Fat Kwong Street () is a street in
Ho Man Tin and
Hung Hom,
Kowloon
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, Hong Kong.
History
Fat Kwong Street was originally a short street in Hung Hom. In 1967, the government proposed to build a new road link between Hung Hom and
Mong Kok
Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok.
Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised ...
via Ho Man Tin, by connecting Fat Kwong Street to .
To facilitate this scheme, a flyover was built over
Princess Margaret Road
Princess Margaret Road (; lit. "Princess Road") is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong, forming a part of Route 1.
Originally called Nairn Road () with the English name after a town in Scotland and the Chinese name after the nanmu trees that grew ther ...
at a cost of around
HK$
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2.1 million, which was completed in 1970.
The new road link was constructed, in part, to serve major government housing developments in the
No. 12 Hill
No. 12 Hill (), or Hung Hom Hill (), is a hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong, between King's Park and Lo Lung Hang, northwest of Hung Hom and southeast of Ho Man Tin. The Oi Man Estate was built on No. 12 Hill in stages between 1974 and 1975. The place ...
and
Quarry Hill areas, including
Oi Man Estate
Oi Man Estate () is a public housing estate in No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the largest public housing estate in Kowloon City District and has a total of 12 residential blocks which were completed between 1974 and 1975. It was offici ...
and
Ho Man Tin Estate
Ho Man Tin Estate () is a public housing estate in Quarry Hill, Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It consists of 9 residential blocks and a shopping arcade, including 8 blocks and the shopping arcade of Ho Man Tin (South) Estate ...
.
The eastern part of Fat Kwong Street was closed in September 1970 due to landslides.
Major repairs were required, and the street did not reopen until June 1971.
Description
Fat Kwong Street is approximately long, stretching from to Ma Tau Wai Road. It is classified by the Hong Kong Government as a district distributor road.
Intersecting roads
West to east:
*
*
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* Sheung Foo Street
* Sheung Lok Street
* Yan Fung Street
* Shun Yung Street
*
Chatham Road North (
Route 5) (over a flyover)
* Wo Chung Street
* Ping Chi Street
*
Ma Tau Wai Road (over a flyover)
* Man Yue Street
* Man Lok Street
*
*
Tai Wan Road East
References
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Ho Man Tin
Lo Lung Hang
Roads in Kowloon