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{{Short description|Museum on Tsing Yi, Hong Kong}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
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[[File:Lantau Link Visitors Centre.JPG|thumb|250px|Lantau Link Visitors Centre]]

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

== History ==
The Lantau Link Visitors Centre and Viewing Platform are located at northwestern [[Wok Tai Wan]], Tsing Yi Island,<ref name="OrientalJanuary2021Part2" /> offering a direct view of the [[Tsing Ma Bridge]], [[Kap Shui Mun Bridge]], and [[Ting Kau Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ourchinastory.com/zh/11283/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9C%B0%E6%A8%99%E5%BB%BA%E7%AF%89%E9%9D%92%E9%A6%AC%E5%A4%A7%E6%A9%8B%20%E5%8E%9F%E6%98%AF%E6%B5%B7%E5%BA%95%E9%9A%A7%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BE%8C%E5%82%99%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88%EF%BC%9F |title=香港地標建築青馬大橋 原是海底隧道的後備方案？ |date=26 April 2024 |website={{ill|Our China Story|zh-yue|當代中國 (網站)}} |author=黃皓頤 |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> 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.<ref name="TKPSeptember2008">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tkww.hk/epaper/view/newsDetail/1380510199437201408.html |title=世上最長行車鐵路雙用懸索吊橋/青馬大橋 |date=20 September 2008 |website=[[Ta Kung Pao]] |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> The entire area covers approximately 19,000 square meters.<ref name="OrientalDailyNewsJanuary2021">{{Cite web |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210117/bkn-20210117020012787-0117_00822_001.html |title=每年多近13萬人到訪青嶼幹線觀景台 欄杆破爛危險亦影響觀感 |date=17 January 2021 |website=[[Oriental Daily News]] |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> It was opened to the public in 1997, coinciding with the completion of the Tsing Ma Bridge.<ref name="TKPSeptember2008" /><ref name="am730November2023" /> Initially funded by the [[Kwai Tsing District Council]], it was taken over by the government in 2021 and is now jointly managed by the [[Home Affairs Department]] and the [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]].<ref name="am730November2023">{{Cite web |author1=羅庸軒 |date=24 November 2023 |title=am專訪｜青嶼幹線觀景台活化正收集建議 葵青DO鄧顯權：公眾參與最重要 冀善用潛力搞旺設施 |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0/am%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA-%E9%9D%92%E5%B6%BC%E5%B9%B9%E7%B7%9A%E8%A7%80%E6%99%AF%E5%8F%B0%E6%B4%BB%E5%8C%96%E6%AD%A3%E6%94%B6%E9%9B%86%E5%BB%BA%E8%AD%B0-%E8%91%B5%E9%9D%92do%E9%84%A7%E9%A1%AF%E6%AC%8A-%E5%85%AC%E7%9C%BE%E5%8F%83%E8%88%87%E6%9C%80%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81-%E5%86%80%E5%96%84%E7%94%A8%E6%BD%9B%E5%8A%9B%E6%90%9E%E6%97%BA%E8%A8%AD%E6%96%BD/413176 |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=[[am730]] |language=zh}}</ref> It displays the information of the [[Lantau Link]] with models, photographs and panel texts as well as two computer quizzes provided for the visitors testing their knowledge of the Lantau Link.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/archive/napco/c_visitors.html |title=青 嶼 幹 線 訪 客 中 心 及 觀 景 台 |date=7 August 2002 |website=[[Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre]] |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> From 2017 to 2020, the centre attracted approximately 80,000 to 130,000 visitors annually,<ref name="OrientalDailyNewsJanuary2021" /> but this number dropped significantly during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with only 53,280 visitors recorded in 2023.<ref name="am730November2023" />

In 2014, a café and a railway model shop, operated by a couple, opened at the visitor centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://skypost.hk/article/2259436/%E9%9D%92%E9%A6%AC%E6%A9%8B%E4%B8%8B%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E5%BA%97-%E7%9B%9B%E8%BC%89%E4%B8%AD%E4%BD%AC%E7%81%AB%E8%BB%8A%E5%A4%A2 |title=青馬橋下模型店 盛載中佬火車夢 |date=25 January 2019 |website=[[Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings|Sky Post]] |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref>

In January 2021, ''[[Oriental Daily News]]'' 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.<ref name="OrientalJanuary2021Part2">{{Cite web |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210117/bkn-20210117020057877-0117_00822_001.html |title=青嶼幹線觀景台欄杆日久失修 破爛穿窿訪客靠近有危險 |date=17 January 2021 |website=[[Oriental Daily News]] |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> In October, the centre was closed for renovations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%97%85%E9%81%8A/694068/%E9%9D%92%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C%E5%B1%B1-%E8%B3%9E%E9%9D%92%E9%A6%AC%E5%A4%A7%E6%A9%8B%E6%9C%80%E4%BD%B3%E4%BD%8D%E7%BD%AE-%E9%9D%92%E8%A1%A3%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E5%BE%91%E7%9F%AD%E7%A8%8B%E6%98%93%E8%A1%8C%E9%81%A9%E5%90%88%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%A4%A7%E7%B4%B0 |title=青衣行山｜賞青馬大橋最佳位置！青衣自然徑短程易行適合一家大細 |date=30 October 2021 |website=[[HK01]] |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> In August 2023, the Home Affairs Department began public consultations on revitalizing the centre and viewing platform, with a tentative completion deadline of 2026.<ref name="am730November2023" />

==Transportation==
The Lantau Link Visitors Centre can only be accessed by [[Public light bus|minibus]] route 308M.<ref name="am730November2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stheadline.com/article/75705/569%E6%9C%9F-%E8%A6%AA%E5%AD%90%E9%81%8A%E8%B9%A4%E6%AC%A3%E8%B3%9E%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD%E6%A9%8B%E6%99%AF-%E9%9D%92%E9%A6%AC%E8%A7%80%E6%99%AF%E5%8F%B0 |title=【569期 親子遊蹤】欣賞海峽橋景 青馬觀景台 |date=20 April 2021 |website=[[Sing Tao Daily]] |author=孫梓喬 |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre]]

== References ==
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==Exhibition link==
{{commons|Category:Lantau Link Visitors Center|Lantau Link Visitors Center}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060711104443/http://www.info.gov.hk/napco/visitors.html Lantau Link Visitor Centre and Viewing Platform]

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[[Category:Tsing Yi]]
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