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Nam Cheong Street ( zh, 南昌街) is a street in

Shek Kip Mei Shek Kip Mei, is an area in New Kowloon, to the northeast of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. It borders Sham Shui Po and Kowloon Tong. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Kip Mei was 72. A major fire o ...

and

Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po () is an area of Kowloon, 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 (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui ...

Sham Shui Po District Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

, Hong Kong. It begins in the north at Lung Ping Road and

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and terminates in the south at

Tung Chau Street Tung may refer to: People * Madison Tung, a U.S. Air Force Officer, wrestler, and Rhodes Scholar * Ho-Pin Tung, a dutch race car driver of Chinese descent. * Lola Tung, an actress known for her acting debut on drama series ''The Summer I Turned ...

and

Boundary Street Boundary Street ( Chinese: 界限街) is a three-lane one-way street in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It runs in an easterly direction from its start at the intersection with Tung Chau Street in the west, and ends at its intersection with Princ ...

Name

Nam Cheong Street takes its name from

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, a city in

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. Most streets in

are named after Chinese cities. There are speculations about its origins. One of them suggest that it may had been from Chan Nam Chong. A section of Nam Cheong Street at Ki Lung Street has

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, and

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shops. Therefore, it is called ''lace street''. Parkone (),

Nam Cheong Estate Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It ...

, Nam Cheong station, Nam Cheong Place (, formerly Fu Cheong Shopping Centre ) 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.

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. Historic Building Appraisal
Nos. 117, 119, 121, 123 and 125 Nam Cheong Street
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Overview

Nam Cheong street features many old Chinese-style buildings and shops. From

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, there are only six parking spots among its two lanes. The section from Wai Lun Street to

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is a big slope. There is also a

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center at Nam Cheong Street.

Redevelopment

Developers had already acquired or own tenement buildings/''

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'' and would demolished them and turn them into luxury residential or commercial buildings. Buildings currently under construction are Parkone, Nam Cheong Street and

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and Yiu Tung Street etc. The view of the street has changed over time.

Features

Features from south to north include: *

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(#1) * 14 Nam Cheong Street (#14) * 117-125 Nam Cheong Street (#117-125). A row of

listed as Grade III historic buildings.

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named Nam Cheong Pawnshop () *

Shek Kip Mei Estate Shek Kip Mei Estate is the first public housing estate in Hong Kong. It is located in Sham Shui Po and is under the management of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. The estate was constructed as a result of a fire in Shek Kip Mei in 1953, to se ...

* Pak Tin Ambulance Depot. At the corner with Pak Wan Street *

Pak Tin Estate Pak Tin Estate () is a public housing estate in Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Shek Kip Mei Estate and Chak On Estate. Background Before redevelopment, Pak Tin Estate consisted of 17 residential blocks in tota ...

Shek Kip Mei Park Shek Kip Mei Park () is an urban park located in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong near an area noted for its temporary housing built on a hillside. It is one of the largest parks in Sham Shui Po. Facilities There is an indoor sports centre with a fitness ...

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College is a secondary school located at No. 300, Nam Cheong Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.Shek Kip Mei Fire Station (#380)

Intersections

Intersections from south to north: *

* Hai Tan Street *

Yee Kuk Street *Yu (Chinese surname) (Chinese: 余) *Yee, a surname ( simp. 叶, trad. 葉) -- variants Yee, Yeh, Yip/Ip, Yap, Yapp Notable people with surname Yee (余) Persons with surname "Yee"(余) include: *James Yee (born 1968), US Army Chaplain *Kelv ...

Lai Chi Kok Road Lai Chi Kok Road () is a road in western Kowloon, Hong Kong. It links Lai Chi Kok to Mong Kok, via Tai Kok Tsui, Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan. It starts from a junction with Nathan Road near Pioneer Centre in the south and ends near Mei Foo ...

* Tai Nan Street * Ki Lung Street * Yu Chau Street *

Apliu Street Apliu Street () is a street in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location Apliu Street runs parallel to Cheung Sha Wan Road between Yen Chow Street and Nam Cheong Street. An easy way to reach it is to get off at the MTR Sham Shui ...

Cheung Sha Wan Road Cheung Sha Wan Road () is a main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong going in a south-north direction from Mong Kok in the south to Lai Chi Kok in the north. Description It starts in Mong Kok near Boundary Street and at the northern terminus of N ...

* Fuk Wah Street * Fuk Wing Street *

Tai Po Road Tai Po Road ( Chinese: 大埔公路) is the second longest road in Hong Kong (after Castle Peak Road). 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. Location ...

*Yiu Tung Street *

* Woh Chai Street *Wai Chi Street *Wai Lun Street * Tai Hang Sai Street * Pak Wan Street *Chak On Road S *Lung Yuet Road *

* Ching Cheung Road *Chak On Road *Lung Ping Road *Tai Woh Ping Road *

Lung Cheung Road Lung Cheung Road () is a major road in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It forms part of Route 7 linking Kwun Tong Road at Ngau Chi Wan and Ching Cheung Road near Tai Wo Ping. It is a dual 3-lane carriageway running in the east-west direction for its ...

In popular culture

"The Prince Near You" ( zh, 南昌街王子, "The Prince of Nam Cheong Street") is a song by

Fiona Sit Fiona Sit (; born 11 August 1981) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life In an interview with Hong Kong newspaper '' Apple Daily'' in 2006, Fiona Sit revealed that she has always been interested in singing in front of an audience since ...

composed and written is

Terence Lam Terence Lam Ka-him (; born 3 September 1991) is a Hong Kong composer, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Lam had a musical interest since a young age, which he started to learn playing the piano when he was four or five years old. He atte ...

and

Wyman Wong Wyman Wong (born 21 May 1969) is a Cantopop lyricist from Hong Kong.The Style Issue
''Tim ...

, respectively. There are not a lot of new buildings in this street. Most are tenements or ''

''. This is why ''The Prince'' in Nam Cheong Street may not live in a

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References

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