The Lantau Link Visitors Centre and Viewing Platform is a Hong Kong museum located on the Tsing Yi Island.

History

The Lantau Link Visitors Centre and Viewing Platform are located at northwestern Wok Tai Wan, Tsing Yi Island, offering a direct view of the

Tsing Ma Bridge Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong that connects Tsing Yi and Ma Wan islands. It is the world's 17th-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at the time of its completion. The bridge was named after the two islands ...

Kap Shui Mun Bridge The Kap Shui Mun Bridge (KSMB) in Hong Kong, part of Lantau Link of Route 8, is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world that transports both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck used for motor vehicles and the lower deck ...

, and

Ting Kau Bridge Ting Kau Bridge is a long cable-stayed bridge in Hong Kong that spans from the northwest of Tsing Yi Island and Tuen Mun Road. It is near the Tsing Ma Bridge which also serves as a major connector between the Hong Kong International Airpor ...

. It was constructed when the Tsing Ma Bridge began its development in 1992, intended to establish the bridge as a landmark and provide tourists with a vantage point. The entire area covers approximately 19,000 square meters. It was opened to the public in 1997, coinciding with the completion of the Tsing Ma Bridge. Initially funded by the

Kwai Tsing District Council The Kwai Tsing District Council () is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Kwai Tsing District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. It currently consists of 32 members of which 6 are directly elected from the three ...

, it was taken over by the government in 2021 and is now jointly managed by the

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and the

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. It displays the information of the

Lantau Link The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a roadway in Hong Kong forming part of Route 8 linking Lantau Island to Tsing Yi, from which other roads lead to the urban areas of Kowloon and the rest of the New Territories. ...

with models, photographs and panel texts as well as two computer quizzes provided for the visitors testing their knowledge of the Lantau Link. From 2017 to 2020, the centre attracted approximately 80,000 to 130,000 visitors annually, but this number dropped significantly during the

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, with only 53,280 visitors recorded in 2023. In 2014, a café and a railway model shop, operated by a couple, opened at the visitor centre. In January 2021, ''

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'' reported that the government had provided insufficient funding to maintain the centre, leading to significant damage to various facilities, including the viewing platform's railings, which were only repaired by the government twice between 2008 and 2019. In October, the centre was closed for renovations. In August 2023, the Home Affairs Department began public consultations on revitalizing the centre and viewing platform, with a tentative completion deadline of 2026.

Transportation

The Lantau Link Visitors Centre can only be accessed by

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route 308M.

References

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History

Transportation

See also

References

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