Shopping in Hong Kong
Gleaming Central, Admiralty and Causeway Bay have swanky malls and designer shops like Blanc de Chine. Nathan Road, linking frenetic Tsim Sha Tsui to Mong Kok, has electrical stores aplenty. This area is also filled with traditional markets, like Temple Street Night Market. For quality silks, linens and handicrafts try Stanley Market in Stanley. Wan Chai has cheap fashion shops and Ap Li Chau designer factory outlets. Usual shopping hours are 11am-9pm.
Fortress
No-nonsense electricals
A no-nonsense IT chain, the huge Fortress branch in Causeway Bay's Times
Square has digital cameras, MP3 players, CDs and stereos. With city-wide
branches, locals love the helpful, honest staff who may give good deals even
though prices are 'fixed'.
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Opening Hours
Daily 11am-10pm (from 10.30am Sat & Sun)
Address
1, Matheson Street, Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
Telephone
+852 2506 0031
Homeless
Local artist's creative designs
With most items using cartoon-like illustrations of local artist Carrie Chau,
Homeless in Central's trendy NoHo district has quirky T-shirts, humorous
sculptures, bags and prints, plus paintings on old wooden window frames. Its
sister store is next door.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 12pm-10pm; Sun 1pm-6.30pm
Address
G/F, 29, Gough Street, Central, Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
Telephone
+852 2581 1880
Temple Street Night Market
Entertainment and bargains
Hong Kong's Temple Street Night Market sells a mammoth selection of fun
souvenirs like Chinese satin jackets, T-shirts, chopstick sets and sequinned
bags plus there's a food court. Near the temple are entertaining fortune
tellers, aphrodisiacs and Cantonese opera buskers.
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Opening Hours
Daily 4pm-midnight
Address
Temple Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Transport
MTR to Yau Ma Tai or Jordan
Stanley Market
Lively seaside market
The huge covered market in Stanley has benefitted from recent changes.
Stanley Market's stalls have good-quality factory seconds and Chinese
handicrafts, plus decent restaurants. Look for linen waistcoats, silk ties
and carved jade. The bus journey alone is worth it.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10.30am-6.30pm
Address
Stanley Market Road, Hong Kong
Transport
Bus 6 from Exchange Square in Central.
Cat Street Market
Mao memorabilia
Tiny Cat Street Market on Central's Laskar Row, known as Cat Street, once
sold local junk and antiques but now has jade jewellery and kitsch Mao
memorabilia. There is an interesting collection of old Chinese advertising
products replicas. Bargain hard.
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Opening Hours
Daily 11am-6pm (until 7pm in summer)
Address
Upper Lascar Row, Central, Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
Transport
Bus
MingCha Tea House
Top Chinese tea selection
More of a boutique than a shop, elegant MingCha Tea House in Quarry Bay has a
top selection of Chinese teas, ranging from delicate white teas to black
'Puer' tea. There is a tasting bar, plus handy gift sets.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-7pm
Address
12D, Wah Ha Factory Building, 8, Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
Telephone
+852 2520 2116
Picture This
Photographs and old postcards
From Bruce Lee movie posters, photographs of Hong Kong's streets and old
postcards of China, Picture This in Central has a varied collection of work
to adorn anyone's walls. Look out for original woodcut engravings and
photographic books.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10am-7pm (12pm-5pm Sun)
Address
212, Prince's Building, Des Voeux Rd, Central, Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
Telephone
+852 2525 2803
Sam's Tailor
Quality made-to-measure suits
Inside an indistinctive Tsim Sha Tsui mall, Sam's Tailor has produced
made-to-measure men's and women's suits since 1957, boasting Pavarotti and
Bill Clinton as satisfied customers. Choose from top fabrics and colours.
Suits take three days from first fitting.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10am-7.30pm (until 12.30pm Sun)
Address
G/F Burlington Arcade, 94, Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Hong Kong
Telephone
+852 2367 9423
Blanc de Chine
Stylish fashion designer
In Central's hidden gem the Pedder Building, Blanc de Chine is a
much-respected local designer of men's and women's elegant creations with
Eastern influences. Its quality, and prices, cater to upmarket fashionistas,
with subdued colours and simple, clean lines.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10.30am-7pm
Address
201-203A, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong
Telephone
+852 2524 7875
