Yuen Po Street Bird Garden Entrance 2012

Yuen Po Street Bird Garden () is located in

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, directly west of

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and near

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. The garden occupies an area of (3,000m²) and is bounded by

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, Embankment Road,

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and Yuen Po Street.

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Yuen Po Street Bird Garden
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History

The garden was established after the former "Bird Street" at Hong Lok Street (雀仔街), off Argyle Street, was demolished by the former Land Development Corporation (now the

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) in the early 1990s. Langham Place was built on the site of the former Bird Street. Construction of the replacement garden was completed in March 1997 on a more peripheral site. The market was closed on 5 July 2012, following a positive swab sample of

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avian influenza virus, from a bird cage of

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s. It was closed for 21 days and re-opened on 26 July. Each of the 69 affected shops were compensated with HK$12,000 and their rents waived for a month by the

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References

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* Mong Kok Retail markets in Hong Kong Urban public parks and gardens in Hong Kong {{kowloon-stub