I dont know how to pronounce it either. lol
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After this great essay, can anyone tell me the key points in 1-2 lines.
The first one is an "English" name (Lantau is Tai Yue Shan in Cantonese) and the second is an archaic transliteration which doesn't faithfully follow the pronunciation of Chinese characters as per Sai Kung, Wan Chai, Sheung Wan etc. If it did, it would be Kau Lung.
In the case of Taikoo, I guess the government webmasters aren't following their own rules.
There are a lot of affluent public housing residents and while prying them out of their inexpensive public housing flats would make room for needier people, I think that having well-off tenants in public housing blocks is a great thing. Having a mix of income levels living together in the same development is good for social cohesion and, crucially, prevents the p.h. estates from becoming nests of crime, substance abuse, neglect, etc.
We do need way, way more public housing, though.
That was part of Count von Leung's campaign platform, IIRC.
Last edited by dear giant; 27-06-2012 at 06:54 PM.