Meaning of Yau Tong | Babel Free
/ˈjaʊ ˈtɔŋ/Definitions
An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Examples
“When angry construction workers seeking unpaid wages stormed a site office in Yau Tong in July 2002, their violent clash with the police set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of power.”
““When people see my work, they can respond because they can really feel it,” she said on a recent evening in Yau Tong, an industrial area in eastern Kowloon. “They feel that they’ve been understood.””
“On Wednesday night, police intervened when note posters scuffled with men trying to remove them in Yau Tong, a working class neighborhood on the eastern side of Kowloon, across the harbor from Hong Kong island.”
“Hong Kong saw one of its first protests since Covid-19 restrictions were eased, as a group of environmental activists protested against the illegal operation of a concrete plant in Yau Tong on Saturday.”
“Hong Kong police have arrested a man and seized more than HK$12 million (US$1.53 million) worth of drugs from two industrial building units in Yau Tong suspected to be the manufacturing base for a drug syndicate.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.