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Old Hong Kong Street Signs

There's still a few old ceramic and concrete street signs around town that were made before 1930 and there are 95 cast iron plates in service that were installed between the 1930s and 1960s - they were hand-crafted and can weigh up to 30kg.

There was a change of design in the 1960s to 1970s with the plates made of concrete again, then there was a new design and now the most recent ones are made of aluminium - they began in 2005 when 19,000 street signs were replaced. 

Late 19th Century Ceramic Street Sign

The oldest street sign in Hong Kong is at the Pak Tai Temple in Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai. It has an iron frame and individual ceramic tiles.

Pre-1910 Ceramic Street Signs at the Old Dairy Farm Depot

Lower Albert Road at the old Dairy Farm Depot, now the Foreign Correspondents Club - ceramic tiles in a concrete frame.

Lower Albert Road at the old Dairy Farm Depot, now the Fringe Club - ceramic tiles in a concrete frame.

Wyndham Street at the old Dairy Farm Depot, now the Fringe Club - ceramic tiles in a concrete frame.

Concrete Street Signs - 1910-1930

West End Path at the Old Lunatic Asylum Chinese Block in Sai Ying Pun.

On Tai Street at Western Market in Sheung Wan.

Wa Ning Lane close to Blake Garden in Sheung Wan.

Wood Road is the only road that has one for each of the last four designs

1930s to 1960s T-shaped cast iron - Chinese characters read from right to left.

1960s to 1970s concrete -  Chinese characters read from right to left and are right-aligned.

1970s to 2005 - Chinese characters read from left to right.

2005 to present aluminium - the current design with street number indications.

Central and Sheung Wan

Cast iron street sign, made in the 1930s to 1960s. Original location unknown; installed here in 2018 at the renovated Central Police Station Compound.

Hollywood Road

Wyndham Street

Shing Wong Street

Shing Wong Street

Connaught Road Central

Kennedy Town and Sai Ying Pun

Ching Lin Terrace

Des Voeux Road West

Queen's Road West

Sai On Lane

Water Street

The Peak

Lloyd Path on The Peak, barely visible intersecting with Barker Road.

23 December 2017

Wan Chai

Burrows Street

6 August 2017 - now gone after redevelopment in 2020.

Cross Street

10 December 2017

Johnston Road

6 August 2017  - now gone after redevelopment in 2020.

King Sing Street

22 December 2017

Tai Wo Street

8 July 2017

Triangle Street

19 October 2017

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Happy Valley

Blue Pool Road

Blue Pool Road

Broom Road

Green Lane

Hawthorn Road

Hip Wo Lane

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Causeway Bay and Tai Hang

Cotton Path - stolen in February 2021.

Haven Street

Lan Fong Road

Lee Garden Road

Pak Sha Road

Percival Street

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North Point and Chai Wan

Healthy Street East

Kam Hong Street

Cape Collinson Road - this in a private collection.

Sham Shui Po

Apliu Street

22 December 2017 


Stolen in July 2023. Members of the public had reported missing street signs to authorities and the Highways Department informed police that seven street signs in Sham Shui Po were missing. A man was arrested soon after on Fuk Wing Street after an investigation. So far, none of the signs have been recovered.

Apliu Street

22 December 2017


This is no longer in active service but it is nailed to the floor in a bric-a-brac shop in Apliu Street.

Fuk Wa Street

23 December 2017 


Stolen in July 2023. Members of the public had reported missing street signs to authorities and the Highways Department informed police that seven street signs in Sham Shui Po were missing. A man was arrested soon after on Fuk Wing Street after an investigation. So far, none of the signs have been recovered.

Ki Lung Street

28 December 2017 


Stolen in July 2023. Members of the public had reported missing street signs to authorities and the Highways Department informed police that seven street signs in Sham Shui Po were missing. A man was arrested soon after on Fuk Wing Street after an investigation. So far, none of the signs have been recovered.

Kiu Kiang Street

22 December 2017

Lai Chi Kok Road

28 December 2017

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Cheung Sha Wan

Castle Peak Road

Cheung Wah Street

Fat Tsueng Street

Fuk Wah Street

Fuk Wing Street

Kim Shin Lane

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Jordan, Mong Kok and Tai Kok Tsui

Woo Sung Street

Wai On Street

Hak Po Street

Fife Street

Nelson Street

To Kwa Wan and Kowloon City

Hung Fook Street

Hung Kwong Street

Hung Kwong Street

Kowloon City Road

Lung To Street

Ma Tau Kok Road

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Tai Po, Fanling and Sha Tau Kok

Kwong Fook Road

Fu Shin Street

Luen Wo Road

Dao Yang Road

Hai Wing Road

Hai Wing Road

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Cheung Chau and Lantau

Chung Hing Street

School Road

Tai Sun Street

Kat Hing Street in Tai O, Lantau

1960s and 1970s

Aberdeen Street

Apliu Street

Arran Street

Bedford Road

Bedford Road

Boundary Street

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