Yau Tsim Mong
English
editYAU TSIM MONG
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Etymology
editc. 1990s, merger of two districts, Yau Tsim district and Mong Kok district. Ultimately from the first syllables of the three major areas in the district: Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- A district of Hong Kong.
- 2002, Shiu-hing Lo, Wing-yat Yu, Kwok-fai Wan, “The 1999 District Councils Elections”, in Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So, editors, Crisis and Transformation in China's Hong Kong[1], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 141:
- The decline of the DP’s success rate was attributable to a number of factors, including (1) the shift of some DP incumbents to competition in other geographical constituencies, (2) the mutual distrust between some DP candidates and the local residents, and (3) the strong performance of the opponents of the DP candidates, especially the DAB candidates.³ Examples showing the failure of DP incumbents changing their constituencies included Ng Wing-fai in Yau Tsim Mong district and Ho Suk-ping in the Shatin district.⁴
- 2014 October 7, Steven Marrocco, “UFC remains steadfast in Cung Le's test result, but lab failed to meet WADA criteria”, in USA Today[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-12[3]:
- A company in Hong Kong’s southern Yau Tsim Mong District is at the forefront of Cung Le’s dispute with the UFC over drug testing.
The Hong Kong Functional Medical Testing Center (HKFMTC) resides in Hong Kong’s southern Yau Tsim Mong District, about an hour’s ferry ride from the Macau’s Cotai Arena where August’s UFC Fight Night 48 was held.
- 2019 November 25, Austin Ramzy, Tiffany May, Katherine Li, Elaine Yu, “Here’s What 5 of Hong Kong’s Newly Elected Politicians Have to Say”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-25[5]:
- Mr. Ip, who was the chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong district council, became a target of protesters in July after he blocked debate on the extradition bill that incited the protests this summer.
- 2021 February 11, Theodora Yu, Shibani Mahtani, “Wave of coronavirus cases brings a tide of racism in Hong Kong”, in The Washington Post[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 February 2021, Asia & Pacific:
- Bista Gandendra Limbu, 31, a Nepali who came to Hong Kong when he was 2, said the Yau Tsim Mong area, the first to come under a 48-hour lockdown last month, is a “mini Kathmandu,” fueling impressions that the entire Nepali community is carrying the virus.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yau Tsim Mong.