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Cha chaan teng. Cha chaan teng ( Chinese: 茶餐廳; Cantonese Yale: chàhchāantēng; lit. 'tea restaurant'), often called a Hong Kong-style cafe or diner in English, is a type of restaurant that originated in Hong Kong. [1] [2] [3] Cha chaan teng are commonly found in Hong Kong, Macau, and parts of Guangdong. Due to the waves of mass ...
Kowloon Walled City. / 22.33222°N 114.19028°E / 22.33222; 114.19028. Kowloon Walled City ( Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave of China within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an Imperial Chinese military fort, the walled city became a de jure enclave after ...
Chung Ching Yee [11] Wo Hop To [12] Wah Ching ( Chinese: 華青; Jyutping: Waa4 Cing1; lit. 'Youth of China') is a Chinese American criminal organization and street gang that was founded in San Francisco, California in 1964. The Wah Ching has been involved in crimes including narcotic sales, racketeering, and gambling.
Dishes derived from cuisines of the Western world, but not classified into a particular country, belong in this category. It is known in Hong Kong as sai chaan ( 西餐, 'Western cuisine'), and outside of Hong Kong as Hong Kong-style Western cuisine or Canto-Western cuisine. Restaurants that offer this style of cuisine are usually cha chaan ...
Law and order. The first disturbance in the 1960s was the Hong Kong 1966 riots over the rising fares of the Star Ferry. A petition was created with 20,000 signatures in protest against any increases in transportation costs. The result led to the arrest of 1,800 people, but the end came swiftly.
Downtown Haywardis the original and current central business districtof Hayward, California, United States, and is home to the current Hayward City Hall, along with the two previous city halls, Alex Giualini Plazaand the City Center Building. The Hayward Faultruns through the area, and is the cause of the two previous city halls being taken out ...
2005 - Los Angeles Chinese American Pioneers in Law — Betty Tom Chu, Judge Rose Hom, You Chung Hong (1898-1977), Judge Ronald S.W. Lew (Chinese name: 刘成威), Judge Jennifer Lum, Judge Delbert Wong, and Debra Yang (Chinese: 楊黃金玉) [12]
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems ...