Tsuen Wan

alternative Tsun Wan · alternative Tsin Wan · alternative Ts'ün Wán

1. An area and town in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A district of Hong Kong.

   He ran in the 2019 district council elections, beating veteran pro-establishment politician Michael Tien in the Tsuen Wan district.

   2021 December 17, Alice Fung, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong public gears up to vote amid new election laws”, in AP News, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2021

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   With the exception of Tsuen Wan (荃灣), the suburban area close to the City, the market towns, and a scatter of small new suburban settlements along the railway and roads, the overwhelming majority of the population, even in the 1950s, were still from the same clans as in 1898.

   2013, Patrick H. Hase, “Introduction”, in Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China: The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750–1950, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13

   Tsuen Wan was one of Hong Kong’s most densely populated districts during the 1960s, thanks to migrant workers from the mainland arriving in the area to provide labour for the textile industry. The migrants also invested in property which helped the area to prosper.

   2017 September 12, Maggie Suen, “You're missing out if you haven't discovered the hidden gems and history of Tsuen Wan”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2021, Lifestyle

   The northwestern district of Tsuen Wan also saw police firing tear gas to disperse protesters chased from the Citywalk shopping mall.

   2019 November 10, “Hong Kong protests continue amid rage at activist death”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2019, News

3. A rural committee in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing districts, New Territories, Hong Kong.