Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Mong Kok.
The exceptional vitality of Mongkok, the capital city of all this vast industrial territory, owes something—perhaps very much—to the comparative deprivation of Tsz Wan Shan.
1977, Frank Leeming, “Time, Place and Community in Hong Kong”, in Street Studies in Hong Kong: Localities in a Chinese City (East Asian Social Science Monographs), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72 more examples
The best shopping area is the Golden Mile on Nathan Road (Central) in the Tsim Sha Tsui neighborhood. But it’s also worthwhile to shop in the large centers on Hollywood Street and Cat Street and in the night markets on Temple Street and in the Mongkok neighborhood.
2011, “Countries from A to Z”, in 100 Countries, 5000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 2Nowhere is this atmosphere more palpable than in the working class district of Mongkok. While the city’s two other protest sites across Victoria Harbor retain their carnival mood, Mongkok, in Kowloon, remains on edge.
2014 October 22, Dennis Chong, “Hong Kong protesters add helmets to their umbrellas”, in Taipei Times, sourced from AFP, HONG KONG, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024, Features, page 12
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