Kwun Tong
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Cantonese 官塘 (gun1 tong4) or an earlier equivalent.
Proper noun[edit]
Kwun Tong
- An area in Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- A district of Hong Kong.
- 2019 August 24, Raymond Zhong, Steven Lee Myers, “Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Protests Turn Violent”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-24, Asia Pacific[2]:
- The clashes in the district of Kwun Tong, in eastern Kowloon, were a marked departure from the peaceful, if sometimes tense, gatherings that had taken place over much of the last two weeks.
- 2021 April 26, Candice Chau, “Water margins: Hong Kong music fountain with a HK$50 million price tag opens to underwhelmed public”, in Hong Kong Free Press[3], archived from the original on 15 September 2023:
- The construction of the fountain in the city’s Kwun Tong district went ahead despite the district council passing a motion to halt the project last year.
- 2023 December 7, KANIS LEUNG, “Hong Kong’s new election law thins the candidate pool, giving voters little option in Sunday’s polls”, in AP News[4], archived from the original on December 08, 2023, World News[5]:
- During her 38-year tenure, Winnie Poon made history as the first popularly elected female council member in Kwun Tong district and witnessed the councils become more democratic.