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NWD (other)
NWD may refer to: * Norwood Junction railway station in south London (Station code) * New World Development New World Development Company Limited (NWD), is a Hong Kong-based company focused on property developer in Hong Kong, property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The ..., a Hong Kong company * NW-D series Walkman, a flash-based line of Walkman from Sony * Northwestern Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers * Non-working day, a term used in flexible working arrangements {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwood Junction Railway Station
Norwood Junction railway station is a National Rail station in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon, south London and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is down the line from . The station is managed by London Overground and trains are operated by London Overground, Thameslink and Southern. History The station has occupied two sites under three different names. ''Jolly-sailor'' and ''Norwood'' stations In 1839 the London and Croydon Railway opened Jolly-sailor station — "Jolly-sailor near Beulah Spa" on fares lists and timetables — at the north end of the High Street, adjacent to the Portland Road level crossing. From 1841 the lines through Norwood were used by the London and Brighton Railway and from 1842 the South Eastern Railway, but neither of these companies used the station. (The Jolly Sailor is a pub — originally the Jolly Sailor Inn — on the corner of Portland Road and High Street. The original pub was rebuilt around the late 1860s.) It has now clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World Development
New World Development Company Limited (NWD), is a Hong Kong-based company focused on property developer in Hong Kong, property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The company is publicly listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK: 17) since 23 November 1972 and is a constituent stock of Hong Kong Hang Seng Index. Over the last four decades, the group has also actively participated in various businesses in Mainland China and established itself as one of the largest foreign direct investors in the country. The group's existing investments in Mainland China has exceeded US$16.5 billion, spreading across four municipalities and over 19 provinces. History Launch and rapid growth The New World Development (NWD) Company Limited was established on 29 May 1970 to venture into property development. Dr Ho Sin Hang was elected Chairman of the company, while Dr. Cheng Yu-tung was appointed Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NW-D Series Walkman
Walkman, stylised as , is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese technology company Sony since 1979. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player and its popularity made "walkman" an unofficial term for personal stereos of any producer or brand. By 2010, when production stopped, Sony had built about 200 million cassette-based Walkmans. The Walkman brand was extended to serve most of Sony's portable audio devices, including DAT players, MiniDisc players/recorders, CD players (originally Discman then renamed the CD Walkman), transistor radios, mobile phones, and digital audio/media players. As of 2011, the Walkman range consists exclusively of digital players. Development The Compact Cassette was developed in 1963 by the Dutch electronics firm Philips. In the late 1960s, the introduction of prerecorded compact cassettes made it possible to listen to music on portable devices as well as on car stereos, though gramophone recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern Division
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division (NWD) is one of the eight permanent divisions of the Army organization, providing civil works and military water resource services/infrastructure. It also supports economically viable and environmentally sustainable watershed management and water resources development in its territory. The Northwestern Division (NWD), located in Portland, Oregon, stretches from Canada to California, and from the Pacific Ocean across the northern Great Plains to Missouri. It covers nearly in all or parts of 12 states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. NWD has 35% of the total Corps water storage capacity, and produces 75% of the total Corps hydroelectric capacity. The Division Commander is directly responsible to the Chief of Engineers. The NWD Commander directs and supervises the individual District Commanders. NWD duties include: * Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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