# Hsiaokang
## English
### Etymology

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 小港 (Xiǎogǎng), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao³-kang³.

### Proper noun

Hsiaokang
* Alternative form of Siaogang
** 1982 December 5, “China Steel lives up to promise”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXIII, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:Engineers chose a site for the 480-hectare plant on marshy ground at Hsiaokang, a small township near the southern seaport of Kaohsiung.
** 1994, Alice Cromie, “Mini-Facts at a Glance”, in Taiwan (Enchantment of the World)‎, Chicago: Childrens Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 118:Chiang Kai-shek International Airport is in Taoyuan, near Taipei; another international airport at Hsiaokang is near Kaohsiung.
** 2004, Hsiao-Chuan Hsia, “Internationalization of Capital and the Trade in Asian Women: The Case of "Foreign Brides" in Taiwan”, in Women and Globalization‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 205:In Kaohsiung County, the most concentrated regions include Chienchen and Hsiaokang, which are predominantly industrial, and Sanmin, whose residents are mostly immigrants from the agricultural regions.
** 2004 March 22, “KMT comes up with nine accusations over voting”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 16 June 2004:1. Polling station No. 772 in Chingtao Borough of Hsiaokang District erroneously reported 968 ballots that voted for Lien as for Chen, and 428 ballots that voted for Chen as for Lien. The pan-blue camp claims it has complained to the city's election commission but has received no response.
** 2009 January 21, “Taiwan airports set up centers to warn of bird flu in China”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 24 September 2022, Society:Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport in Hsiaokang will each set up information kiosks in their departure halls to alert travelers to the risks of the disease, said Chou Jih-haw, deputy director of the CDC.
** 2011 November 30, “Taiwan's CPDC to invest $989 mil to build phenol-acetone plant in east China”, in S&P Global‎, archived from the original on 18 September 2022‎:CPDC is one of the world's top five producers of caprolactam, widely used in fibers and plastics. It owns three caprolactam plants in Taiwan -- a 200,000 mt/year plant at Hsiaokang, a 100,000 mt/year plant in Toufen and a 65,000 mt/year plant in Kaohsiung.
** 2015 March 9, S.F. Wang Wang, Flor Wang, “Chen Chih-chung says Hsu's allegations against his father ungrounded”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 13 September 2022‎:Chen Chih-chung has registered to take part in the DPP's legislative primary to run for a legislative seat in Kaohsiung's Hsiaokang District. Two other DPP members are also vying for the party's nomination for that seat.
** (Can we date this quote?), “Population and Area”, in Fongshan District Office, Kaohsiung City‎, archived from the original on 24 September 2020:This District accesses Daliao District in the east, Niaosong District in the north, Sanmin District and Lingya District in the weset, and Hsiaokang District in the south, occupying an area of about 26.759 square kilometers, with the population of 346,916 in 78 kilometers (according to the statistics until the end of March 2012).
** 2021, Hung Shih-Chiang et al., “The Association of White Blood Cells and Air Pollutants—A Population-Based Study”, in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health‎, volume 18, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4 of 13:Compared with the other three districts, a higher prevalence of all three unhealthy behaviors (18.4% smoking, 19.6% drinking, and 8.1% betel quid use) were identified among residents in Hsiaokang, where the industrial area is located.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsiaokang.