Summit for the American Future in Philadelphia.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /almanac/9704/23 (567 words)

	China [Asian News] - Tokyo EZine
		It is located at Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island which is an island in southwestern Hong Kong.
		One of the other project is Lantau Link.
		Lantau Link consists of The Tsing Ma Bridge and The Kap Shui Mun Bridge which were opened in May 1997.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Palace/7977/9810v1n1/news/china1.html (297 words)

	HK-Hotels.com - hong kong taxis & ground transport
		The MTR consists of four interlinked lines covering the north shore of Hong Kong island, east and west Kowloon, and the north shore of Lantau island.
		The MTR also connects with the Kowloon Canton Railway, which links to the train connecting Kowloon to the border of China at the Kowloon Tong station.
		First used as a link between the new towns of Tuen Mun and Yuen Long but with the opening of KCR West Rail (see below), it is now an important connecting service for KCR and the MTR.
	www.hk-hotels.com /info/transport.php (2089 words)

	Experience
		As such the experience I gained as a Quantity Surveyor in this predominantly "engineering" environment was a significant boost to my key skills in the field of civil engineering which I had previously not been exposed.
		Lantau Link was offically opened on April 27,1997, and it opened to traffic on May 22, it is the vital connection in the transport network serving the new airport, comprising the Tsing Ma Bridge, the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Ma Wan Viaduct.
		Details of the particular project may be viewed by following the link to "Projects" as the side of the page.
	www.sterlings2000.com /experience.htm (1398 words)

	CNN - Almanac - April 25, 1997
		The Lantau Link bridge connecting Hong Kong with Lantau Island officially opens.
		The Subic Bay Freeport holds its first "Dive Fiesta" to promote it as safe haven for scuba diving; the three day fiesta is aimed at making it a complete watersports center and to attract more tourists.
		Exhibits include Hong Kong's Lantau Link, the world's longest combined road and rail suspension bridge.
	www.cnn.com /almanac/9704/25 (690 words)

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		The new airport to be built at Chek Lap Kok lies near the mountainous island of Lantau, which reaches 933 meters (3,250 feet) above sea level.
		There are 25% more thunderstorm days at Lantau than at the present Kai Tak airport, significantly increasing the probability of microbursts.
		The prevailing easterly flow over Lantau Island, upwind of Chek Lap Kok, occasionally produces topographically induced wind shear and turbulence which arises from phenomena such as large-amplitude gravity waves, wave breaking, downslope windstorms, flow channeling, rotors, and lee vortices.
	www.ucar.edu /communications/quarterly/fall93/prescorner (811 words)

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