Lee Tung Street
Former street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lee Tung Street (Chinese: 利東街), known as the Wedding Card Street (喜帖街; 囍帖街) by locals, was a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The street was famed in Hong Kong and abroad as a centre for publishing and for the manufacturing of wedding cards and other similar items.
Lee Tung Street | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 利東街 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 利东街 | ||||||||||
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Wedding Card Street | |||||||||||
Chinese | 喜帖街(囍帖街) | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | joyous posters street | ||||||||||
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As part of an Urban Renewal Authority (URA) project, all interests of Lee Tung Street were resumed by and reverted to the Government of Hong Kong since 1 November 2005, and subsequently demolished in December 2007. The demolition was seen by many as causing irreparable harm to the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.
The site was redeveloped as a luxury shopping and housing development. As with all other URA projects, no original tenants have been resettled on site.