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Ngau Chi Wan
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English
Alternative forms
en Ngauchiwan Ngau Shi Wan Ngaushiwan
Etymology
From en yue 牛池灣.
Proper noun
1
en area district/Wong Tai Sin region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong.
en 2008 Residental Matt Davies P & T Group: 140 Years of Architecture in Asia The Master Architect Series https://archive.org/details/ptgroup140yearso0000unse/ The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd 9781864701586 271288844 121 https://archive.org/details/ptgroup140yearso0000unse/page/121/ Arising from a limited design competition, this winning scheme for residential accommodation at Ngau Chi Wan is located on a narrow strip of sloping land in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
en 2017 w:Scott Tong Lost and Found: Grandmother's Voice on Cassette A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World https://archive.org/details/villagewithmynam0000tong/ w:University of Chicago Press 978-0-226-33886-6 2017017823 975855859 107 https://archive.org/details/villagewithmynam0000tong/page/107/ With hindsight, the decision of Mildred and then her children to escape to Hong Kong was a no-brainer.They settled in a sordid shantytown known as Ngau Chi Wan, alongside thousands of other mainlanders.
en 07 November 2017 Christopher DeWolf The stories behind Hong Kong districts: Ngau Chi Wan and Choi Hung – from lively rural village to the first low-cost housing estate https://web.archive.org/web/20171110201723/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2118317/stories-behind-hong-kong-districts-ngau-chi-wan-and-choi 10 November 2017 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2118317/stories-behind-hong-kong-districts-ngau-chi-wan-and-choi w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Travel & Leisure https://archive.ph/5a1N3 It’s late afternoon in Bo Fuk, a neighbourhood cha chaan teng in the East Kowloon village of Ngau Chi Wan, and a crowd of regulars has assembled for tea. “We’ve been coming here for about 10 years,” says a man sitting with his son. Why? He laughs. “It’s cheap!”
en 14 February 2022 Hillary Leung ‘It’s a mess’: Covid-19 cases at dozens of Hong Kong care homes as elderly quarantine facilities overwhelmed w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.li/FKZeZ 10 March 2022 https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/14/its-a-mess-covid-19-cases-at-at-dozens-of-hong-kong-care-homes-as-elderly-quarantine-facilities-overwhelmed/ Hong Kong At the Wan Luen Home for Elderly (Yen Chow Street) in Sham Shui Po – where at least four residents were earlier infected – employees who tested positive using rapid antigen tests waited for up to six days to be sent to a hospital, HK01 reported.Residents at Choi Wan Elderly Home in Ngau Chi Wan also experienced similar delays.
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 牛池灣
Further reading
Ngau Chi Wan, Ngau Shi Wan