To Kwa Wan

alternative To Ka Wan

1. An area of Kowloon City district, Hong Kong.

   On 4 December, a group of teenage protesters (aged 14-15) launched a flash protest near Ma Tau Wai Road at To Kwa Wan at around 0715.

   靴下無聲：香港警察侵犯人權報告

   2020, “Appendix 1: Sample Cases”, in Silencing Millions: Unchecked Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights by the Hong Kong Police Force [靴下無聲：香港警察侵犯人權報告], Progressive Scholars Group, page 135

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   To Kwa Wan is an old area with most buildings constructed decades ago. Apart from blocks of flats, the area is criss-crossed by water pipes and gas pipes; the consequence if they were affected would be dire. Four gas pipes in the area have been affected by subsidence. A gas leak could cause an explosion just like four years ago in Taiwan. As a To Kwa Wan resident, I am concerned.

   2018 August 14, “Hong Kong MTR must come clean on safety risks to assure To Kwa Wan residents”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2023, Letters

   The veteran 1a Space, in a former slaughterhouse in the To Kwa Wan area, organizes shows, residencies and a mentorship program for art critics, and is starting a performance festival.

   2021 May 21, Andrew Russeth, “Expansive Thinking Sustains Hong Kong’s Independent Galleries”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2021

   She inhabited an entirely different world than the one known to expats, starting out cloistered in a working-class area called To Kwa Wan on the Kowloon side of the harbor, where, she recalls, “I don’t recall ever running into a single white person.”

   2022 February 11, Keith Richburg, “From a local and an expat, two stories of Hong Kong — and similar worries”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feburary 2022, Outlook

   Hong Kong’s urban renewal body has announced plans for a HK$1 billion redevelopment in To Kwa Wan affecting 180 households and 20 stores.

   2024 August 9, James Lee, “Hong Kong redevelopment body announces HK$1 billion To Kwa Wan redevelopment project”, in Hong Kong Free Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024, Hong Kong