Fuk Wa Street

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Fuk Wa Street (福華街) is a street in Cheung Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Part of the street is a street market with numerous stalls selling varieties of goods like old books and clothes. Its section between Yen Chow Street and Kweilin Street where the famous Golden Computer Arcade is located.

It spans from Castle Peak Road to Tai Po Road. The street breaks into several parts by various building structures.

• covered nullah in Nam Cheong Street
• Kowloon Technical School, Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate, Un Chau Estate and Cheung Sha Wan Catholic School, between Camp Street and Cheung Wah Street

Unlike the names of streets nearby, it does not follow the place names in China. Its name means blessing (fuk, 福) and prosperous (wa, 華) while its brother street Fuk Wing Street glorious, prosperous (wing, 榮).