Lai Chi Kok
English
editEtymology
editFrom Cantonese 荔枝角 (lai6 zi1 gok3).
Proper noun
editLai Chi Kok
- An area in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- 2017 August 18, “Hong Kong activists fear more jailings after Wong imprisoned”, in France 24[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2020[2]:
- Wong, 20, is spending the second night of his six-month sentence in Pik Uk high security prison for young male offenders. Law and Chow are at maximum security holding centre Lai Chi Kok.
Activists gathered at Lai Chi Kok Friday night including former lawmaker Lee Wing-tat who is one of the nine campaigners facing court next month.
- 2019 December 20, Mari Saito, Alun John, “Hong Kong protesters denounce police raid on fund-raising platform”, in Reuters[3], archived from the original on 24 March 2024, World:
- Congregating outside a detention centre in the western Kowloon district of Lai Chi Kok, the crowds held up signs with the words "In Solidarity We Stand", waved flags and demanded the release of all protesters.
Translations
editarea in Hong Kong
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Further reading
edit- Lai Chi Kok at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.