“Sino-British Street” of origin2010.09.13. // Uncategorized
March 18, 1899, both sides in accordance with the “Extension of Hong Kong Territory article” to locate the “New Territories” the northern border, Sha Tau Kok residents of this land and were forced into two parts, but residents on both sides of contact as before, this that is “Sino-British Street” of history.
With the establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, an array of goods poured into the Hong Kong Chung Ying Street, the Mainland is not likely to see hundreds of thousands of goods to the Mainland to attract the masses. Peak of 56 million people every day, pushed the Sino-British Street to buy soap, monosodium glutamate, plastic stool, nylon and other products, BOC, CCB, ICBC and other state-owned banks have opened outlets in the Street.
But with China’s opening up the pace and the British on the streets almost all goods can be bought in the Mainland, the Sino-British Street began to quiet. Today, visitors to the Sino-British Street, the main purpose is not shopping, but tourism.
