Wing Lok Street
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Wing Lok Street is a street in Sheung Wan
Sheung Wan
Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District...
on the northern Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...
, 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...
. The street is a marketplace for Chinese medicine and many varieties of dried seafood - especially shark fin
Shark Fin
Shark Fin is the peak which has the triangular shape of a shark fin when viewed from the south....
. Its east end features a number of restaurants. Two skyscrapers - Cosco Tower
Cosco Tower
The Cosco Tower is a 53-floor tower part of the Grand Millennium Plaza on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The tower has a total structural height of 228 m . Construction of the Cosco Tower was completed in 1998.-See also:...
and Grand Millennium Plaza - were erected on the street after an area of old residential blocks and markets were demolished.