Taikoo is the Cantonese pronunciation of Swire's Chinese name, while Shing can be literally translated as City. Thus, Taikoo Shing can be loosely translated as Swire City. According to Swire, its Chinese name Taikoo was chosen by Thomas Taylor Meadow, the British Consul in Shanghai when Swireβs Shanghai office opened in 1866.Oh! TIL. I thought it had strictly something to do with Taikoo Sugar, but that just happens to be a sugar factory started by Swire.
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