~ HonG KonG ~

[HONG KONG 74]

Originally posted by: kelistmac Hello Hong Kong...The bat of Exchange Square is a model that I myself have done,currently not available..

but in future I want to launch several's bat's..

Exchange Square

Tree Exchange Square

and Hang Seng Bank

Greetingsquote>

How about a BAT thread for suggestions, photos, technical support and friendly support (of course ).

This forum is still in place,BAT - Hong Kong / Asian Team Room for Asia stuff or the general BAT - Open Discussion. Keep in mind...

[manubeas 0]

very very nice as always! Maybe you should post more pictures in each update. Just a little tip.

[Ke|is 3,337]

~ HONG KONG: Hello, thanks in good few days open a theme to show my projects.

~ manubeas: Hello, you're right but for the moment I can not, this little town still under way.

[Ke|is 3,337]

~ HSBC BuiLdinG ~

~ Bank oF China Tower & Cheung Kong Center ~

~ Legislative Council Building ~

~  Buildings in Hong Kong ~

~ Marriott Hong Kong, One Pacific Place, Conrad Hong Kong & Island Shangri ~

- I hope you like this little visit Hong Kong ||

[edmonton_stinks 5]

That update is amazing! There are so many landmarks, I don't even know where to begin! You're doing a great job of SC4izing the city!

[Callbat 8]

Otra vez, muy buenos imagenes amigo. Donde puedo encontrar el edificio marcado "Legislative Council Building" ? O es un BAT tuyo?

Muy buen trabajo.

-Saludos

Callbat

[Ke|is 3,337]

thanks for comments |

~ Callbat || Eyyy que alegria ver a alguien hablar en españoL , Pues aber te comento

ese edificio es el City HaLL de New York un Bat de Hanson 784, yo tan solo Le cambie eL

Lot y Le puse las banderas Chinas...eL Bat puedes descargarlo AQUI .

Saludos y graciias.

[nihonkaranws 88]

Wow nice work! Already page 3! I love the feel to your HonG KonG, It's very cool! Hope to see more soon - - - You've inspired me!

[nottheboss 1]

great updates

sorry i missed so much my internet's been down

[dabadon5 295]

Totally Awesome ! reminds me of China

[Smarty218 2]

Fantastic! Very accurate!

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Another Hong Kong re-creation eh?

Beautiful start. I only have one criticism, it's too beautiful to be Hong Kong.

Top-notch city building, near-perfect accuracy and amazing Photoshoping, but it's too clean and bright, needs more grit, it needs to feel dirtier like the real HK. I know that that's a kinda hard thing to do in SC4, but with skills like yours, I'm sure if anyone, you could pull it off.

I'm making the Admiralty Centre at the moment, I'll send it to you before it's on the STEX because I need some nice pictures of it for the STEX!

Keep up the fantastic work, I don't follow a lot of CJ's these days, but I'll defiantly be watching this one.

[tankmank 853]

very nice but i agree with Cockatoo-210893 it dose need to be more gritty but apart from that Beautiful

[artman20 1]

Amazing! these BAT's have so many details do you know where I can find them?

[CarmineHilton 6]

These pictures look stunning! The editing and building is just great in my opinion

Totally LOVE it...

[gabry85 2]

Amazing, special effects are state-of-the-art! Excellent work, especially with filler lots!

[Ke|is 3,337]

~ Cockatoo-210893: Hello You're right .. The truth is that if I have one thing in mind..

But why attempt it that this part of the city is more clean and orderly...

Because it is really the most part clean and orderly town..attempts that the city is more dirty

parts as Kowloon Tai-o etc...anyway trying to do more real...

..the Admiralty Centre is a Bat that I love, when you want

I have to spend what these photos...thank you very much for everything.

At the other thanks for the comments.

[nihonkaranws 88]

More more more, hahah. Nice work kelistmac!

[lindsay-akihita-aomori 1]

oooh I shouldve paid more attention to this wonderful CJ. great work!

[Ke|is 3,337]

thanks

[nottheboss 1]

keep on building

[vinvin du 13 0]

wonderful!!!

[Shingure 56]

Wonderful photoshopping you are doing and I will be waiting for your buildings to release on the stex.

Even though I have never been to HK I now have an Idea about what it looks like . Like Cockatoo said though. HK isnt that bright and clean.

[bixel 1,228]

WOW!!!!! O_O This is definetly a top-notch CJ. Love the write ups - very interesting background you got there on the buildings. Thanks for doing this, and no I dont think it needs to be that gritty - after all most of what you have shown is Admiralty District, not Kowloon - so keep up the good work.

[Haljackey 17,398]

Wow, just some amazing pictures here! Keep up the great work!

Best,

-Haljackey

[jacqulina 162]

amazing effects my friend fantastic work and pics

[Ke|is 3,337]

           

|| Tsing Ma Bridge ||

• Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong, China. It is the world's seventh longest span suspension bridge.

The bridge was named after two of the islands in Hong Kong, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It has two decks

and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge of this type.

The bridge has a main span of 1377 metres (4518 ft) and a height of 206 metres (676 ft).

The span is the largest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic •

•  The 41 metres (135 ft) wide bridge deck carries six lanes of automobile traffic, with three lanes in each direction.

The lower level contains two rail tracks. There are also two carriageways on the sheltered lower deck for maintenance

 access and as backup for traffic when particularly severe typhoons strike Hong Kong. Though road traffic would need

to be closed in that case, trains could still get through in either direction •

|| History ||

• Construction of the bridge was carried out by a Costain / Mitsui / Trafalgar House joint venture .

Construction work of the bridge began in May 1992 and ended in May 1997. It cost HK $ 7.2 billion.

The Lantau Link, of which the bridge is an integral part, was opened on April 27, 1997.

The ceremony was inaugurated by the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher •

|| Operation ||

• The Tsing Ma Bridge links Tsing Yi Island on the east to Ma Wan island on the west over Ma Wan Channel.

It is part of the Lantau Link, which, with two long span bridges links the New Territories and Lantau Island,

and eventually leads to the Hong Kong International Airport on Chek Lap Kok via North Lantau Highway.

The other bridge is the Kap Shui Mun Bridge linking Ma Wan to Lantau Island over Kap Shui Mun.

The two bridges are connected by over Ma Wan Ma Wan Viaduct •

•  The Tsing Ma Bridge has been an important gateway to Lantau Island. It will become part of the planned

Route 8 expressway, which will connect the Lantau Link, the West Kowloon expressway, Cheung Sha Wan and Shatin.

The rail line is part of MTR's Tung Chung Line and Airport Express •

•  The bridge, together with other highway, bridge and tunnel connections in the area, are part of the Tsing Ma Control

Area under the Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance (Cap. 498) in Hong Kong Law. The control area has been managed

by Tsing Ma Management Limited since opening. The control area's traffic management system was developed by

Delco Corporation of Toronto. Special regulations and by-laws are carried out in the area •

• Along with the Ting Kau Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge, the bridge is closely monitored by the Wind and Structural

Health Monitoring System (WASHMS). Surveillance cameras are also installed over the bridge to record traffic conditions.

The video is available at the government website. [2] It is updated every two minutes •

| | Design | |

• The bridge was designed by Mott MacDonald •

[Ke|is 3,337]

|| Ma Wan island ||

• Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. The island belongs to Tsuen Wan district.

It has an area of 0.96 sq km. It is today more well known as Island Park (a private housing estate on the island) •

•  Two separate channels Ma Wan and other major islands. To the east is the Ma Wan Channel, separating it from Tsing Yi Island,

to the South West is Kap Shui Mun, separating it from Lantau Island. The north is opposite seafront Tsing Lung Tau on the

mainland New Territories. The South is facing Tang Lung Chau island •

•  Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach is located on the island •

•  Temples of the goddess Tin Hau are found on the island. One has been rebuilt on the northern beach and was originately built

by the local pirate Cheung Po Tsai, who often looked after the locals. Another one is located at the old Tin Liu village site •

•  The prehistoric island had late neolithic inhabitants as proved by recent excavations. There were also inhabitants here during

the Han Dynasty. More recently in the last 250 years it was a small fishing village named Liu Tin, only accessible by boats or ferries.

It was founded by a family from Chan Tsing Yi island. As part of the Hong Kong Government's Rose Garden plan, the Lantau Link was

constructed in the mid-1990s to connect the new Hong Kong International Airport to the city centre. The highway link was to pass through

Ma Wan, and plans to develop the island began to emerge. Today, a large part of the island is occupied by the Island Park apartment complex.

A theme park, named Ma Wan Park was proposed to accompany the housing project, and the first phase was opened on July 1, 2007 •

|| History ||

• Remains have been found from the Mid-Neolithic Age (about 3000 BC), the late Neolithic Age (about 2000 BC), the early Bronze Age (about 1000 BC),

the Han Dynasty (206 BC -220 AD), the Tang Dynasty (618 -917 AD) and the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 AD). Complete Neolithic human skeletal

remains were found in tombs at Tung Wan Tsai in 1997. (Ref. The Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Home Affairs Bureau)

• 24 housing units donated by Americans in 1965 (to see them on top of a hill near to the Fishermen's Association)

• Eleven had a Customs house, still recorded by a stone monument named "Kowloon Gate" monument. (see it near to the old Rural Committee).

It ceased activity on October 4th, 1899 (Ref. the book Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918)

• 250 years old village, quite empty as of 2007 - The new Tin Liu Village has been built a bit on top of it.

• Foreign visitors in 1794. See "A Reconnaissance of Ma Wan and Lantao Islands in 1794"

| | Transportation | |

• Although the Hong Kong Government originally claimed that it would be "materially impossible" to give the island a

road through connecting Lantau Link, this proved possible, after all, as part of Island Park

The island is connected to Tsing Yi of the Tsing Ma Bridge (suspension bridge)

and Lantau Island for the Kap Shui Mun Bridge (a cable-stayed bridge). Both bridges are part of the Lantau Link •

• Island park Transportation Co. Ltd operates bus services between Park and the island of Tsing Yi MTR Station,

Park Island and Kwai Fong (Metro Plaza), Park Island and Hong Kong International Airport; Park Island and Tsuen Wan

(near the MTR station), and also ferry services between Island Park and Central Park and between the island and

Tsuen Wan West (next to the station KCR) •

• Private vehicles are generally not allowed to enter the island, an agreement that also exists in the nearby

Discovery Bay on Lantau Island, however, a permit can be requested from the Department of Transportation

Hong Kong. Minibuses and taxis are not allowed, but the Island Park management company operating vehicles in case of emergency

or special situations, but its availability is not guaranteed. Lorrie can enter the island between 10 am to 4 pm

daily without a special permit •

• A number of ferry piers are on the island. One in Island Park in the northeast, one in the former

Liu Tin village in the West (former host of Sham Tseng ferries), one in the south of the island opposite Tang Lung Chau,

one in the north of the island used for garbage collection, one in the South Eastern side •

|| Ma Wan island / HonG KonG / China ||

[HONG KONG 74]

The last pic is just great, wow

[gabry85 2]

Damn, that's good indeed! Love the last picture especially, almost photorealistic!