Sham Shui Po, known as "the Harlem of Hong Kong," is a place that immigrants have a love-hate relationship with. Like Tucheng and Sanchung in Taipei County, Sham Shui Po was an early industrial center: in the 1960s, when light industry in Hong Kong was at its peak, the district was home to a number of textile firms, clothing factories, canneries, and food wholesalers.
這個有「香港哈林區」之稱、令新移民愛恨交織的深水埗，與台北縣的土城、三重類似，是香港早期的工商業中心之一。在輕工業盛行的 1960 年代，這裡聚集了大量的紡織、製衣、罐頭及副食品批發零售業。