Yau Ma Tei

• Yaumatei, Yaumati

From Cantonese 油麻地 (jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2).[1]

Yau Ma Tei

1. An area in Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • [1910 November, “Hongkong's Typhoon Shelter”, in The Far Eastern Review‎, volume VII, number 6, →OCLC, page 216, column 1:

     The contract has been let for the construction of a breakwater to provide a harbor of refuge for Hongkong’s shipping. This breakwater will extend 3 300 feet from a point near the Asiatic Petroleum Co.’s tanks at Tai-Kok-Tsui to a point opposite the Yau-ma-tei police station with an opening at one end of 400 feet.]

   • 2017 July 1, Hide, Will, “Hong Kong: hip hotels and gourmet food”, in The Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 October 2022, China:

     On the other hand, boutique newcomers such as the Upper House, Kerry, Pottinger and Stage are shaking things up. I stayed at the Stage, near Nathan Road in bustling Yau Ma Tei, and — once I was over the initial shock that it sits next to a motorway flyover — fell for its aesthetically sleek charms and artsy vibe.

   • 2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Asia & Pacific‎:

     Police said that 289 people had been arrested, mostly for unlawful assembly. One woman was arrested in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and spreading pro-independence slogans, the police department said on its Facebook page. It said such slogans are illegal under a newly enacted national security law.

   • 2021 January 26, Wang, Vivian; Tiffany May, “Hong Kong’s First Covid-19 Lockdown Exposes Deep-Rooted Inequality”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-26‎:

     Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, said on Tuesday that the lockdown had been a success and added that more could be forthcoming; officials announced one in nearby Yau Ma Tei soon after.

• Yau Tsim, Yau Tsim Mong