Fuk Wa Street
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Fuk Wa Street is a street in Cheung Sha Wan
and Sham Shui Po
, New Kowloon
, Hong Kong
. Part of the street is a street market with numerous stalls selling varieties of goods like old books and clothes. Its section between Yen Chow Street
and Kweilin Street where the famous Golden Computer Arcade is located.
It spans from Castle Peak Road
to Tai Po Road
. The street breaks into several parts by various building structures.
Unlike the names of streets nearby, it does not follow the place names in China. Its name means blessing (fuk, 福) and prosperous (wa, 華) while its brother street Fuk Wing Street glorious, prosperous (wing, 榮).
Cheung Sha Wan
Cheung Sha Wan is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between. Administratively it is part of Sham Shui Po District. The Sham Shui Po District includes Mei Foo as well as Lai Chi...
and Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po, or Shamshuipo, is an area of Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei. Sham Shui Po is known for its street market for electronic devices.-History:Sham Shui Po...
, New Kowloon
New Kowloon
New Kowloon is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. Part of the street is a street market with numerous stalls selling varieties of goods like old books and clothes. Its section between Yen Chow Street
Yen Chow Street
Yen Chow Street is a main street in Sham Shui Po of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. The street runs from hill side towards the shore. It spans from Castle Peak Road to Sham Mong Road. Its extension Yen Chow Street West spans further to the reclamation shore.-Name:The street was named after Yen Chow,...
and Kweilin Street where the famous Golden Computer Arcade is located.
It spans from Castle Peak Road
Castle Peak Road
Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. It runs from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon to the very north of the New Territories, serving south, west and north New Territories, being one of the most distant roads in early Hong Kong.-Name:...
to Tai Po Road
Tai Po Road
Tai Po Road is the second longest road in Hong Kong . It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road....
. The street breaks into several parts by various building structures.
- covered nullah in Nam Cheong Street
- Kowloon Technical SchoolKowloon Technical SchoolKowloon Technical School is a technical secondary school founded by the Hong Kong Government in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The school motto is Thorough .- Structure :...
, Cheung Sha Wan Factory EstateCheung Sha Wan Factory EstateCheung Sha Wan Factory Estate was a factory estate in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, owned and managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It comprised five low-storey blocks without lift service, built between 1960 and 1965. Due to its outdated facilities, it was cleared in 2002 and...
, Un Chau EstateUn Chau EstateUn Chau Estate , or Un Chau Street Estate before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Un Chau Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan Station. It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in...
and Cheung Sha Wan Catholic School, between Camp Street and Cheung Wah Street
Unlike the names of streets nearby, it does not follow the place names in China. Its name means blessing (fuk, 福) and prosperous (wa, 華) while its brother street Fuk Wing Street glorious, prosperous (wing, 榮).