Kueijen

K5U1E1I1J8E1N1

A form of Gueiren — A district of Tainan, Taiwan.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Gueiren.

    The High-Speed Rail station is located near Kueijen, 10km southeast of the centre, and connected to the city by bus.

    2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “North Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 314
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    B. Relocation and Construction of the Tainan Prison and the Tainan Detention House: The new prison and detention house is located at Taichutso, Kueijen Hsiang, Tainan Hsien, and has a total space of more than 30 hectares.

    1981, Annual Review of Government Administration, Republic of China, →OCLC, page 52, column 1

    The police followed the four suspects for several months after receiving a top that some gangsters active in Kueijen, Tainan County in southern Taiwan were planning to smuggle arms and drugs from the Philippines by hiding the products in cargo containers.[…] The task force kept close watch on the container and decided to intercept the suspects when they were transporting the container to Kueijen last evening.

    1995 February 23 [1995 February 23], Sofia Wu, “Police Bust 'Criminal Ring' Smuggling Arms”, in Daily Report: China, numbers 95-036, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79, column 1

    Northern and southern satellite telemetry, tracking, and command stations respectively located at National Central University in Chungli and National Cheng Kung University in Kueijen Township were both completed by June 1997.

    1997, National Science Council Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 144

    Tainan County Commissioner Mark Chen (陳唐山) said yesterday that he supports Tainan County residents who lodged a protest with the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Monday against a plan to establish a final depository for industrial waste in Kueijen township (歸仁鄉).[…] Several prominent local politicians also expressed their support for Chen, including DPP lawmaker Lee Chun-yee (李俊毅), speaker of Tainan County Council Wu Chien-pao (吳健保) and Kueijen township chief Lin Feng-chun (林逢春).

    2001 May 30, Yu-Tzu Chiu, “Tainan protests industrial waste”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2019, Local News, page 4

    "The director of Tainan County Kueijen (歸仁) police station, Chen Yao-nan (陳耀南), who was in charge during the incident, was disciplined today after his police officers abused their power in forcing the protester to leave the site," Huang said.

    2007 August 18, Hsiu-chuan Shih, Rich Chang, “Lawmakers blast police treatment of protester”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2007, Taiwan News, page 3

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 歸仁 (Guīrén) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuei¹-jên².

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