Entrance of the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum in the northeastern part of Tonkin Street, with Lei Cheng Uk Estate in the background.Tonkin Street, looking southwest from outside the Han Garden (漢花園), adjacent to the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum.Intersection of Tonkin Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road, with Cheung Sha Wan Estate on the left.Southwestern part of Tonking Street, looking northeast, with Lai Kok Estate (left) and the Asia Golf Club (right).Ying Wa College along Tonkin Street West, looking northeast, with Beacon Hill in the distance.
Tonkin Street (Chinese: 東京街) is a street between Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It runs northeast to southwest and crosses many major roads in the Cheung Sha Wan area. After extensive reclamation in West Kowloon during the 1990s, an extension Tonkin Street West (東京街西) was built.
Name
Its Chinese name Tung King (東京) means eastern capital,[1] which is a very common name in historical China and neighbour countries. Although the name in Chinese character is currently only used by Tokyo, eastern capital of Japan, a hint from its English name suggests that the name is associated with the eastern capital of Vietnam, Tonkin, namely modern-day Hanoi. British named roads and streets in the area by the trading cities in the surrounding of Hong Kong.
In 2016, a red-light camera was installed at Tonkin and Cheung Sha Wan Road.[3]
Unearth of World War II explosive
On 8 April 2006, the workers unearthed 588 pieces of explosive articles including cannon shells, bullets and grenades, in a drainage project in the street near Fuk Wing Street. The explosive was buried 1 to 3 metres beneath the surface. It belonged to former British Army around the period of World War II. Streets and MTR exits of surrounding area were closed to let the ammunition experts from Hong Kong Police Force to detonated these explosive. More pieces were unearthed at the same site on 27 April 2006.