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Cheung Sha Wan
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English
Etymology
From en yue 長沙灣.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
1
en area district/Sham Shui Po region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong.
en July 22, 2019 Alexandra Stevenson; Jin Wu Tiny Apartments and Punishing Work Hours: The Economic Roots of Hong Kong’s Protests w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190722091318/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/22/world/asia/hong-kong-housing-inequality.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific https://archive.is/Pn0kz A government-run affordable-housing development in Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan district. Critics of the city’s government say officials want to avoid building more.
en February 18, 2022 James Pomfret Joyce Zhou Hong Kong working-class district reels as COVID runs rampant Anne Marie Roantree; Karishma Singh w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20220218061156/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-working-class-district-reels-covid-runs-rampant-2022-02-18/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-working-class-district-reels-covid-runs-rampant-2022-02-18/ February 18, 2022 Asia Pacific https://archive.ph/yb8gN Lam was one of dozens of patients lying in the parking lot of Caritas on Thursday, after there was no more room inside the hospital that serves 400,000 people in the working-class district of Cheung Sha Wan on the Kowloon peninsula. Temperatures dipped to 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) amid some rain.
en February 22, 2023 Shuli Ren Hong Kong’s Penthouses Face China’s ‘Common Prosperity’ w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20230816085708/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/hong-kongs-penthouses-face-chinas-common-prosperity/2023/02/22/6c7c5a18-b2ee-11ed-94a0-512954d75716_story.html 16 August 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/hong-kongs-penthouses-face-chinas-common-prosperity/2023/02/22/6c7c5a18-b2ee-11ed-94a0-512954d75716_story.html 0190-8286 2269358 Business https://archive.is/cVhmE After all, Hong Kong’s builders have already started resorting to price cuts to boost their sales. Earlier this month, CK Asset Holdings Ltd. slashed its offerings by as much as 18% at Seaside Sonata in Cheung Sha Wan.
en 20 May 2025 James Lee Hong Kong gov’t rejects NGO’s plan to open homeless shelter in Cheung Sha Wan following public opposition w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/Ol8Xi https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/20/hong-kong-govt-rejects-ngos-plan-to-open-homeless-shelter-in-cheung-sha-wan-following-public-opposition/ 21 May 2025 Hong Kong Hong Kong authorities have rejected an NGO’s application to open a homeless shelter in Cheung Sha Wan, just days after opposition from lawmakers, district councillors, and residents.
Related terms
en Cheung Sha
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 長沙灣
Mandarin: cmn 長沙灣