Meaning of Yuen Long | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area and town in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A district of Hong Kong.

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“On Sunday in Yuen Long, a part of the city near the overland border with China, a pro-Beijing group of a few hundred men dressed in white shirts entered the subway station and pummeled people with sticks and bats, targeting anti-government protesters returning from the march as well as journalists.”

“More than 100 men, wearing white T-shirts and wielding sticks and clubs, stormed the station in Yuen Long, on Hong Kong’s northwestern outskirts, and assaulted people, including passengers on a subway car.”

“Each district is divided in turn into rural township units, which usually include from ten to thirty villages. In Yuen Long District, these smaller administrative units are called hsiang.”

“The wetland park is situated on the northern tip of Tin Shui Wan^([sic – meaning Tin Shui Wai]) in the Yuen Long District near the Chinese border.”

“In the northern district of Yuen Long, a police officer opened fire when he was surrounded in his car and attacked by locals. A petrol bomb exploded at the officer's feet. "A large group of rioters attacked a plainclothes police officer in Yuen Long district. The police officer fell onto the ground and was beaten up by the group. Facing serious threat to his life, he fired one shot in self-defense," police said in a statement.”

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