Satellite Cities / New Towns

Every major urban area have satellite cities or new town in them. Satellite cities are defined as smaller municipalities that are near a major city and are part of large urban areas. The difference between them and suburbs is that they have their own municipal governments.

New Towns on the other hand are newly developed communities which are outside the city.

HK has several new towns. One of them is Tung Chung which is in Lantau Island near the airport. This new town was developed during the late 90s along with the construction of Chek Lap Kok. Today, it has several private flats, government housing estates and two shopping malls. The town is connected with the highway and the MTR. Most of the people living in Tung Chung work in the airport or are flight attendents.

Tung Chung, Hong Kong





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