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Kowloon Tong
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English
Etymology
From en yue 九龍塘.
Proper noun
Kowloon Tong
en residential area district/Kowloon City region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong.
en 2007 Hong Kong 2006 https://archive.org/details/hongkong20060000unse/ Information Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government 978-962-02-0368-8 742571545 332 https://archive.org/details/hongkong20060000unse/page/332/ The department continued to plan and build fire stations and ambulance depots to cope with the city's growing development and service needs and to adhere to the Government's policy of providing the fastest response possible to emergencies. During the year, a new fire station in Kowloon Tong and two ambulance depots in Mong Kok and Kwai Chung were commissioned.
en June 24, 2007 Joyce Hor-Chung Lau Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150605101611/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/world/asia/24hongkong.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific https://archive.is/hHRLc At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.
en January 16, 2018 Venus Wu Joy Leung Hong Kong's Wharf Holdings sets new record for land in prime area Jacqueline Wong w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20180116180626/https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-property/hong-kongs-wharf-holdings-sets-new-record-for-land-in-prime-area-idUSL3N1PB3JQ January 16, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-property/hong-kongs-wharf-holdings-sets-new-record-for-land-in-prime-area-idUSL3N1PB3JQ/ Markets https://archive.ph/UqBG4 The plot, located in the high-end neighbourhood of Kowloon Tong, has a site area of about 11,300 square metres, with a maximum gross floor area of about 40,500 square metres.
en 26 May 2018 Viola Gaskell Kowloon Tong: Hong Kong’s lustful neighbourhood-turned kindergarten hot spot w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/Qa6XA https://hongkongfp.com/2018/05/26/kowloon-tong-hong-kongs-lustful-neighbourhood-turned-kindergarten-hot-spot/ April 18, 2026 HKFP Features On an unusually suburban street in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong neighbourhood sits Romantic Hotel with its once-bright yellow sign.
en October 6, 2019 Shibani Mahtani; Timothy McLaughlin Ignoring a ban on face masks, masked Hong Kongers march in huge numbers w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20191007121559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/ignoring-a-ban-on-face-masks-masked-hong-kongers-march-in-huge-numbers/2019/10/06/ea069c66-e78e-11e9-b0a6-3d03721b85ef_story.html October 7, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/ignoring-a-ban-on-face-masks-masked-hong-kongers-march-in-huge-numbers/2019/10/06/ea069c66-e78e-11e9-b0a6-3d03721b85ef_story.html 0190-8286 2269358 Asia & Pacific https://archive.ph/AyxTF Personnel on the roof of the barracks of the People’s Liberation Army in the Kowloon Tong neighborhood raised a yellow flag warning marchers they were breaking the law and could be prosecuted — the first time protesters have elicited a reaction from the Chinese military.
Synonyms
obsolete en Kau Lung Tong
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 九龍塘
Mandarin: cmn 九龍塘
Polish: pl Koulun Tong m-in
Further reading
Kowloon Tong