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Sham Shui Po
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English
,+ District
Alternative forms
en Shamshuipo
Etymology
From en yue 深水埗 sam1 seoi2 bou6-2.en 1955 Chan Yeung Kwong Everybody's Cantonese Fourth https://archive.org/details/everybodyscanton00chan/ Kowloon Chung Yuen Printing Press 4100478 235 https://archive.org/details/everybodyscanton00chan/page/235/ Kowloon DistrictsShumshuipo zh 深水埗 Sham shúi pó
Proper noun
1
en area district/Sham Shui Po region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong.
en 1900 J. Dyer Ball Railways Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China https://archive.org/details/thingschinesebei00ball_0/ 3rd London w:Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1874601003 51335519 506 https://archive.org/details/thingschinesebei00ball_0/page/506/ Another proposal some years ago was for a line to be constructed from Canton to Sham-shui-po near the Cosmopolitan Docks in British territory, on the mainland opposite Hongkong. on
August 11, 2019 Mike Ives Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence https://web.archive.org/web/20190811084003/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/asia/hong-kong-protest.html 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 August 18, 2021 Lee Cobaj Best things to do in Hong Kong w:The Times https://web.archive.org/web/20211025161336/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/china/hong-kong/best-things-to-do-in-hong-kong 0140-0460 181820531 Sham Shui Po might be one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods but it has a rich immigrant history and a glut of fantastic street-food joints.
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/ 18 February 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-working-class-district-reels-covid-runs-rampant-2022-02-18/ Asia Pacific Once largely insulated from the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong is facing a citywide outbreak, with businesses buckling and some losing patience with the government's "zero COVID" policies.In the cluster of working-class districts in nearby Sham Shui Po, some residential blocks and public housing estates have been sealed off, crowds in malls and street markets have thinned, and once teeming diners known as dai pai dongs and stalls selling knick-knacks are quieter after dark.
en 07/01/2022 John Lee: the former Hong Kong cop Beijing trusts is sworn in w:France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20220701060758/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220701-john-lee-the-former-hong-kong-cop-beijing-trusts-is-sworn-in Hong Kong (AFP) https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220701-john-lee-the-former-hong-kong-cop-beijing-trusts-is-sworn-in July 01, 2022 Lee, a Catholic, grew up poor in Sham Shui Po -- one of wealthy Hong Kong's working-class districts -- but made his way to an elite boys' school run by Jesuits.
September 12, 2022 Theodora Yu; Louise Delmotte Climate change in Hong Kong worsens housing crisis for city’s poor https://web.archive.org/web/20220912133335/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/12/hong-kong-heat-roof-huts-climate/ World On Au’s rooftop in the gentrifying neighborhood of Sham Shui Po, the metal hut traps heat inside the 300-square-foot space.
en October 13, 2023 Louise Delmotte AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong’s hottest summer fell hardest on most vulnerable w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20231013234719/https://apnews.com/article/heat-hong-kong-climate-change-174178fb26a0ee4ad592e34ee3c9d333 https://apnews.com/article/heat-hong-kong-climate-change-174178fb26a0ee4ad592e34ee3c9d333 October 13, 2023 Climate A person takes a rest on a hill in Sham Shui Po district, with public housing in the background, during the summer heat in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
en district sar/Hong Kong.
Synonyms
area in Hong Kong initialism en SSP
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 深水埗
Polish: pl Sham Shui Po n
district of Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 深水埗區 sam1 seoi2 bou6-2 keoi1
Polish: pl Sham Shui Po n
References
Further reading
Sham Shui Po, Shamshuipo