Hong Kong officials take long route with mega-lengthy name for bridge slip road

After years of delays, cost overruns and controversy over a cross-border bridge, Hong Kong officials clearly hope for smoother times ahead going by just-released road names – including one with a record-breaking length of 10 Chinese characters.
The new edition of the Hong Kong Guide, released by the department’s Survey and Mapping Office on Monday, is a 432-page book containing maps and indexes of streets, places and villages, estates and buildings, and public and leisure facilities as well as public transport across Hong Kong.
Among the 12 new pages added to the map section, the plan for Airport East on Lantau Island includes the 2.09 sq km man-made island created between the airport and the new bridge, as well as the names of 12 connecting routes leading to the airport, the bridge and northern Lantau.
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The names of 10 of the 12 roads start with “Shun” – a Chinese character meaning smooth and success, including Shun Wan, Shun Lui, Shun Wui, Shun Chit, Shun Fai, Shun Hang, Shun Lin, Shun Ming, Shun On and Shun Long.
