Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: ??? or ???; Cantonese Jyutping: zim1 sa1 zeoi2, Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānshāzǔi) or simply TST is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District of southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tsim Sha Tsui East is the reclaimed land of Hung Hom Bay, east of Tsim Sha Tsui.

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Chinese - Cantonese - Jyutping - Hanyu Pinyin - Yau Tsim Mong - District - Kowloon - Hong Kong - Hung Hom Bay

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Geographically, Tsim Sha Tsui is a cape on the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula. There were several villages before Kowloon was ceded to British Empire in 1860. The name in Cantonese means sandy spit.

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Cape - Kowloon Peninsula - British Empire - 1860

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Tsim Sha Tsui is a major tourist hub in Hong Kong, with many shops and restaurants that cater to tourists. Additionally, the Hong Kong government has declared a small section of a pedestrianised street in Tsim Sha Tsui a duty-free zone (though this has no effect on the prices of anything but tobacco and alcohol, since Hong Kong does not have sales tax or tariff).

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Duty-free - Sales tax - Tariff

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