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During Chinese New Year, stalls in Tai Yuen Street sell festive supplies such as red
hanging ornaments, red packets, and piggy dolls for the Year of the Pig.
Adjacent to Lee Tung Avenue is an-
other street with strong nostalgic local
style – Tai Yuen Street. Even the locals
may not be able to tell you where Tai
Yuen Street is, because they may only
know its nickname – “Toys Street”.
A diversity of classic toys is sold in
the myriad of toys stores there. It is a
paradise for toy collectors and young
children, and it also has a wide vari-
ety of stores selling daily necessities to
A colourfully painted stall in Tai Yuen Street. After redevelopment, the government residents in the neighbourhood.
modified the stalls by adding lighting system and roofs for the stall owners, forming the While grown-ups can recollect
business model that we now find in the street.
