Lantau News

27/05/2024

A chairlift on the slopes of Lower Cheung Sha is one of the latest government ideas for South Lantau development.

A Development Bureau paper has proposed a water sports and recreation centre and a 'barrier-free walkway' for the 1.5km long Cheung Sha Beach, with an 'adventure holiday area, offering rope adventures, uphill chairlifts and accommodation,' envisaged for the Lower Cheung Sha.

Development Bureau rolls out proposal to turn four rural areas on Lantau into 'eco-recreation corridor' Cheung Sha, where city's longest beach is located, to become South Lantau's recreational hub with accommodation such as beach campsites, according to proposal Hong Kong's South Lantau will be deve...

27/07/2023

https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/article/3229053/half-marathon-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge-confirmed-november-aimed-growing-landmark-occasion?module=live&pgtype=homepage

Half-marathon on the HK-Macau bridge on November 19, starting and finishing at the Hong Kong port checkpoint.

HKAAA launches race with 8,000 runners set to run on the Hong Kong section of the bridge linking the three cities.

17/07/2023

Lantau bus services to resume at around 3:30
https://www.nlb.com.hk/news/detail/454

Ferry services to resume at 5:30 (Mui to Central)
https://www.sunferry.com.hk/en/sun-ferry/news-update/resumption-of-all-local-ferry-services-after-5-30-pm/108

新大嶼山巴士(一九七三)有限公司宣佈，因預計天文台將改發3號強風訊號，下列路線將有以下安排:

17/07/2023

T8 signal will end at 4:20, to be replaced by T3, HK Observatory has announced

The Hong Kong Observatory is a government department responsible for monitoring and forecasting weather, as well as issuing warnings on weather-related hazards. The Observatory also monitors and assesses radiation levels in Hong Kong, and provides other meteorological and geophysical services to mee...

17/07/2023

T8 to remain until 4pm today

Hongkongers on Monday were told the No 8 typhoon signal would stay in place until at least 4pm as Typhoon Talim, the territory's first typhoon of the...

26/04/2023

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3218203/lantau-artificial-islands-hong-kongs-money-better-spent-climate-resilience-sea-levels-rise?module=opinion&pgtype=homepage

'Building artificial islands in this era of climate change is a perfect example of creating new disaster risks – exposing human lives and properties to the growing hazards of rising sea levels and typhoons while reducing the capacity to cope as financial resources are drained.

'It requires large amounts of energy and materials that will result in significant greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the Hong Kong government has made carbon reduction commitments under the Paris climate accords'

Building artificial islands drains the resources needed to cope with climate change while creating new disaster risks and exposing more human lives and properties to rising sea levels and typhoons.

25/08/2022

South Lantau suffers from "too much conservation," Mui Wo rural committee members complained to exco member and legislator Regina Yip when she visited Mui Wo on Monday.

Islands District Council chairman Randy Yu said development restrictions should be eased to "turn Mui Wo into a brand new tourist attraction," communist party paper Wen Wei Po reported

行政會議召集人、新民黨主席葉劉淑儀上周四考察梅窩，這是她離島行程的第三站。葉劉今日（23日)在社交平台中分享此行感受，她指現時梅窩人口剛剛過萬人，當地市政大廈、圖書館、郵政局、診所、游泳池等一應俱全，是設...

30/06/2022

Time lapse: construction of Chek Lap Kok airport

16/06/2022

Engineering firm Arup has reheated some old plans and come uip with some news ones in recommendations to government on Lantau road upgrades:

* a 2 km tunnel underpassing Lantau South Country Park through Keung Shan, with roads connecting Shek P*k and Tai O Road;
* two new bridges, about 350 metres each, across the sharp bends of the existing Keung Shan Road;
* a 5 km tunnel underpassing the Lantau North Country Park, with a connecting road from Mui Wo to Siu Ho Wan;
* a 3.5 km tunnel, and connecting road, connecting Mui Wo and Discovery Bay; and
* upgrading Old Tung Chung Road between Pak Kung Au and Cheung Sha, a stretch of road currently closed and used for maintenance only.

https://transitjam.com/2022/06/16/massive-road-building-plans-revealed-as-lantau-sustains-fundamental-change-to-function/

03/05/2022

Silvermine Bay and Pui O beaches will reopen Thursday - but Mui Wo and other LCSD swimming pools will remain closed for another week for cleaning. Pools will be restricted to 50% of capacity and all visitors must register with the Leave Home Safe app

https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/clpss/en/webApp/NewsDetails.do?id=16398

Leisure and Cultural Services Department, 康樂及文化事務署, 康乐及文化事务署

03/05/2022

More covid restrictions to go: beaches, outdoor pools to re-open Friday

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/03/breaking-covid-19-hong-kong-to-reopen-beaches-pools-on-thur-no-masks-for-outdoor-exercise-bars-to-reopen-may-19/?fbclid=IwAR0Ys4wsYUu87U8eb7r4WbfQQoke3Efg_DtERUJzK7fTW_btvSa2o7cilJc

Hong Kong will reopen beaches and pools, masks will no longer be required during outdoor exercise, and restaurants will be allowed to sit eight people to a table from Thursday, as the city prepares…

14/04/2022

Partial re-opening from next Thursday. Restaurant limit back to four, pools open but beaches still closed.

24/02/2022

Sun Ferry has cut back islands ferry services because of the decline in passenger numbers and the number of staff affected by testing or isolation.
It has trimmed Mui Wo-Central sailings from 30 to 25 Monday to Saturday and Sunday services from 27 to 22.
The temporary timetable starts Sunday.

https://www.sunferry.com.hk/en/sun-ferry/news-update/ferry-service-adjustments-for-central-cheung-chau-and-central-mui-wo-routes-effective-from-27-february/51

18/02/2022

80 people tested positive in Man Tung estate, Tung Chung, including three from an unknown source, after mass testing of 6040 over past two days

新冠疫情｜東涌滿東邨滿和樓6040人次檢測　發現80宗初步陽性和3宗不確定個案
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20220218/s00001/1645166993213

政府周三（16日）起圍封東涌滿東邨滿和樓，並延長圍封至今日（18日），當局今午約2時完成強制檢測行動，在第一及第二次檢測共有約6040人次接受檢測，發現80宗初步陽性和3宗檢測結果不確定個案，衛生防護中心會安排跟進。...

19/01/2022

Edward Leung, the former head of Hong Kong Indigenous, was released from Shek P*k prison at 3am today - an unprecedented move because of police fears that supporters and media would gather to welcome Leung, a still-popular figure who coined the famous and now-seditious slogan of the 2019 protests.

Leung was jailed for six years in 2018 for his role in the 2016 Mongkok riot and was released early because of good behaviour.

30/12/2021

Carrie Lam, Beijing officials and Chinese orchestra to ring in New Year at Big Buddha
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3161580/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-ring-bell-next-big?module=live&pgtype=homepage

Chief executive and Abbot S*k Jin-yin of Po Lin Monastery will ring the bell next to the Big Buddha on New Year’s Eve, with top officials of Beijing’s liaison office in the city in attendance.

16/12/2021

THIS SATURDAY Christmas Bazaar at Tong F*k.
$150 for adults, free for kids.
Advance bookings only.
Contact Dina: 6126 7604

05/11/2021

A middle-aged man was found hanged under the footbridge near Tat Tung Garden, Tung Chung, shortly after 7am today.

Fire and ambulancemen arrived at the scene but found the victim already deceased, with the cause of death to be determined by autopsy.

Samaritans hotline: 2896 0000
https://www.msn.com/zh-hk/news/localnews/%E6%83%85%E5%9B%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%A2%E6%9D%B1%E6%B6%8C%E8%A1%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A9%E6%A9%8B%E4%B8%8A%E5%90%8A%E4%BA%A1-%E6%9B%BE%E5%90%91%E5%A6%BB%E7%99%BC%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%A1%E7%9F%AD%E8%A8%8A/ar-AAQkVnh?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

警方今早7時05分接報，指一名中年男子在東涌海濱路近達東路花園一條行人天橋上，以繩索綁頸後一躍而下，懸吊半空。消防及救護...

05/11/2021

Male indigenous villagers have a protected right to build small houses, Court of Final Appeal rules in a judicial review.

The applicant had argued that the small-house policy was discriminatory on the basis of s*x, birth or social origin.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3154933/top-court-upholds-traditional-right-male-villagers?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage

Applicant Kwok Cheuk-kin, known as king of judicial reviews, had argued the policy was discriminatory on the basis of s*x, birth or social origin.

03/11/2021

Police seize smugglers' boats at Tai Ho Wan, north Lantau
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3154706/hong-kong-police-arrest-suspected-leader-smuggling

The powerful speedboats were found at a secluded spot on Lantau Island that police believe was used by smugglers to conceal their activities, while the suspect was arrested in nearby Pak Mong.

29/10/2021

High-end rents down 10-15% since onset of covid.

Fun 'fact'?
"Before 2020, some 80 per cent of the homes in Lantau were rented by airline industry staff, due to its proximity to the airport in Chek Lap Kok."
https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3153733/lantaus-popularity-grows-among-bankers-lawyers-looking-rent

Rents in Lantau have fallen by 10 to 15 per cent since the first quarter of last year as airline industry employees left in droves amid the downturn.

27/10/2021

Sun Ferry blames 'technical glitch' for ferry collision with Mui Wo pier last night
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3153790/5-injured-after-hong-kong-ferry-hits-mui-wo-pier-while?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage

Sun Ferry says technical glitch could be behind incident, pledging an investigation.

20/10/2021

Zhuhai police speedboat beached near Tai O after 'accidentally' entering Hong Kong waters during chase
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3152934/mainland-chinese-police-boat-runs-aground-after?module=AI_Recommended_for_you_LI&pgtype=homepage&li_source=LI&li_medium=homepage_hk_edition_top_picks_for_you

Speedboat also beached near Tai O with suspected criminal on board fleeing scene, Hong Kong police said.

13/10/2021

T3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT STATUS
* MTR returning to normal - Tung Chung line trains every 7 minutes
* Ferries to return 6pm (details below)
* Buses began returning at 4:30 (details below)

13/10/2021

T3 raised at 4:45, will remain in force for some time

13/10/2021

TYPHOON UPDATE

T3 Signal to be raised shortly: HKO

12/10/2021

Signal T8 to hoist at 5:20pm. Public transport status:

* Last ferry from Central-Mui Wo at 6:30pm
https://www.sunferry.com.hk/en/sun-ferry/news-update/suspension-of-all-local-ferry-services-after-6pm/35
* Main Lantau bus services will continue until 8pm (details below)
* MTR continuing to run - will further advise

12/10/2021

T8 to go up at 5:20pm. If you need to return to Lantau do so now.

12/10/2021

T8 signal expected to be raised at 4-6pm today: HK Observatory