Kai Tak

English

Etymology

Ultimately named after Kai Ho and Au Tak, the two original developers of the area.

Proper noun

Kai Tak

1. An area in Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 1990 January 7, “TRAVEL ADVISORY”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-25, Travel‎^[2]:

     The present airport, at Kai Tak, in Kowloon, which has one runway, will be closed when the new one opens.

   • 2023 February 10, Clare Jim, “Hong Kong's Lee faces stern test over $3.4 bln bid to ease housing shortage”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on February 10, 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     Some residents of Kai Tak said they would consider organising protests, which would pose a significant headache for the government, and seeking a judicial review. They said the scheme ran contrary to plans to build a second central business district (CBD) in the area and could affect home prices.
     "This is a matter of confidence in the government (planning)," said Cheung King-fan, a district councillor of Kai Tak area.

   • 2023 February 22, Shuli Ren, “Hong Kong’s Penthouses Face China’s ‘Common Prosperity’”, in The Washington Post‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 August 2023, Business‎^[6]:

     Members of the media gather at a land plot for light public housing in the Kai Tak area of Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Hong Kong plans to spend about HK$26 billion ($3.3 billion) on temporary apartments to help reduce the wait times for public housing in one of the world’s most expensive real estate markets.

2. A former airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 啟德／启德 (kai² dak¹)

Further reading

• Kai Tak at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.