Hong Kong Shopping

If Hong Kong is the ‘City of Life’, then life is a mall. There can be few places with more ships per square metre than Hong Kong – they are absolutely everywhere.

For tourists, Hong Kong is a major travel hub and it is a traditional jumping off spot for shopaholics. And everyone is at it. The prime shopping areas are bedlam at weekends and merely chaotic during the rest of the week.

Hong Kong Shopping Where

Shops selling Chinese art objects and souvenirs cluster around the escalator up to the Mid-Levels and along nearby Cat Street.

Within Hong Kong, Shanghai Tang, right by Central MTR station, is probably the best venue for quality Chinese goods – silks, fabrics, ornaments and furniture.

Hong Kong Shopping Malls

Mall rats in Hong Kong have plenty of warrens to choose from.

Pacific Place, in Admiralty, has three floors of almost entirely luxury brands, while The Landmark and Prince’s Arcade vie for the custom of chic Central.

Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong MTR station, in northern Kowloon, is worth the long trip from Central, for its variety and quality.

Causeway Bay has the big Japanese department stores, Sogo and Mitsukoshi, as well as the towering Times Square.

Standard opening hours are daily 0930-1900 and later in many cases.

Hong Kongers bridle at the very idea of a sales tax, so visitors can forget about hoarding their receipts until the government finally decides to plug its deficit this way.

Hong Kong Tourist Shopping

For visitors, Tsim Sha Tsui is often the first port of call, but try diving into vibrant Causeway Bay for brand-named goods and shopping plazas.

Tourist items and souvenirs, often very tacky, are best purchased either along the hotel strip of Nathan Road on Kowloon Side or at Stanley Market.

There are computer superstores at Causeway Bay, Wanchai and Mongkok, full of tiny booths selling the silicon equivalent of Hong Kong tailoring and teenage hustlers pushing pirated software.

At the other end of the scale are the grungy street markets and bargains of counterfeit capital Mongkok.

For arty types, the shops of Cat Street in Sheung Wan offer a treasure trove of quality Chinese antiques.

However, for most electrical goods, there are worse places than the many branches of the Fortress chain.

Hong Kong Market Shopping

Hong Kong also has many markets.

One of the most delightful is the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, on Prince Edward Road West, in Kowloon. Open daily 0700-2000, this market is primarily concerned with the sale of song birds.

Nearby, on Tung Choi Street, is a flower market and a goldfish market.

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