Meaning of Shau Kei Wan | Babel Free

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An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.

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“Lee Lan can see the lights from as far away as her home at Shau Kei Wan, and she never ceases to marvel at them.”

“To reach Rennie’s Mill on her first visit there, Sister Annie boarded one of the green double-deck trams which run along the Hong Kong Island waterfront, and rode to the fishing village of Shau Kei Wan, near the eastern entrance of Hong Kong Harbor.”

“After the final whistle, the best way to explore the sights and sounds of Hong Kong is to hop on the ‘Ding Ding’ tram which runs from Kennedy Town in the island’s west to Shau Kei Wan in the east.”

“Sampans and punts crowded the tight harbors of places like Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island, and these fisherfolk cooked up the day’s catch for their customers on the most minimal of stoves.”

“In his boatyard on Hong Kong Island, in the eastern district of Shau Kei Wan, he points to photographs of wooden ships of all kinds that he has built since being apprenticed to an uncle at the age of 13: simple “walla-walla” motorboats and corporate junks that carry some design elements of the traditional junk but without sails. Beyond the wood shavings, the harbor glitters in the sun. Fishing boats draw up outside to deliver their catch to the next-door Shau Kei Wan wholesale fish market.”

“Ho made an appearance in the Shau Kei Wan neighborhood but residents shouted at him and told him to leave, RTHK said.”

“The report lists three locations in the territory — Sai Kung Town, Aberdeen and Shau Kei Wan — where Hong Kongers are picked up by boats and taken to the Taiwan Strait, where they board another boat and are dropped off either in Hsinchu or Chiayi county, or Taichung, Tainan or Kaohsiung.”

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