Nam Cheong Street

Nam Cheong Street (南昌街) is a street in Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It begins in the north at Lung Ping Road and Yan Ping Road in Shek Kip Mei and terminates in the south at Tung Chau Street and Boundary Street in Sham Shui Po.

Name
Nam Cheong Street takes its name from Nanchang, a city in China. Most streets in Sham Shui Po are named after Chinese cities.

There are speculations about its origins. One of them suggest that it may had been from Chan Nam Chong. A section of Nam Cheong Street at Ki Lung Street has wholesale, retail, ribbon, and zipper shops. Therefore, it is called lace street.

Parkone, Nam Cheong Estate, Nam Cheong station, Nam Cheong Place (, formerly Fu Cheong Shopping Centre ) and Nam Cheong Park are all named after the street. Apart from Parkone, all of these features are located south of the southern end of Nam Cheong Street.

History
Nam Cheong Street was laid out in the 1920s.

Overview
Nam Cheong street features many old Chinese-style buildings and shops. From Un Chau Street to Tung Chau Street, there are only six parking spots among its two lanes.

The section from Wai Lun Street to Cornwall Street is a big slope. There is also a Transport Department center at Nam Cheong Street.

Redevelopment
Developers had already acquired or own tenement buildings/tong lau and would demolished them and turn them into luxury residential or commercial buildings. Buildings currently under construction are Parkone, Nam Cheong Street and Berwick Street and Yiu Tung Street etc. The view of the street has changed over time.

Features
Features from south to north include:
 * Park One (#1)
 * 14 Nam Cheong Street (#14)
 * 117-125 Nam Cheong Street (#117-125). A row of tong lau listed as Grade III historic buildings.
 * No. 117 houses a pawnshop named Nam Cheong Pawnshop
 * Shek Kip Mei Estate
 * Pak Tin Ambulance Depot. At the corner with Pak Wan Street
 * Pak Tin Estate
 * Shek Kip Mei Park
 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College (#300)
 * Shek Kip Mei Fire Station (#380)

Intersections
Intersections from south to north:
 * Tung Chau Street
 * Boundary Street
 * Hai Tan Street
 * Yee Kuk Street
 * Lai Chi Kok Road
 * Tai Nan Street
 * Ki Lung Street
 * Yu Chau Street
 * Apliu Street
 * Cheung Sha Wan Road
 * Fuk Wah Street
 * Fuk Wing Street
 * Un Chau Street
 * Tai Po Road
 * Yiu Tung Street
 * Berwick Street
 * Woh Chai Street
 * Wai Chi Street
 * Wai Lun Street
 * Tai Hang Sai Street
 * Pak Wan Street
 * Chak On Road S
 * Lung Yuet Road
 * Tai Po Road
 * Ching Cheung Road
 * Chak On Road
 * Lung Ping Road
 * Tai Woh Ping Road
 * Lung Cheung Road

In popular culture
"The Prince Near You" (南昌街王子, "The Prince of Nam Cheong Street") is a song by Fiona Sit composed and written is Terence Lam and Wyman Wong, respectively. There are not a lot of new buildings in this street. Most are tenements or tong lau. This is why The Prince in Nam Cheong Street may not live in a castle.