Meaning of Yau Tong | Babel Free

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An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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“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.”

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