Nam Cheong Street

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Coordinates: 22°19′59.0766″N 114°9′59.94″E / 22.333076833°N 114.1666500°E / 22.333076833; 114.1666500

Nam Cheong Street

Nam Cheong Street in Shek Kip Mei
Native name	南昌街  (Chinese)
Namesake	An announcement on No. 616 of Hong Kong Government Gazette on 14 April 1961 [1]
Type	Street
Length	1.7 mi (2.7 km)
Width	4 lanes
Location	Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong[2]
From	and
To	and Boundary Street

Nam Cheong Street in 1950.

A pedestrian bridge on Nam Cheong Street linking to Shek Kip Mei Park

At Apliu Street

Shek Kip Mei Estate

Pak Tin Estate

Nam Cheong Street (Chinese: 南昌街) is a street in Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It begins in the north at and in Shek Kip Mei and terminates in the south at and Boundary Street in Sham Shui Po.

Name[]

Nam Cheong Street takes its name from Nanchang, a city in China. Most streets in Sham Shui Po are named after Chinese cities.^[3]

There are speculations about its origins. One of them suggest that it may had been from Chan Nam Chong.^[4] A section of Nam Cheong Street at has wholesale, retail, ribbon, and zipper shops. Therefore, it is called lace street.

(Chinese: 南昌一號; lit. 'No. 1 Nam Cheong'), Nam Cheong Estate, Nam Cheong station, Nam Cheong Place (南昌薈, formerly Fu Cheong Shopping Centre 富昌商場) and Nam Cheong Park are all named after the street. Apart from Parkone, all of these features are located south of the southern end of Nam Cheong Street.

History[]

Nam Cheong Street was laid out in the 1920s.^[5]

Overview[]

Nam Cheong street features many old Chinese-style buildings and shops. From to , there are only six parking spots among its two lanes.

The section from Wai Lun Street to is a . There is also a Transport Department center at Nam Cheong Street.

Redevelopment[]

Developers had already acquired or own tenement buildings/tong lau and would demolished them and turn them into luxury residential or commercial buildings. Buildings currently under construction are , Nam Cheong Street and and etc. The view of the street has changed over time.

Features[]

Features from south to north include:

• (#1)
• 14 Nam Cheong Street (#14)
• 117-125 Nam Cheong Street (#117-125). A row of tong lau listed as Grade III historic buildings.^[6]
  • No. 117 houses a pawnshop named Nam Cheong Pawnshop (南昌押)^[5]
• Shek Kip Mei Estate
• Pak Tin Ambulance Depot. At the corner with Pak Wan Street
• Pak Tin Estate
• Shek Kip Mei Park
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College (#300)
• Shek Kip Mei Fire Station (#380)

Intersections[]

In popular culture[]

"The Prince Near You" is a song by Fiona Sit. The composer and writer is and Wyman Wong respectively. There are not a lot of new buildings in this street. Most are tenements or tong lau. This is why The Prince in Nam Cheong Street may not live in a castle.

See also[]

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

References[]

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