Meaning of Tsing Yi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An island of Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A town in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
3. A village of Tsing Yi Rural Committee, Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
4. A rural committee in Tsing Yi district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“For many years, Tsing Yi Island was relatively unimportant in terms of both population and economic activities. Up to the early 1960s, it was virtually deserted; it is separated from the Kowloon peninsula by the Rambler Channel. The population of Tsing Yi consisted principally of fishermen and farmers, who lived in a few villages along the northern coast of the island.”

“The police have not caught the arsonists who burned the ship off Tsing Yi Island on Jan. 9, 1972. The fire was officially attributed to sabotage.”

“A coach carrying Cathay Pacific employees to Hong Kong’s airport collided with a stationary taxi on Tsing Sha Highway in Tsing Yi island at around 4.54am, crushing both vehicles.”

“The back half of the taxi was completely crushed and both sides of the bus were damaged with traces of blood on the outside following the crash on the island of Tsing Yi.”

“Tsing Ma Bridge (Figure 63.31), a highway-railway bipurpose suspension bridge on the freeway between the new airport and the urban district, connecting the Tsing Yi Island and Mawan Island in Hong Kong, is the world's longest of its kind.”

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