Sha Tin

English

Alternative forms
  • Shatin

Etymology

From Cantonese 沙田 (saa1 tin4).

Proper noun

Sha Tin

  1. An area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • 2019 July 14, Amy Qin, “Hong Kong Protesters Try to Keep Momentum With Weekend Protests”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-07-14, Asia Pacific‎:
      The demonstration in the Sha Tin area of the New Territories, a region of Hong Kong not far from the border with mainland China, came one day after clashes broke out between police officers and protesters in a Hong Kong border town.
    • 2019 September 22, Timothy McLaughlin, Casey Quackenbush, “Hong Kong protesters target Beijing-friendly businesses in latest demonstrations”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sepember 2019, Asia & Pacific‎:
      Hundreds of protesters gathered at New Town Plaza, a multistory shopping mall in the Sha Tin district.
  2. A district of Hong Kong.
    • [2002, Shiu-hing Lo, Wing-yat Yu, Kwok-fai Wan, “The 1999 District Councils Elections”, in Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So, editors, Crisis and Transformation in China's Hong Kong‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 141:
      The decline of the DP’s success rate was attributable to a number of factors, including (1) the shift of some DP incumbents to competition in other geographical constituencies, (2) the mutual distrust between some DP candidates and the local residents, and (3) the strong performance of the opponents of the DP candidates, especially the DAB candidates.³ Examples showing the failure of DP incumbents changing their constituencies included Ng Wing-fai in Yau Tsim Mong district and Ho Suk-ping in the Shatin district.⁴]
  3. A rural committee in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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