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Causeway Bay
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English
Etymology
Named after Causeway Road, which was originally built as a causeway.
Proper noun
Causeway Bay
en area district/Wan Chai sar/Hong Kong.
en APRIL 16, 2008 Joyce Hor-Chung Lau What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1 w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230419185613/https://archive.nytimes.com/intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/what-in-gods-name-is-that-hong-kong-street-food-part-1/ 0362-4331 1645522 In Transit https://archive.is/lpxsT But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.
en SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Aric Chen A Hong Kong Neighborhood That’s a Lot Like Brooklyn w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230419175833/https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/feeling-for-a-hong-kong-neighborhood-thats-a-lot-like-brooklyn/ 0362-4331 1645522 Food, Travel https://archive.is/qfv8q For a long time, Hong Kong’s frenetic night life scene has centered on fancy hotel bars and glitzy clubs swarmed with corporate bankers. Tai Hang — a quickly gentrifying area southeast of the city’s shiny Causeway Bay district — is now offering more laid-back options.
en August 11, 2019 Mike Ives Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190811084003/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/asia/hong-kong-protest.html 0362-4331 1645522 https://archive.is/HZUS4 The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police rejected their application for a permit.
en May 24, 2020 Hong Kong: Tear gas fired as thousands protest new security law w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20200525022930/https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-tear-gas-fired-as-thousands-protest-new-security-law/a-53549423 https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-tear-gas-fired-as-thousands-protest-new-security-law/a-53549423 May 25, 2020 Politics https://archive.ph/Y0hXH Black-clad protesters were seen chanting pro-democracy slogans in the city's busy shopping districts of Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, demanding "Liberate Hong Kong,'' "Stand with Hong Kong" and "Revolution of our times."
en 4 June 2022 In Pictures: High security and mini acts of defiance as Hong Kong seeks to thwart Tiananmen crackdown commemorations https://archive.ph/VhFRL 4 June 2022 https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/04/in-pictures-high-security-and-mini-acts-of-defiance-as-hong-kong-seeks-to-thwart-tiananmen-crackdown-commemorations/ w:Hong Kong Free Press On Friday, police cordoned off parts of the park in Causeway Bay, which for some 30 years was the site of annual candlelight vigils to remember those who died during the 1989 crackdown.
en June 3, 2024 Kanis Leung Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20240603160818/https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-tiananmen-anniversary-eve-detain-83e769398c009cb7ec1caeed13eba121 https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-tiananmen-anniversary-eve-detain-83e769398c009cb7ec1caeed13eba121 June 03, 2024 World News https://archive.ph/CVB5L Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street of Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping district, close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil to mourn the victims of the 1989 crackdown.
en bay island/Hong Kong Island in area/Causeway Bay and area/Tai Hang district/Wan Chai sar/Hong Kong, now reclaimed.
Synonyms
area in Hong Kong initialism en CWB
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 銅鑼灣 tung4 lo4 waan1
Mandarin: cmn 銅鑼灣
Wu: wuu 銅鑼灣 don-lu-ue
Japanese: ja 銅鑼灣 dorawan