圖說香江：荔枝角

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鄭寶鴻 香港歷史博物館名譽顧問

　荔枝角的名稱，源於一荔枝形，與葵涌村連接的半島。其前方是醉酒灣和昂船洲。

　連接深水步與荔枝角間的青山道和荔枝角道，於1920年前後闢成並進行填海，俟後，美孚公司在新填地上建成多座儲油庫。由1965年開始，這地區發展為美孚新村住宅樓宇。

　1948年，荔園遊樂場在荔枝角開幕，為市民的娛樂和消閑場所，到了1997年3月底才結業。

Lai Chi Kok

　Lai Chi Kok got its name as a headland which is adjacent to Kwai Chung Village in the shape of a lychee. In front of the headland are Drunkard's Bay and Stonecutters Island.

　Castle Peak Road and Lai Chi Kok Road adjoins Sham Shui Po were completed in c. 1920, the year began the reclamation of Lai Chi Kok Bay. Then several oil banks of the Mei Foo Company were built on the reclaimed land. Since 1965, a housing estate, Mei Foo Sun Chuen had been built in this area.

　In 1948, Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park opened, and it had run until March 1997.