A Corner of the Eastern District: Searching for the “Little Fujian” in North Point
東區一角：
尋覓北角「小福建」情懷
About us 關於我們
A corner of the Eastern District is a project focusing on North Point and the Fujianese there to know how they maintain cohesion and culture in North Point by exploring the connection between the Fujianese and the community.
東區一角是以了解北角社區與福建人的聯繫為願景，透過提供導賞路線，讓人們認識福建人如何在北角維持他們的社區網路及文化。
Background 背景
Reasons why the Fujianese gather in North Point
In the first half of the 20th century, there were already some Fujianese businessmen from Southeast Asia making investments and setting up businesses in North Point, for example, Koeh Chhun-iong. Shanghainese were still the largest Chinese immigrant group in North Point at that time. Meanwhile, many Fujianese worked in Southeast Asia and united with their families in Hong Kong with the assistance of the Fukien Chamber of Commerce. Thus, many Fujianese children came to Hong Kong with their mothers. There were also Fujianese people who came to Hong Kong to engage in overseas remittances and export trade between Hong Kong and Southeast Asia because there was a pier to and from Southeast Asia including Indonesia in North Point. Furthermore, North Point has attracted many Fujianese people because of the high-quality and cheap housing like the New Metropolis Building, as well as the convenient transportation to the Central Business District, Kowloon and Hung Hom. Also, as the Fujianese were unfamiliar with Cantonese, they eventually chose to live in North Point to take care of one another.
Fujianese becoming the largest immigrant group in North Point
In the 1970s, the Fujianese people gradually became the largest immigrant community in North Point when the Shanghainese moved to other districts. Moreover, these Fujianese immigrants usually come from Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Jinjiang in China.
福建人聚居北角的原因
早在二十世紀上半葉，已有福建商人在北角投資和經商，例如在印尼福建的富商郭春秧，福建人開始來到北角，但上海人仍是北角最大的移民族群。當時很多福建人到南洋打工，旅港福建商會則協助他們與家人在香港相聚，因此大批福建孩童隨母親來到香港。亦有福建人來港從事僑匯和向南洋出口貿易的工作。因為北角有來往南洋包括印尼等地的碼頭。另外，北角有大量優質便宜的房屋供應，例如新都城大廈。而且交通方便，鄰近中環商業區，後來更有渡輪碼頭前往九龍城及紅磡，因此吸引不少福建人到北角生活。同時，他們不熟悉廣東話，於是聚居在北角以便互相照應。而他們大多居住在春秧街、渣華街和北角道一帶。
福建人成為北角最大的社群
直至七十年代，聚居於北角的上海人開始搬往他區，福建人逐漸成為北角最大的移民社群。 當中，這些福建移民來自漳州、泉州及晉江等地。
參考資料 Reference
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Transportation 交通
前往北角
To North Point
可乘搭港鐵至北角站，從A1出口到達地面，往前方過一條馬路便是集合點。
另外，亦可從紅磡碼頭或九龍城碼頭搭乘渡輪前往北角渡輪碼頭，或者從啟德碼頭或觀塘碼頭前往北角東渡輪碼頭，沿海濱走到北角碼頭海鮮市場，再往渣華道方向走，即可到達集合點。往北角的渡輪班次詳情可參閱新渡輪網站以及富裕小輪網站。
此外，你可搭乘城巴41A路線往「渣華道市政大廈，渣華道」站，朝北角匯二期方向走一段直路便可到達。或搭乘巴士前往「琴行街，渣華道」站，往渣華道街市方向直走便可到達集合點。亦可搭乘33、65和69號小巴前往「琴行街，渣華道」站。
↓You can take the MTR to North Point Station, take Exit A1 to the ground, walk ahead and cross a road to the meeting point.
↓You can also take a ferry from Hung Hom Ferry Pier or Kowloon City Ferry Pier to North Point Ferry Pier, or from Kai Tak Pier or Kwun Tong Pier to North Point East Ferry Pier, walk along the waterfront to North Point Pier Seafood Market, and then walk in the direction to Java Road, then can reach the meeting point. For details on the ferry schedule to North Point, please refer to the Sun Ferry website and Fortune Ferry website.
↓In addition, you can take Citybus route 41A to the "Java Road Complex, Java Road" station, and walk a straight road in the direction of North Point Plaza Phase II to reach the meeting point. Or take the bus to the "Kam Hong Street, Java Road" stop, and walk straight towards Java Road Market to reach the meeting point. In addition, you can also take minibus No. 33, 65 and 69 to the "Kam Hong Street, Java Road" stop.
離開北角
Leave North Point
從港鐵北角站B1出口搭乘港鐵離開。另外，可搭乘電車前往沿線各站。亦可在「新光戲院，英皇道」巴士站或「港鐵北角站」巴士站搭乘巴士離開。
Take the MTR from Exit B1 in North Point Station. In addition, you can take the tram to the stations along the line. You can also take a bus from the "Sunbeam Theatre, King's Road" bus stop or the "MTR North Point Station" bus stop.
