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The 13 Streets () is an area in
Ma Tau Kok Ma Tau Kok Road Old apartments Ma Tau Kok () is a place north of To Kwa Wan, south-east of modern-day Ma Tau Chung and south-west of the former Kai Tak Airport (now Kai Tak Development) in Hong Kong. It was a cape in Kowloon Bay in Victoria Harbo ...
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Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its res ...
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It consists of 11 parallel short streets, bordered by Kowloon City Road (west),
To Kwa Wan Road To Kwa Wan Road is a major thoroughfare in To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, connecting To Kwa Wan with Ma Tau Kok. See also * Grand Waterfront * To Kwa Wan station To Kwa Wan () is an underground MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong ...
(east), Mok Cheong Street (north) and Ma Tau Kok Road (south). Their names are mostly related to auspicious animals, namely dragon, phoenix, deer, unicorn, eagle, lark, egret, cicada, swallow, horse and crane."A Helping Hand for Hong Kong's Old Private Buildings"
CIH Asia Pacific Branch 40th International Housing Conference, pp. 7,8
There are 83 buildings in the 13 Streets area, built between 1958 and 1960. They contain a total of about 2,500 residential flats and 418 shops at the street level. Due to lack of maintenance, the buildings are a in dilapidated condition. The 11 parallel streets are, from west to east: * Lung To Street (龍圖街) * Fung Yi Street (鳳儀街) * Luk Ming Street (鹿鳴街) * Lun Cheung Street (麟祥街) * Ying Yeung Street (鷹揚街) * Pang Ching Street (鵬程街) * Hung Wan Street (鴻運街) * Shim Luen Street (蟬聯街) * Yin On Street (燕安街) * Tsun Fat Street (駿發街) * Hok Ling Street (鶴齡街)


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Cattle Depot Artist Village Cattle Depot Artist Village is located on 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The site was originally used as a slaughterhouse from 1908 to 1999. It was renovated and developed into a village for artists in 2001. It is now ho ...


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Map showing the 13 Streets within the Kowloon City District
{{Kowloon City District Ma Tau Kok