Tung Chung is an area on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Its Chinese name, written 東涌 and romanised in pinyin as Dongchong, literally means eastern stream. It was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, along the delta and lower courses of the Tung Chung River, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties it was an important defence stronghold against pirates and foreign military forces. It was later developed as part of the Airport Core Programme into North Lantau New Town, the first new town on an outlying island of Hong Kong, with the first phases built on reclaimed land. Administratively it belongs to Islands District. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China.
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1. Tung Chung (Wikipedia)
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is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong
2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
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Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 29 17:00u 8:00 - HKT
Hong Kong (Wikipedia)
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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China.
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Eastern Asia 030 China 156 CHN China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 344 HKG
China (Wikipedia)
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is a country in East Asia
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