"Kwai Tsing" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, the two constituent areas of the district. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Kwai Tsing
  1. A district of the Hong Kong region. Wikipedia link: Kwai Tsing Categories (place): Neighbourhoods of Hong Kong, Places in Hong Kong Translations (district of Hong Kong): 葵青區 /葵青区 (kwai⁴ cing¹ keoi¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 葵青區 /葵青区 (Chinese Mandarin)
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          "text": "As one of Hong Kong's most industrialized areas, Kwai Tsing was seriously affected by the air quality intervention (the mid-1990 ban on high sulfur fuel), both in terms of the costs to locally based industrial plants and the local benefits from improved air quality for the people resident there.",
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          "text": "Kwai Tsing District Council has been accused of spending HK$630,000 on fake “likes” on a Facebook page.\nA document published by the District Council showed that the money was spent on a Facebook page for Kwai Tsing’s community programme.",
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          "text": "The suspect fled to Japan following the death of a 63-year-old woman on March 14, when she was bludgeoned to death with a crowbar after finding a man she knew trying to steal valuables from her home at Kwai Fong Terrace in the city’s Kwai Tsing district.",
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