Tsuen Wan

Proper noun

Tsuen Wan

1. An area and town in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A district of Hong Kong.
   • With the exception of Tsuen Wan (荃灣), the suburban area close to the City, the market towns, and a scatter of small new suburban settlements along the railway and roads, the overwhelming majority of the population, even in the 1950s, were still from the same clans as in 1898.2013, Patrick H. Hase, “Introduction”, in Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China: The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750–1950, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press...
   • Tsuen Wan was one of Hong Kong’s most densely populated districts during the 1960s, thanks to migrant workers from the mainland arriving in the area to provide labour for the textile industry. The migrants also invested in property which helped the area to prosper.2017 September 12, Maggie Suen, “You're missing out if you haven't discovered the hidden gems and history of Tsuen Wan”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02...
3. A rural committee in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing districts, New Territories, Hong Kong.