Meanings
- An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
When angry construction workers seeking unpaid wages stormed a site office in Yau Tong in July 2002, their violent clash with the police set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of power.
2011, Alvin Y. So, “The Development of Post-Modernist Social Movements”, in Jeffrey Broadbent, Vicky Brockman, editors, East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region (Social Sciences / Sociology), Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3704 more examples
“When people see my work, they can respond because they can really feel it,” she said on a recent evening in Yau Tong, an industrial area in eastern Kowloon. “They feel that they’ve been understood.”
2017 March 30, Mike Ives, “As Hong Kong Ponders Its Future Under Beijing, Politics Infuses Its Art”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2017, Asia PacificOn Wednesday night, police intervened when note posters scuffled with men trying to remove them in Yau Tong, a working class neighborhood on the eastern side of Kowloon, across the harbor from Hong Kong island.
2019 July 11, Joyce Zhou, John Ruwitch, Tyrone Siu, Felix Tam, Vimvam Tong, “Imagine all the Post-its: Hong Kong protesters come together with 'Lennon Walls'”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2019, World NewsHong Kong saw one of its first protests since Covid-19 restrictions were eased, as a group of environmental activists protested against the illegal operation of a concrete plant in Yau Tong on Saturday.
2023 February 4, Candice Chau, “Environmental protesters rally against illegal concrete plant in Hong Kong amid heavy police presence”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2024, Hong KongHong Kong police have arrested a man and seized more than HK$12 million (US$1.53 million) worth of drugs from two industrial building units in Yau Tong suspected to be the manufacturing base for a drug syndicate.
2024 April 21, Lo Hoi-ying, “Hong Kong police arrest 25-year-old man over drug trafficking and seize more than HK$12 million worth of narcotics”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2024, Law and Crime
Origin
- Cantonese油塘
- EnglishYau Tong
From Cantonese 油塘 (jau⁴ tong⁴).
More words from Cantonese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 油塘
- 油塘 (jau⁴ tong⁴)area in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 油塘
- 油塘 (Yóutáng)area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Yau Tong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yau%20Tong
“Yau Tong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yau%20Tong. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yau Tong,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yau%20Tong.
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