Sheung Shui

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Etymology

From Cantonese 上水 (soeng6 seoi2).

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Sheung Shui

  1. An area and town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • 2014 June 10, Chris Horton, “Chinese Shoppers Change Hong Kong Border Area”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-06-11, Commercial Real Estate‎:
      Although a slowing economy and campaigns against extravagant consumption by government officials have hurt most luxury shopping hubs in Hong Kong, business has been booming in the New Territories. This is especially true along the East Rail Line, which links China with Hong Kong and runs through Sheung Shui and the towns of Fanling, Tai Po and Sha Tin, all of which offer walking access to large malls. […]
      One major initiative, the Northeast New Territories New Development Areas, involves building more than 60,000 apartments for about 175,000 people by 2022 and merging the towns of Sheung Shui and Fanling into a town of 500,000. It is projected to cost $15.5 billion.
    • 2019 September 7, Rebecca Tan, “Amid protests, Hong Kong police receive a peculiar delivery: 100 meal boxes with raw chicken”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 September 2019, Asia‎:
      Sheung Shui, an area that borders mainland China, has been roiled by several large protests in recent weeks, with calls from local residents to “reclaim” the area from Chinese tourists and merchants. It was not immediately clear whether the raw chicken was the result of a genuine kitchen mistake or linked to the unrest in Sheung Shui.
    • 2020 May 25, Sarah Wu, “Hong Kong border town slumps as mainland traders vanish”, in Marius Zaharia, Bill Rigby, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on November 6, 2024:
      Last summer, pro-democracy protesters harassed Chinese traders in Sheung Shui and smashed storefronts that catered to them in the Hong Kong border town, angry at what they saw as a de facto invasion.
  2. A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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