Quarry Bay
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- An area in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
- 2017 June 19, Jess Macy Yu, Julie Zhu, Michelle Price, Michelle Chen, Gabriel Yiu, Katy Wong, Raffaele Huang, “Chinese bankers flock to Hong Kong as expats retreat”, in nne Marie Roantree, Bill Tarrant, editors, Reuters[1], archived from the original on February 09, 2024, ビジネス[2]:
- Western companies are also increasingly turning to more affordable locations such as Quarry Bay, at a time when Chinese companies are boosting their presence in the prime Central district, according to Tom Gaffney, a managing director at real estate services firm CBRE.
- 2018 June 27, Tiffany May, “In Hong Kong, Where Guns Are Rare, Deadly Shooting Shocks Residents”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-27[4]:
- It was all the more shocking for its time and location: a sunny afternoon in Quarry Bay, a neighborhood in the northeast of Hong Kong Island.
- 2020 August 31, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts”, in The Washington Post[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 August 2023, Business[6]:
- Priscilla Pun, a sales manager, got tested to give herself peace of mind. “I don’t see any reason not to do it, and this way I can let my family in Canada know that I am safe,” said Pun, who was tested at a center in the eastern Quarry Bay neighborhood.