Mei Foo

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 美孚 (mei5 fu1). The area was previously a petroleum storage facility owned by English Mobil, who used this name for their business in the region and thus originated the placename.

Proper noun

Mei Foo

  1. An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • 2003, Harry B. Ambacher, “New Strategies for a New Decade”, in Under the Shadow of the Dragon: The Growth of God's Church in Hong Kong‎[1], ABWE Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:
      Bob and Margaret had arrived on the mission field one year before us, in 1964. Like all new missionaries, they spent their first term learning Cantonese and helping in existing churches. Then, in 1971, they learned that Mobil Oil Corporation was building a large private housing development called Mei Foo, or "Beautiful and Prosperous New Village," on the waterfront west of Kowloon. The new city would be mammoth, with a planned population of 80,000. I had found a way to start relationships in Kwun Tong by entering David College as an English teacher; Bob and Margaret took the idea of education a step further and opened their own kindergarten on the second floor of one of the buildings in Mei Foo.
    • 2007 June 21, “Voices: Thoughts on Hong Kong”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 September 2023, Asia Pacific‎[3]:
      Do you think that in France, the property developers who want to sell a new luxury development in St. Tropez are going to show images of Mei Foo Sun Chun?
    • 2011 April 5, Joyce Ng, “Court ruling offers hope to Mei Foo residents”, in South China Morning Post‎[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 December 2024:
      A recent judgment in a long-running dispute over plans to develop a site in North Point may offer hope to Mei Foo residents fighting a proposed high-rise building near their homes.
    • 2020 March 1, Shibani Mahtani, “Coronavirus is fueling new protests in Hong Kong. Authorities aim to arrest their way out.”, in The Washington Post‎[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 March 2020‎[6]:
      Residents of a housing estate in Mei Foo, Hong Kong, protest Feb. 2 against government plans to turn a nearby hotel into a coronavirus quarantine facility.

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