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Nim Wan
Nim Wan () was a bay between Tsang Tsui () and Ha Pak Nai () in Tuen Mun District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It approaches Deep Bay, China, Deep Bay with Shekou, Shenzhen at its opposite. The bay was Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclaimed to become a landfill site, "West New Territories Landfill" (). The landfill site covers the area of 110 hectares. It can handle more than 6,500 tonnes of waste per day and is expected to be used for 25 years. Nim Wan is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Education Nim Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 72. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Tin Shui Wai Government Primary School (天水圍官立小學). See also * Waste management in Hong Kong * Tuen Mun Rural Committee References External links Delineation of area of existing village Nim Wan (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West New Territories Landfill 1
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
