Meaning of Mei Foo | Babel Free

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An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

“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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