Ap Lei Chau
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Alternative forms
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editFrom Cantonese 鴨脷洲 / 鸭脷洲 (aap3 lei6 zau1).
Proper noun
editAp Lei Chau
- An island of Southern district, Hong Kong.
- An area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
- 2017 November 15, Twinnie Siu, Joy Leung, “Sino Land-led group to pay record $2.21 bln for Hong Kong residential site”, in Hugh Lawson, editor, Reuters[1], sourced from HONG KONG, (Reuters), archived from the original on 27 July 2025:
- The deal broke the previous record of a government land sale set in February when a residential site in Ap Lei Chau on southern part of Hong Kong was sold to two mainland Chinese developers for HK$16.9 billion.
- 2019 September 13, “Hong Kong protesters plan festival-themed hillside light show”, in France 24[2], sourced from Hong Kong (AFP), archived from the original on 17 September 2019[3]:
- On Thursday night, five people were wounded when a corrosive liquid was thrown from a tower block at pro-democracy protesters who had gathered in the southern district of Ap Lei Chau.
- 2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 March 2023, Art & Design[5]:
- The international property consultancy Knight Frank noted in a May 2021 report: “With almost no overseas tourists because of travel restrictions and lockdowns, prime retail rents have declined by over 50%.” Thanks to this trend, the founders of Young Soy were able to procure their first space in an industrial building in the Ap Lei Chau neighborhood, while fellow newcomer 13a New Street Gallery opened up in the Tai Ping Shan neighborhood.
- 2023 August 13, Shuli Ren, “‘Superman’ Tests Hong Kong’s Stressed Property Market”, in The Washington Post[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 November 2023, Energy[7]:
- CK Asset will pounce when it spots rivals in distress. It was in talks with banks, including HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc, to take over most of the HK$10.2 billion project loan for The Corniche, a luxury residential building in the southern Ap Lei Chau district, built by Chinese developers Logan Group Co. and KWG Group Holdings Ltd.
Synonyms
edit- (island in Hong Kong): Aberdeen Island