Yaumatei

See also: Yau Ma Tei

English

Proper noun

Yaumatei

1. Alternative form of Yau Ma Tei
   • 1990 January 7, Kenneth Turan, “FAR AND NEAR CORNERS OF THE FAR EAST”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2017‎^[2]:

     Because so much of Hong Kong's commercial life takes place on the street, strolling around the city's older districts puts you as close to the traditional Chinese way as you will want to get. Both the Yaumatei (on the Kowloon side) and Central and Western districts (on the island side) have been graced with Walking Tour maps produced by the Hong Kong Tourist Association, and both are excellent starting points.

   • 1996 November 21, “32 Are Killed in Fire In Hong Kong High-Rise”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 October 2017, World‎^[4]:

     Many of the dead, their bodies badly charred, were found on the top floors of the commercial and residential Garley building on the busy Nathan road, a major shopping thoroughfare in the crowded Yaumatei district on the Kowloon Peninsula.

   • 2007 August 9, James Pomfret, “Hong Kong adjusts slowly to citywide smoking ban”, in Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 09 December 2023, World:

     "There's been no effect on our business," said Wong Sing-fan, the bespectacled boss of the 56-year-old Mido cafe in Yaumatei, as she stood behind her cash register. "I welcome the ban."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yaumatei.