Cheung Sha Wan (長沙灣) is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between. Administratively it is part of Sham Shui Po District. Lai Chi Kok (荔枝角) is an area in Sham Shui Po District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Sham Shui Po (深水埗; pinyin: shen1 shui3 bu4, Yale: sam seuí bouh; lit. ... New Kowloon (Chinese: 新九龍; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: san1 gau2 lung4, Mandarin Pinyin: XÄ«n JiÇ”lóng) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tates Cairn and Kowloon Peak. ... Sham Shui Po District (深水埗區) is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

As its Chinese name suggests, it was formerly a bay with a long beach. It was a gathering place for many Tanka fishermen before its development. The original shoreline approximates the present Castle Peak Road and Un Chau Street. The bay was reclaimed gradaully after World War II. There were many ship yards along the then-reclaimed shore between the 1950s and 1980s, many of which have since relocated to the north shore of Tsing Yi Island. See Waka (disambiguation) for other usages. ... Castle Peak Road (青山道 in Kowloon; 青山公路 in the New Territories) is the longest road in Hong Kong. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Tsing Yi (青衣), or Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. ...

Cheung Sha Wan was a manufacturing centre after the war, with a number of light industries, especially textile and clothing. After the PRC implemented its open door policy in the 1980s, many factories relocated to the mainland, vacating the area's industrial buildings (some of which have since been converted into offices and warehouses). There are also many wholesale clothes markets in the area. It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... (See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology) Humans nearly universally wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments, or attire) on the body. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... In commerce, a wholesaler buys and stores goods in large quantities from their manufacturers or importers, and then sells smaller quantities to retailers, who in turn sell to the general public. ...

Reclamation of West Kowloon

Transport

The area is served by two stations on MTR's Tsuen Wan Line: Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... Prince Edward station in Kowloon, part of Kwun Tong Line and the Tsuen Wan Line. ...

• Cheung Sha Wan Station and,
• Lai Chi Kok Station.

Lai Chi Kok Station is actually located not in Lai Chi Kok, but in Cheung Sha Wan. The fact that references to Cheung Sha Wan can be found on many buildings and amenities near Lai Chi Kok Station continues to be a source of confusion for many. The Station platform Cheung Sha Wan station, located in Sham Shui Po district, is an underground station on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR, between stations Sham Shui Po and Lai Chi Kok. ... Lai Chi Kok (荔枝角, Jyutping: lai6 zi1 gok3; lit. ...

External Links

• Mondophoto.net - 579 Public Domain photos of Hong Kong and Cheung Sha Wan