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| Traditional Chinese | 牛津道 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 牛津道 | ||||||||||
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Oxford Road is a two-way street in Kowloon Tsai (Often regarded as Kowloon Tong nowadays), Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. Completed in mid-1950s[1], it runs from Oxford Road Playground to Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate.
Oxford Road is home to many schools such as, beginning from Oxford Road Playground, Maryknoll Convent School, Caritas Francis Hsu College, Creative Primary School, TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College, Jockey Club Government Secondary School, Kei Wa Primary School (Kowloon Tong) and Bishop Hall Jubilee School, and formerly Ying Wa College. [2]
Succeeding Flint Road at a roundabout near Ho Tung Road, Oxford Road runs northward in a divided dual-carriageway until it meets Lancashire Road near Lannox Gardens. Crossing the junction, Oxford Road merges into a two-way street which continues to run northbound. It meets Moray Road, Selkirk Road and Hampshire Road respectively on the west side and then intersects with Durham Road near Kowloon Tsai House tennis court. After Durham Road, Oxford Road meets Wiltshire Road on the west and finally terminates at Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate and Mary Rose School.[3]
Oxford Road is named after Oxford, England as one of the Kowloon Tong streets which were all named after places in Britain when the first British settlers arrived in Kowloon. Oxford, being a heritage-rich city in England, was chosen as the first name of all the Kowloon Tong streets.[4]