Tai Tam

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Etymology

From Cantonese 大潭 (daai6 taam4).

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Tai Tam

  1. An area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • 2015 February 8, Hazel Parry, “ID tag found in Tai Tam sparks search for family of wartime British sailor”, in South China Morning Post‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 August 2015, Hong Kong‎[2]:
      Local historians have launched a search for the family of a British sailor who fought to defend Hong Kong from the Japanese during the second world war, after his Royal Navy ID tag was found on a mountainside in Tai Tam.
    • 2016 June 9, “Former official and wealthy businessmen ‘squatting’ gov’t land in prized Tai Tam area”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎[3], archived from the original on 12 October 2024, Hong Kong:
      While Suen’s Facebook profile indicates that he emigrated to Vancouver with his wife years ago, a post dated April 17, 2016 expressed “a minor regret that we cannot stay in Tai Tam” during a short April visit back to Hong Kong.
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Living the Hong Kong Dream”, in The New York Times‎[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2019, Paid Post‎[5]:
      “BECAUSE HONG KONG IS INCREDIBLY SAFE and has so much to offer in terms of everything from sports to culture, children start doing very sophisticated things from a young age,” says Chipman, who lives in the Southern district of Tai Tam and sent his children to the Hong Kong International School. “Education is very seriously emphasized and valued in Hong Kong.”
  2. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Tai Tam, Southern district, Hong Kong.

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