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As another illustrative example, a citizen residing in Sheung
Tak Estate, Kwun Tong, can travel to Millennium City, the district’s
major employment hub, in 17 minutes upon boarding the bus with no
intermediate stop, whereas the bus ride from Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung
to Regal Airport Hotel would take 30 minutes, with 19 stops in between.
Astonishingly, the driving distance between the residence and employment
hub for the case of Tung Chung is slightly shorter, at 6.5 km, while the
corresponding distance for the case of Kwun Tong is 6.9 km (Figure 36).

Figure 36: Comparison of bus routes – Sheung Tak Estate, Kwun Tong and Yat Tung Estate,
Tung Chung

To Millennium City
（Employment hub）
From Sheung Tak
Estate（Residential
Travel time : district）
17 mins (non stop)

Distance by self-driving: 6.9 km
Available Public Transport: Bus, MTR, Taxi

To Regal Airport Hotel
（employment hub）

Travel time :

30mins (19 stops)

From Yat Tung Estate
（Residential district）

Distance by self-driving: 6.5 km
Available Public Transport: Bus

Source: Google.

In the short-term, we recommend an increase in the frequency of
the current bus routes connecting the Tung Chung residential areas and
the airport island. We believe a 10-minute interval between buses would
help to provide a more reliable and predictable transportation services
to the Tung Chung residents working on the airport island, such that the
advantages of the proximity between the two locations could be fully
realised.

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