Tseung Kwan O
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 將軍澳 (zoeng1 gwan1 ou3).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Tseung Kwan O
- An area and town in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-15, Sinosphere[2]:
- Next Media said two entryways to its headquarters in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O neighborhood were hit with firebombs around 1 a.m. Monday. At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr. Lai’s home in the Ho Man Tin neighborhood and threw a firebomb at the sidewalk outside the gate. Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.
- 2019 August 5, “Hong Kong leader warns city in a 'very dangerous situation'”, in Deutsche Welle[3], archived from the original on 05 August 2019, News[4]:
- On Sunday, thousands of demonstrators had dressed in black and marched peacefully in the town of Tseung Kwan O.
- 2019 November 7, Austin Ramzy, Ezra Cheung, Elaine Yu, “Hong Kong Student Dies From Fall After Police Clash With Protesters”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-08, Asia Pacific[6]:
- Suzette Foo, a senior superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, said earlier this week that police officers had fired 44 rounds of tear gas, 11 rubber bullets, three beanbag rounds and one sponge grenade during operations in the Tseung Kwan O district near where Mr. Chow fell.
- 2023 March 26, Jessie Pang, Xie Yu, James Pomfret, “Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years”, in Reuters[7], archived from the original on 2023-03-26, Asia Pacific[8]:
- Participants chanted slogans against the reclamation project as they marched in the rain with banners in the eastern district of Tseung Kwan O, where the project is slated to be built.
- 2023 March 27, Theodora Yu, “Hong Kong sees first protest in three years — under strict controls”, in The Washington Post[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 27, 2023[10]:
- At Sunday’s rally, local environmentalists and residents in the Tseung Kwan O neighborhood in the New Territories demonstrated against the construction of six facilities that they say could be intrusive and bring nuisance to the community. They held signs that read, “No to constructing a cement factory and refuse collection point!”
- A bay in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 1899, Commander de Horsey, R.N., Report on the Harbours in Mirs Bay:
- 9. Port Shelter. Good anchorage for any size of ships. Chiefly useful as being deep close to shore, and divided from Tseung Kwan O by a small neck of land ¼ miles wide.
Synonyms
[edit]- (bay in Hong Kong): Junk Bay