38-530: Eastern District may refer to: Government [ edit ] Eastern District, Hong Kong Eastern District of Taipei Eastern District, American Samoa Eastern District, Upper Canada Eastern District (General Junta of Asturias constituency) , Spain Eastern District, the early name for Williamsburg, Brooklyn Multiple United States district courts : United States District Court for
76-509: A certain extent in South Korea , remain virtually identical to traditional characters, with variations between the two forms largely stylistic. There has historically been a debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters . Because the simplifications are fairly systematic, it is possible to convert computer-encoded characters between the two sets, with the main issue being ambiguities in simplified representations resulting from
114-532: A large income gap within the Eastern District. However, public housing has also injected grassroots labour into the Eastern District, enabling the middle-class population in the Eastern District to enjoy cheaper services, so the urban planning of the Eastern District has been very successful. Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages . In Taiwan ,
152-869: Is 産 (also the accepted form in Japan and Korea), while in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan the accepted form is 產 (also the accepted form in Vietnamese chữ Nôm ). The PRC tends to print material intended for people in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in traditional characters. For example, versions of the People's Daily are printed in traditional characters, and both People's Daily and Xinhua have traditional character versions of their website available, using Big5 encoding. Mainland companies selling products in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan use traditional characters in order to communicate with consumers;
190-442: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eastern District, Hong Kong The Eastern District ( Chinese : 東區 ; Jyutping : dung keoi ) located on northeastern part of Hong Kong Island , being one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong . It had a population of 529,603 in 2021 The district has the second highest population while its residents have
228-543: Is headquartered in E-Trade Plaza, Chai Wan. Commercial buildings and hotels in the Eastern District are concentrated in Fortress Hill , Taikoo Shing and Quarry Bay . The main building is Taikoo Place , the tallest in the Eastern District since April 2008 Skyscraper Hong Kong Island East Center Occupied in stages. Industrial buildings are concentrated in
266-656: Is located in the northeastern part of the Hong Kong Island and includes the areas of Fortress Hill , North Point , Braemar Hill , Quarry Bay , Tai Koo Shing , Sai Wan Ho , Shau Kei Wan , Heng Fa Chuen , Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan . The eastern portion of Causeway Bay and Tin Hau were once in Eastern District, but were moved to Wan Chai District on 1 January 2016. Originally a backwater of fishing villages, quarries and dockyards, there are archaeological evidence there were villages and small towns appeared during
304-493: The Chinese Commercial News , World News , and United Daily News all use traditional characters, as do some Hong Kong–based magazines such as Yazhou Zhoukan . The Philippine Chinese Daily uses simplified characters. DVDs are usually subtitled using traditional characters, influenced by media from Taiwan as well as by the two countries sharing the same DVD region , 3. With most having immigrated to
342-614: The 2021 Population Census in Hong Kong , the population information of the Eastern District is as follows: Public estates under Home Ownership Scheme in the Eastern District are mainly concentrated in Sai Wan Ho , Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan . The public housing estates in the Eastern District are mainly concentrated in Shau Kei Wan , Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan . The offices of many multinational corporations like LVMH and BNP Paribas are located in
380-640: The Shanghainese -language character U+20C8E 𠲎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20C8E —a composition of 伐 with the ⼝ 'MOUTH' radical—used instead of the Standard Chinese 嗎 ; 吗 . Typefaces often use the initialism TC to signify the use of traditional Chinese characters, as well as SC for simplified Chinese characters . In addition, the Noto, Italy family of typefaces, for example, also provides separate fonts for
418-480: The Song dynasty (AD 960–1279). The Eastern District is now mostly residential, with some industrial areas and several large shopping malls . While mostly Home Ownership Scheme and public housing estates are located from Sai Wan Ho to Chai Wan , large private housing estates are also located within the eastern district, such as Taikoo Shing , Kornhill and Heng Fa Chuen . A commercial hub has been developed from
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#1732765276909456-527: The Water Supplies Department , have moved their headquarters and offices from Central and Wan Chai to the Eastern District. In addition, many multinational corporations from Central have moved to Taikoo Place , which has formed to become a new central business district . As such the Eastern District has undertaken some functions of being a political and economic centre in Hong Kong, which had only belonged to Central and Wan Chai. It
494-400: The 1980s. It also contains the tram line, now over 100 years old, that runs near the sea shore from Shau Kei Wan west towards other districts. According to the ninth survey of Hong Kong millionaires conducted by Citibank (Hong Kong) and The University of Hong Kong from November 2011 to January 2012, Eastern District is the area with the most millionaires in Hong Kong. Also, according to
532-428: The Eastern District of Arkansas United States District Court for the Eastern District of California United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma United States District Court for
570-433: The Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia United States District Court for
608-565: The Eastern District of Washington United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Military [ edit ] Eastern Command (United Kingdom) , an organisational unit of the British Army in England 1793–1968 Eastern District (British Army) , a district command of the British Army 1967–1995 Other uses [ edit ] Eastern District (LCMS) , in
646-794: The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Eastern District (VHSL) , in the Virginia High School League See also [ edit ] East District (disambiguation) For Eastern Districts in East Asian languages, see 東區 (disambiguation) For Eastern Districts ( ku ) in Japanese cites, see Higashi-ku (disambiguation) For Eastern Districts ( gu ) in Korean cites, see Dong-gu (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
684-555: The People's Republic of China, traditional Chinese characters are standardised according to the Table of Comparison between Standard, Traditional and Variant Chinese Characters . Dictionaries published in mainland China generally show both simplified and their traditional counterparts. There are differences between the accepted traditional forms in mainland China and elsewhere, for example the accepted traditional form of 产 in mainland China
722-587: The United States during the second half of the 19th century, Chinese Americans have long used traditional characters. When not providing both, US public notices and signs in Chinese are generally written in traditional characters, more often than in simplified characters. In the past, traditional Chinese was most often encoded on computers using the Big5 standard, which favored traditional characters. However,
760-556: The area of Eastern District, such as Taikoo Place , which makes the East District take over the functions of the new core business district and economic centre. As the Government of Hong Kong is determined to develop the Eastern District, many government departments have moved from Central and Wan Chai to the Eastern District, including many headquarters buildings, so that the Eastern District has undertaken some functions of
798-555: The area, as well as large shopping malls and commercial centres. At the same time, there are also many historical and cultural attractions in the Eastern District, which are good places for citizens and tourists to relax and entertain. As the Hong Kong Government is determined to develop the Eastern District, many government departments such as the Customs and Excise Department , Fire Services Department , ICAC and
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#1732765276909836-510: The east of North Point , Chai Wan Pier and Chai Wan Road near the MTR station. North Point , Quarry Bay and Sai Wan Ho are one of the most expensive urban residential areas in traditional locations, with convenient transportation and the fourth highest median income in Hong Kong. There are 15 public housing estates in Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan, and 23 HOS housing estates, resulting in
874-600: The former industrial areas in western part of Quarry Bay . Hotels and commercial buildings are also developed near Fortress Hill along the coast. In the past the district was linked by a single traffic artery, King's Road , which was notoriously congested during peak hours. This was largely resolved by the construction of the Island Eastern Corridor and the Island line within the MTR rapid transit system in
912-493: The inverse is equally true as well. In digital media, many cultural phenomena imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan into mainland China, such as music videos, karaoke videos, subtitled movies, and subtitled dramas, use traditional Chinese characters. In Hong Kong and Macau , traditional characters were retained during the colonial period, while the mainland adopted simplified characters. Simplified characters are contemporaneously used to accommodate immigrants and tourists, often from
950-725: The mainland. The increasing use of simplified characters has led to concern among residents regarding protecting what they see as their local heritage. Taiwan has never adopted simplified characters. The use of simplified characters in government documents and educational settings is discouraged by the government of Taiwan. Nevertheless, with sufficient context simplified characters are likely to be successfully read by those used to traditional characters, especially given some previous exposure. Many simplified characters were previously variants that had long been in some use, with systematic stroke simplifications used in folk handwriting since antiquity. Traditional characters were recognized as
988-682: The majority of Chinese text in mainland China are simplified characters , there is no legislation prohibiting the use of traditional Chinese characters, and often traditional Chinese characters remain in use for stylistic and commercial purposes, such as in shopfront displays and advertising. Traditional Chinese characters remain ubiquitous on buildings that predate the promulgation of the current simplification scheme, such as former government buildings, religious buildings, educational institutions, and historical monuments. Traditional Chinese characters continue to be used for ceremonial, cultural, scholarly/academic research, and artistic/decorative purposes. In
1026-983: The merging of previously distinct character forms. Many Chinese online newspapers allow users to switch between these character sets. Traditional characters are known by different names throughout the Chinese-speaking world. The government of Taiwan officially refers to traditional Chinese characters as 正體字 ; 正体字 ; zhèngtǐzì ; 'orthodox characters'. This term is also used outside Taiwan to distinguish standard characters, including both simplified, and traditional, from other variants and idiomatic characters . Users of traditional characters elsewhere, as well as those using simplified characters, call traditional characters 繁體字 ; 繁体字 ; fántǐzì ; 'complex characters', 老字 ; lǎozì ; 'old characters', or 全體字 ; 全体字 ; quántǐzì ; 'full characters' to distinguish them from simplified characters. Some argue that since traditional characters are often
1064-677: The official script in Singapore until 1969, when the government officially adopted Simplified characters. Traditional characters still are widely used in contexts such as in baby and corporation names, advertisements, decorations, official documents and in newspapers. The Chinese Filipino community continues to be one of the most conservative in Southeast Asia regarding simplification. Although major public universities teach in simplified characters, many well-established Chinese schools still use traditional characters. Publications such as
1102-700: The original standard forms, they should not be called 'complex'. Conversely, there is a common objection to the description of traditional characters as 'standard', due to them not being used by a large population of Chinese speakers. Additionally, as the process of Chinese character creation often made many characters more elaborate over time, there is sometimes a hesitation to characterize them as 'traditional'. Some people refer to traditional characters as 'proper characters' ( 正字 ; zhèngzì or 正寫 ; zhèngxiě ) and to simplified characters as 簡筆字 ; 简笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'simplified-stroke characters' or 減筆字 ; 减笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'reduced-stroke characters', as
1140-799: The political centre that originally belonged to other districts. In addition, the Securities and Futures Commission is headquartered in Taikoo Place One Island East , the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council is headquartered in Two Taikoo Place, Hong Kong Housing Society is headquartered at 1063 King's Road, Consumer Council is headquartered in K. Wah Centre, Tourism Commission is headquartered in Habour East, Fortress Hill, and Estate Agents Authority
1178-833: The predominant forms. Simplified characters as codified by the People's Republic of China are predominantly used in mainland China , Malaysia, and Singapore. "Traditional" as such is a retronym applied to non-simplified character sets in the wake of widespread use of simplified characters. Traditional characters are commonly used in Taiwan , Hong Kong , and Macau , as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia. As for non-Chinese languages written using Chinese characters, Japanese kanji include many simplified characters known as shinjitai standardized after World War II, sometimes distinct from their simplified Chinese counterparts . Korean hanja , still used to
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1216-476: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_District&oldid=1011118840 " Categories : Place name disambiguation pages District name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1254-521: The set of traditional characters is regulated by the Ministry of Education and standardized in the Standard Form of National Characters . These forms were predominant in written Chinese until the middle of the 20th century, when various countries that use Chinese characters began standardizing simplified sets of characters, often with characters that existed before as well-known variants of
1292-499: The third highest median household income among the 18 districts. The Eastern District is well-developed, with a complete public transport and transport network, including subway, bus, ferry, minibus and tram services, while the Island Eastern Corridor and the Eastern Harbour Crossing are important arteries for external traffic. There are comprehensive educational, medical, community and recreational facilities in
1330-636: The traditional character set used in Taiwan ( TC ) and the set used in Hong Kong ( HK ). Most Chinese-language webpages now use Unicode for their text. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends the use of the language tag zh-Hant to specify webpage content written with traditional characters. In the Japanese writing system , kyujitai are traditional forms, which were simplified to create shinjitai for standardized Japanese use following World War II. Kyūjitai are mostly congruent with
1368-985: The traditional characters in Chinese, save for minor stylistic variation. Characters that are not included in the jōyō kanji list are generally recommended to be printed in their traditional forms, with a few exceptions. Additionally, there are kokuji , which are kanji wholly created in Japan, rather than originally being borrowed from China. In the Korean writing system , hanja —replaced almost entirely by hangul in South Korea and totally replaced in North Korea —are mostly identical with their traditional counterparts, save minor stylistic variations. As with Japanese, there are autochthonous hanja, known as gukja . Traditional Chinese characters are also used by non-Chinese ethnic groups. The Maniq people living in Thailand and Malaysia use Chinese characters to write
1406-518: The ubiquitous Unicode standard gives equal weight to simplified and traditional Chinese characters, and has become by far the most popular encoding for Chinese-language text. There are various input method editors (IMEs) available for the input of Chinese characters . Many characters, often dialectical variants, are encoded in Unicode but cannot be inputted using certain IMEs, with one example being
1444-587: The words for simplified and reduced are homophonous in Standard Chinese , both pronounced as jiǎn . The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han dynasty c. 200 BCE , with the sets of forms and norms more or less stable since the Southern and Northern dynasties period c. the 5th century . Although
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