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The emotion aroused by the closure of Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport Sunday night (to be replaced by the "modernistic marvel" of the huge new airport of Chek Lap Kok) came "close to rivalling the events of a year ago," when the former British colony was restored to China, according to the SCMP . Referring to the old airport's hair-raising, rooftop-scraping approach and its environmental deficiencies, the newspaper said that "the sheer audacity and improbability of the place so perfectly captured the spirit of the city that Hong Kong will seem lost without it."
Chek Lap Kok airport sits on reclaimed land just off Lantau; plans to build a bridge may change Lantau, but at present it is sparsely populated and makes a perfect getaway.
DICTIONARY LANGUAGE MEANING MEANING OR SOURCE OR DIALECT `beautiful' `country' Chen Cantonese mei gwok Nelson Japanese bi koku Tan Taiwanese bi kok Stimson Middle mj<###> ku<###>k Chinese Stimson Old Mandarin m<###> kuiiq Stimson Modern m<###> (mei) kue (gwo) (Chen) Chinese [mei] [kuo] Cragg Korean my guk Nguyen & Vietnamese quoc Durand
In 1992, when construction of the airport on Chek Lap Kok was begun, a 2,000-year-old village, Pak Mong, was discovered, complete with artifacts that indicated a sophisticated rural society.
When they came ashore they found the A-Ma Temple (properly called Ma Kok Temple; open daily dawn to dusk), dedicated to the favorite goddess of fishermen, who is also known as Tin Hau.