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The 14K (十四K sap sei kei, [sap̚sɛjkɛj]) is a triad group based in Hong Kong but active internationally. It is the second largest triad group in the world with around 20,000 members split into thirty subgroups. They are the main rival of the Sun Yee On, which is the largest triad. [7]
Sun Yee On was founded by Heung Chin , originally from Teochew (Chaozhou), in 1919. [4] Yee On (Chinese: 義安; Jyutping: ji 6 on 1; Cantonese Yale: yih ōn) is a historical name for Chaozhou. Mainly through ethnic Chinese diaspora, it is thought to extend to the United States, Canada, Thailand, Australia, South Africa and Central America. [5]
The 2016 TVB martial arts drama A Fist Within Four Walls takes place in the triad-ridden walled city in the early 1960s. [81] The 2024 Hong Kong action crime film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In , an adaptation of the manhua City of Darkness by Andy Seto , sets its location and plot premise in Kowloon Walled City during the 1980s. [ 82 ]
The S&P 500 fell 0.2% to extend the four-day losing streak that dimmed the close of its stellar 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 151 points, or 0.4%, after an early gain of 360 points ...
14K Yee Shing Tong 十四K ... Sun Yee On 新義安 ... (2010). Beyond Social Capital: Triad Organized Crime in Hong Kong and China. British Journal of Criminology ...
In Jan. 2023, I wrote about my 10 top stocks to buy for the new year. I ended up pretty proud of my list because if you'd invested $1,000 in each of the 10 stocks the day the article was published ...
Stocks slipped in the final trading session of 2024. Still, the S&P 500 gained over 20% for the second year in a row. Other markets also notched records in a blockbuster year.
'Water Room Gang'), also known as the Wo On Lok (WOL), is one of the main Triad groups in Southern China, operating especially in Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese communities abroad. Today it is one of Hong Kong's most active triad groups, along with Sun Yee On, 14K and the "Wo" family of triads, especially the Wo Shing Wo.