Meaning of Sheung Shui | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area and town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“Fan Ling has produced no holder of senior official titles. It makes a remote claim to official status from the achievement of an ancestor in the Song dynasty, whose portrait decorates one of the matsheds set up at the ta-tsiu.³¹ However, in the nineteenth century, it was included among the five great clans of the Sheung Shui area and was accepted into the New Alliance of the Po Tak temple at Sheung Shui market, membership of which implied gentry status.”

“Although a slowing economy and campaigns against extravagant consumption by government officials have hurt most luxury shopping hubs in Hong Kong, business has been booming in the New Territories. This is especially true along the East Rail Line, which links China with Hong Kong and runs through Sheung Shui and the towns of Fanling, Tai Po and Sha Tin, all of which offer walking access to large malls.[…] One major initiative, the Northeast New Territories New Development Areas, involves building more than 60,000 apartments for about 175,000 people by 2022 and merging the towns of Sheung Shui and Fanling into a town of 500,000. It is projected to cost $15.5 billion.”

“Sheung Shui, an area that borders mainland China, has been roiled by several large protests in recent weeks, with calls from local residents to “reclaim” the area from Chinese tourists and merchants. It was not immediately clear whether the raw chicken was the result of a genuine kitchen mistake or linked to the unrest in Sheung Shui.”

“Last summer, pro-democracy protesters harassed Chinese traders in Sheung Shui and smashed storefronts that catered to them in the Hong Kong border town, angry at what they saw as a de facto invasion.”

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