Kwai Tsing

English

Etymology

From Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, the two constituent areas of the district.

Proper noun

Kwai Tsing

  1. A district of Hong Kong.
    • 1998, William F. Barron, Robert D. Perlack, John J. Boland, “Applications of Environmental Economics: Illustrative Examples”, in Fundamentals of Economics for Environmental Managers‎[1], Westport, Conn., London: Quorum Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:
      As one of Hong Kong's most industrialized areas, Kwai Tsing was seriously affected by the air quality intervention (the mid-1990 ban on high sulfur fuel), both in terms of the costs to locally based industrial plants and the local benefits from improved air quality for the people resident there.
    • 2015 August 20, Kris Cheng, “Kwai Tsing District Council accused of spending $630k on fake Facebook likes”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎[2], archived from the original on 16 September 2023:
      Kwai Tsing District Council has been accused of spending HK$630,000 on fake “likes” on a Facebook page.
      A document published by the District Council showed that the money was spent on a Facebook page for Kwai Tsing’s community programme.
    • 2023 May 6, Jeffie Lam, “Hong Kong murder suspect in bludgeoning of 63-year-old woman committed suicide after fleeing to Japan”, in South China Morning Post‎[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2023, Law and Crime‎[4]:
      The suspect fled to Japan following the death of a 63-year-old woman on March 14, when she was bludgeoned to death with a crowbar after finding a man she knew trying to steal valuables from her home at Kwai Fong Terrace in the city’s Kwai Tsing district.

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