Tin Shui Wai
English
Etymology
From Cantonese 天水圍 / 天水围 (tin1 seoi2 wai4).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tin Shui Wai
- An area and town in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2011 December 21, Joy Leung, Twinnie Siu, Alex Frew McMillan, “Hong Kong to build on land sales after meeting target”, in Chris Lewis, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 07 January 2024, Markets:
- The sole commercial site is in the town of Tin Shui Wai, in the northwestern New Territories, where the government hopes to boost the economy. The suburban high-rise town has been dubbed the "City of Tears" in local media because of its high rate of social problems.
- 2012, Ko-Ling Chan, “Intimate Partner Violence in Hong Kong”, in Ko-Ling Chan, editor, Preventing Family Violence: A Multidisciplinary Approach[2], Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:
- Tin Shui Wai, also known as the “City of Sorrows”, is an area which gathers new immigrants from mainland China, low-income individuals, unemployed families living on welfare, and families living and coping with high stress.
- 2019 September 27, Max Fisher, “‘One Country, Two Nationalisms’: The Crisis Behind Hong Kong’s Turmoil”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 September 2019, Asia Pacific[4]:
- These changes are strikingly visible in Tin Shui Wai, a suburb of high-rise housing a stone’s throw from the border with mainland China.
- 2024 April 10, James Lee, “Firefighters battle blaze at Hong Kong construction site for more than 24 hours”, in Hong Kong Free Press[5], archived from the original on 06 October 2024, Hong Kong:
- A fire that broke out on Tuesday at a Tin Shui Wai construction site has raged on for more than 24 hours, as firefighters continued battling the blaze on Wednesday evening.