Ngau Tau Kok

English Alternative forms en Ngautaukok Etymology From en yue 牛頭角. Proper noun 1 en area district/Kwun Tong region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong. en 1983 James Hayes Itinerant Weavers and the Cultivation of Hemp and Indigo The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes https://archive.org/details/ruralcommunities0000haye/ Hong Kong w:Oxford University Press 0195815041 11382940 189-190 https://archive.org/details/ruralcommunities0000haye/page/189/ An old Hakka woman, who was married into the Hakka stone-cutters’ settlement of Ngau Tau Kok in East Kowloon at the age of 9 in 1897, recalls that her sister-in-law bought hemp in Kowloon City market and brought it home to weave, took it back to Kowloon Street to be dyed and later brought it back to the village to make into clothes for the family. Making bedclothes and mosquito nets was also mentioned. Most items were dyed black in colour. Her husband’s family were Hakkas from near Taàm-shui and they had then been in Ngau Tau Kok for three generations. en February 27, 1995 Edward A. Gargan Pirate's Bazaar Thrives in Hong Kong w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150526145327/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/27/business/pirate-s-bazaar-thrives-in-hong-kong.html 0362-4331 1645522 Business Day 1 https://archive.is/9CWsv Deep in the working-class housing district of Ngau Tau Kok, Mr. Tong and his three officers were exasperated. They had visited 10 likely sites for sellers of pirated music CD's but had come up empty-handed. en 24 June 2016 Christy Leung; Emily Tsang; Phila Siu Killer Ngau Tau Kok fire tamed after 80 hours https://web.archive.org/web/20160626202440/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1980863/killer-fire-tamed-after-80-hours 26 June 2016 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1980863/killer-fire-tamed-after-80-hours w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Law and Crime https://archive.ph/qY4OW The inferno at the Amoycan Industrial Centre in Ngau Tau Kok was brought under control at 7.38pm, more than 80 hours after it broke out on Tuesday, ­killing two firefighters over two days. en 15 July 2024 James Lee Hong Kong ‘light public housing’ scheme receives 9,600 applications for 4,400 flats w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/AkZoX https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/15/hong-kong-light-public-housing-scheme-receives-9600-applications-for-4400-flats/ July 15, 2024 Hong Kong The first phase of LPH scheme includes projects on Yau Pok Road in Yuen Long and Choi Hing Road in Ngau Tau Kok, with units available from the first quarter of 2025. Translations area in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 牛頭角 Further reading Ngau Tau Kok, Ngautaukok