Kwun Tong

English ,+ District Alternative forms en Kwuntong Etymology From en yue 官塘 or an earlier equivalent. Proper noun 1 en area district/Kwun Tong region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong. en district sar/Hong Kong. en 9 February 1987 9 February 1987 Lulu Yu PRC, Local Group Plan Further Investment Daily Report: China 026 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435021558176&seq=657 Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, p 1 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service 0892-015X 7522935 China Hong Kong & Macao W 3 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435021558176&seq=738 Mr Li's business interests already extend into the strategic Kwun Tong area after he joined Kumagai Gumi, the main Japanese contractor for the second harbour tunnel, and his present partner CITIC, in developing a multi-billion dollar housing complex in Lam Tin. en June 1, 2016 Clare Baldwin; Nathan Layne; Tris Pan Insight - Trail in Ecuador cyberheist leads to gamers’ crash pad in Hong Kong David Greising; Kevin Krolicki w:Reuters https://archive.ph/qWGG4 https://www.reuters.com/article/world/insight-trail-in-ecuador-cyberheist-leads-to-gamers-crash-pad-in-hong-kong-idUSKCN0YN4BE/ 23 February 2025 World The paper trail left behind by $2 million (1.38 million pounds) stolen from a hacked Ecuadorian bank runs cold in a windowless gamers’ crash pad in a gritty industrial area of Hong Kong.The room, in a former factory in the Kwun Tong district, is the registered address for Jiushun Group Co., Ltd., the firm that received the largest single transfer of the $12 million reported missing from Ecuador's Banco del Austro (BDA) in January 2015. en 08/23/2019 Hong Kong protesters form a 'Baltic chain' across the city w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20190823162959/https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-protesters-form-a-baltic-chain-across-the-city/a-50134038 https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-protesters-form-a-baltic-chain-across-the-city/a-50134038 August 23, 2019 Politics Protesters are expected to return to Hong Kong international airport on Saturday, despite a court ban. Later in the day, protesters are due to march through the city's eastern district of Kwun Tong. en August 24, 2019 Raymond Zhong; Steven Lee Myers Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Protests Turn Violent w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20251104201617/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/world/asia/hong-kong-protests.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific The clashes in the district of Kwun Tong, in eastern Kowloon, were a marked departure from the peaceful, if sometimes tense, gatherings that had taken place over much of the last two weeks. 4 November 2025 en 26 APRIL 2021 Candice Chau Water margins: Hong Kong music fountain with a HK$50 million price tag opens to underwhelmed public https://archive.ph/vENjw 15 September 2023 https://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/26/water-margins-hong-kong-music-fountain-with-a-hk50-million-price-tag-opens-to-underwhelmed-public/ w:Hong Kong Free Press The construction of the fountain in the city’s Kwun Tong district went ahead despite the district council passing a motion to halt the project last year. en December 7, 2023 KANIS LEUNG Hong Kong’s new election law thins the candidate pool, giving voters little option in Sunday’s polls w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20231208024715/https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-district-council-election-546a33a54ca9a5317e3bd7fa5f17a54b December 08, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-district-council-election-546a33a54ca9a5317e3bd7fa5f17a54b World News During her 38-year tenure, Winnie Poon made history as the first popularly elected female council member in Kwun Tong district and witnessed the councils become more democratic. Translations area in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 觀塘, yue 官塘 Mandarin: cmn 觀塘, cmn 官塘 Polish: pl Kwun Tong m-in district of Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 觀塘區 gun1 tong4 keoi1 Polish: pl Kwun Tong m-in Further reading Kwun Tong, Kwuntong