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| Traditional Chinese | 西環 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西环 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | West Ring | ||||||||||||
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Sai Wan (Chinese: 西環), also known as Western district, or simply Western, is an area in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong that corresponds to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui, Belcher Bay and Kennedy Town.[1][2] However, Some Hong Kong people consider Kennedy Town as the only part of Sai Wan.[citation needed] It formed part of the City of Victoria. West Point, a former cape where major government structures in Sai Wan are close to, also used to refer to Sai Wan.
After Hong Kong's handover to People's Republic of China, Sai Wan become the location for the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and people in Hong Kong, including the former head of the Liaison Office Zhang Xiaoming,[3] colloquially refer the name Sai Wan as a metonym for the Liaison office itself.
- ^ "西環開發歷史" (PDF) (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "四環九約" (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "文匯報：《中聯辦主任張曉明：西環不治港 但要盡職》，2013年1月11日。". Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2017.