- Sai Yeung Choi Street
Sai Yeung Choi Street (zh-c|c=西洋菜街) are two streets in
Mong Kok ,Kowloon ,Hong Kong , namely, Sai Yeung Choi Street South (西洋菜南街) and Sai Yeung Choi Street North (西洋菜北街). Although officially two streets, local people seldom make distinction between them. They are separated by theMong Kok Police Station .History
The streets were built on
watercress cultivation in a village, Mong Kok Tsuen (芒角村), in Mong Kok in 1924. The name Sai Yeung Choi is the Cantonese name of watercress. As time went by, the village and fields were replaced by high-rise buildings. When the police station was built, they were no longer connected. In the12 January ,1979 , the streets were renamed to north and south sections.ai Yeung Choi Street South
Starting from Dundas Street in
Yau Ma Tei , it runs north and meets major roads, Argyle Street andMong Kok Road , and ends at the junction withPrince Edward Road West . This street is a hot spot for Hong Kong people. The section south of Argyle Street concentrates shops of electronic products at street level and "upstair bookstores" above.ai Yeung Choi Street North
Starting from
Playing Field Road , it runs north, crossingBoundary Street intoNew Kowloon and terminates slight beyondPoplar Street . This street is largely residential and more quiet than the other street in the south. A much shorter, separated section of this street is to the north, betweenSai Yeung Choi Lane and St. Francis' Church, separated by a hillside slope.ee also
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List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
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