To Kwa Wan

English

Alternative forms

  • To Ka Wan

Etymology

From Cantonese 土瓜灣 (tou2 gwaa1 waan1-4).

Proper noun

To Kwa Wan

  1. An area of Kowloon City district, Hong Kong.
    • 2018 August 14, “Hong Kong MTR must come clean on safety risks to assure To Kwa Wan residents”, in South China Morning Post‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2023, Letters‎[2]:
      To Kwa Wan is an old area with most buildings constructed decades ago. Apart from blocks of flats, the area is criss-crossed by water pipes and gas pipes; the consequence if they were affected would be dire. Four gas pipes in the area have been affected by subsidence. A gas leak could cause an explosion just like four years ago in Taiwan. As a To Kwa Wan resident, I am concerned.
    • 2020, “Appendix 1: Sample Cases”, in Silencing Millions: Unchecked Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights by the Hong Kong Police Force [靴下無聲：香港警察侵犯人權報告]‎[3], Progressive Scholars Group, page 135:
      On 4 December, a group of teenage protesters (aged 14-15) launched a flash protest near Ma Tau Wai Road at To Kwa Wan at around 0715.
    • 2021 May 21, Andrew Russeth, “Expansive Thinking Sustains Hong Kong’s Independent Galleries”, in The New York Times‎[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2021‎[5]:
      The veteran 1a Space, in a former slaughterhouse in the To Kwa Wan area, organizes shows, residencies and a mentorship program for art critics, and is starting a performance festival.
    • 2022 February 11, Keith Richburg, “From a local and an expat, two stories of Hong Kong — and similar worries”, in The Washington Post‎[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feburary 2022, Outlook‎[7]:
      She inhabited an entirely different world than the one known to expats, starting out cloistered in a working-class area called To Kwa Wan on the Kowloon side of the harbor, where, she recalls, “I don’t recall ever running into a single white person.”
    • 2024 August 9, James Lee, “Hong Kong redevelopment body announces HK$1 billion To Kwa Wan redevelopment project”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 August 2024, Hong Kong:
      Hong Kong’s urban renewal body has announced plans for a HK$1 billion redevelopment in To Kwa Wan affecting 180 households and 20 stores.

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