Meaning of Chai Wan | Babel Free

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An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.

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“The grassroots scene is also expanding rapidly. While soaring rents have pushed many galleries to the Chai Wan and Aberdeen districts, you can see the burgeoning local scene on Hollywood Road in Central and in the trendy "PoHo" area in nearby Sheung Wan, where independent galleries are cropping up.”

““Score,” Mr. McNamara’s first work since “Meem” was honored at Performa 13 in New York, will not be shown at the convention center where the fair is being held or at a conventional gallery or studio. Instead, Mr. McNamara will work with local and New York dancers in a parking garage in Chai Wan, an industrial area on the city’s eastern edge. Chai Wan is where artists, photographers and designers have turned warehouses into studios and, although it is against zoning regulations, into loft homes as well. Katie de Tilly, an organizer of the events in Chai Wan, said neighborhood was so undeveloped that the parking garage would be cleared out for Mr. McNamara.”

“An 80-year-old man died at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan on Friday after contracting the novel coronavirus, pushing the death toll in Hong Kong to four.”

“In Chai Wan, Hong Kong, under the heavy rain of 150 mm in one hour, the streets have turned into raging rivers!”

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