Fanling

See also: fanling

English

Alternative forms

• Fan Ling, Fan Leng

Etymology

From Cantonese 粉嶺 / 粉岭 (fan² leng⁵).

Proper noun

Fanling

1. An area and town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2014 June 10, Chris Horton, “Chinese Shoppers Change Hong Kong Border Area”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-06-11, Commercial Real Estate‎^[2]:

     Although a slowing economy and campaigns against extravagant consumption by government officials have hurt most luxury shopping hubs in Hong Kong, business has been booming in the New Territories. This is especially true along the East Rail Line, which links China with Hong Kong and runs through Sheung Shui and the towns of Fanling, Tai Po and Sha Tin, all of which offer walking access to large malls. […]
     One major initiative, the Northeast New Territories New Development Areas, involves building more than 60,000 apartments for about 175,000 people by 2022 and merging the towns of Sheung Shui and Fanling into a town of 500,000. It is projected to cost $15.5 billion.

   • 2019 December 18, “Hong Kong bus crash kills 6, injures more than 30 others”, in AP News‎^[3], archived from the original on June 02, 2024‎^[4]:

     The crash in the New Territories of Hong Kong that border mainland China tore away much of the left side of the bus and ripped a jagged hole in its roof. […]
     Police said the bus was traveling on a highway from the town of Fanling.

   • 2020 January 26, Jessie Pang, Felix Tam, Tyrone Siu, Aleksander Solum, Ben Blanchard, James Pomfret, “Hong Kong bars Hubei residents from entering city as coronavirus fears intensify”, in Toby Chopra, Louise Heavens, editors, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 26 January 2020, EMERGING MARKETS‎^[6]:

     A Reuters witness saw several masked protesters, clad in black, rush into the public housing block in the Fanling district near to the border with China, and set alight a Molotov cocktail. […]
     Hong Kong authorities had said they would convert “Fai Ming Estate, an unoccupied public estate in Fanling, into temporary flats for quarantine and observation of close contact persons without symptoms if needed.”

2. A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 粉嶺 / 粉岭 (fan² leng⁵)

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 粉嶺區鄉事委員會 / 粉岭区乡事委员会 (fan² leng⁵ keoi¹ hoeng¹ si⁶ wai² jyun⁴ wui^6-2)

Further reading

• Fanling at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.