Sugar Street, Hong Kong

Not to be confused with Sugar Street in Cairo, the subject of Naguib Mahfouz's novel Sugar Street in the Cairo Trilogy.

Sugar Street (Chinese: 糖街; Jyutping: Tong2 gaai1) is a street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

Sugar Street.

Sugar Street.

The street is less than 100 metres long. It runs one-way (west to east) in one lane of traffic.

Etymology

According to local folklore the street received its name after the Hong Kong Mint, based here from 1866 to 1868 failed because although silver was poured into the coin making machinery, "sparkling white sugar grains emerged."

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

Further reading

• Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 143. ISBN 962-209-563-1.