Meaning of Tseung Kwan O | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area and town in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A bay in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“Separately, a recently completed consultancy study has recommended the provision of 22 ha of land in the southeastern part of Hong Kong at Tseung Kwan O for deep waterfront industries, high value-added chemical processing, and manufacturing of bulk chemical storage facilities.”

“Next Media said two entryways to its headquarters in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O neighborhood were hit with firebombs around 1 a.m. Monday. At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr. Lai’s home in the Ho Man Tin neighborhood and threw a firebomb at the sidewalk outside the gate. Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.”

“On Sunday, thousands of demonstrators had dressed in black and marched peacefully in the town of Tseung Kwan O.”

“Suzette Foo, a senior superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, said earlier this week that police officers had fired 44 rounds of tear gas, 11 rubber bullets, three beanbag rounds and one sponge grenade during operations in the Tseung Kwan O district near where Mr. Chow fell.”

“Participants chanted slogans against the reclamation project as they marched in the rain with banners in the eastern district of Tseung Kwan O, where the project is slated to be built.”

“At Sunday’s rally, local environmentalists and residents in the Tseung Kwan O neighborhood in the New Territories demonstrated against the construction of six facilities that they say could be intrusive and bring nuisance to the community. They held signs that read, “No to constructing a cement factory and refuse collection point!””

“9. Port Shelter. Good anchorage for any size of ships. Chiefly useful as being deep close to shore, and divided from Tseung Kwan O by a small neck of land ¼ miles wide.”

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