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| native_name ={{native name|yue|佛光街}}
| coordinates = {{coord|22.3121877|114.1819276|format=dms|type:landmark_source:enwiki-googlemaplink|display=title,inline}}
| length = {{convert|1.45| km}}
| east = Hung Hom Road / [[Tai Wan Road#Name and history|Tai Wan Road East]]
| west = Sheung Shing Street / Pui Ching Road
|location = [[Ho Man Tin]] and [[Hung Hom]], [[Kowloon]], Hong Kong
}}
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|c=佛光街
|y=faht gwōng gāai
|j=fat6 gwong1 gaai1
|p=FóguāngFóguāng Jiē
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'''Fat Kwong Street''' ({{zh|佛光街}}) is a street in [[Ho Man Tin]] and [[Hung Hom]], [[Kowloon]], Hong Kong.
==History==
Fat Kwong Street was originally a short street in Hung Hom. In 1967, the government proposed to build a new road link between Hung Hom and [[Mong Kok]] via Ho Man Tin, by connecting Fat Kwong Street to {{ill|Pui Ching Road|yue|%E5%9F%B9%E6%AD%A3%E9%81%93}}.<ref name="roadlink">{{cite news |title=Road link between Hunghom and Homantin |work=South China Morning Post |date=28 April 1967 |page=6}}</ref> To facilitate this scheme, a flyover was built over [[Princess Margaret Road]] at a cost of around [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]2.1 million, which was completed in 1970.<ref name="aheadschedule">{{cite news |title=Project ahead of schedule |work=South China Morning Post |date=8 January 1969 |page=6}}</ref><ref name="opensforuse">{{cite news |title=Flyover opensopen for use |work=South China Morning Post |date=14 February 1970 |page=6}}</ref> The new road link was constructed, in part, to serve major government housing developments in the [[No. 12 Hill]] and [[Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)|Quarry Hill]] areas, including [[Oi Man Estate]] and [[Ho Man Tin Estate]]area.
The eastern part of Fat Kwong Street was closed in September 1970 due to landslides.<ref name="roadclosed">{{cite news |title=Hunghom road closed |work=South China Morning Post |date=23 September 1970 |page=6}}</ref> Major repairs were required, and the street did not reopen until June 1971.<ref name="streetrepaired">{{cite news |title=Street repaired |work=South China Morning Post |date=3 June 1971 |page=5}}</ref>
==Description==
Fat Kwong Street is approximately {{cvt|1.45|km|abbr=off}} long, stretching from {{ill|SheungPrincess ShingMargaret Street|yue|%E5%B8%B8%E7%9B%9B%E8%A1%97}}Road to Ma Tau Wai Road.<ref>The Land Registry, ''The 53rd Edition of the Street Index'', https://www.landreg.gov.hk/en/public/si_web.htm https://www.landreg.gov.hk/en/public/pu-si_agree.htm</ref> It is classified by the Hong Kong Governmentgovernment as a district distributor road.<ref name="ozp">{{cite web |title=Explanatory Statement of Approved Ho Man Tin Outline Zoning Plan No. S/K7/24 |url=https://www1.ozp.tpb.gov.hk/plan/ozp_plan_notes/en/S_K7_24_e.pdf |publisher=[[Town Planning Board]] |page=13}}</ref>
==Intersecting roads==
West to east:
* [[Princess Margaret Road]]
* {{ill|Pui Ching Road|yue|%E5%9F%B9%E6%AD%A3%E9%81%93}}
* [[Pui Ching Road]]
* {{ill|Sheung Shing Street|yue|%E5%B8%B8%E7%9B%9B%E8%A1%97}}<ref>https://www.google.com/maps/@22.31694,114.179665,3a,90.0y,0.0h,90.0t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s_kbfal6PbVJWwREoBB5i9A!2e0#6M5GzFWzE1M5ngZj6, https://www.google.com/maps/@22.31694,114.179665,3a,90.0y,0.0h,90.0t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s_kbfal6PbVJWwREoBB5i9A!2e0#c9uM78PSxT8W2gL46</ref>
* Sheung Shing Street
* Sheung Foo Street
* Sheung Lok Street
* Yan Fung Street
* Shun Yung Street
* [[Chatham Road North]] ([[Route 5 (Hong Kong)|Route 5]]) (over a flyover)
* Wo Chung Street
* Ping Chi Street
* [[Ma Tau Wai Road]] (over a flyover)
* Man Yue Street
* Man Lok Street
* {{ill|Hung Hom Road|yue|%E7%B4%85%E7%A3%A1%E9%81%93}}
* [[Tai Wan Road#Name and history|Tai Wan Road East]]
==References==
[[Category:Ho Man Tin]]
[[Category:Lo Lung Hang]]
[[Category:Roads in Kowloon]]
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