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Sau Ki Wan
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English
Etymology
From en yue 筲箕灣.
Proper noun
1
en Shau Kei Wan.
en 1957 Stanley Woodburn Kirby The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore 130 Along the waterfront hung a pall of smoke from the burning oil tanks and paint factory, and the great heat from the fire at Sau Ki Wan rubber works threatened to disorganize the nearby defences.
en 2016-09-14 Oliver Lindsay The Battle For Hong Kong 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune The History Press 9780750980548 After Colonel Tanaka's 229 Regiment had landed at Sau Ki Wan and infiltrated through the Rajputs, it had come up against C Company of the Royal Rifles commanded by Major W A Bishop. The enemy greatly outnumbered the Canadians.
en 2017-08-05 Merriam Press World War 2 In Review No. 11 Lulu Press, Inc 9781387146635 Japanese soldiers committed a number of atrocities on 19 December, when the aid post at the Silesian Mission near Sau Ki Wan was overrun. A total of 1,528 soldiers, mainly Commonwealth, are buried there.