High score rewards for all information about Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan! !

Buying food, clothing, housing and transportation in Hong Kong

Shopping

Hong Kong is a free port and is known as a "shopping paradise". Most goods have no tariffs and materials are shipped from all over the world. Come to the competition, some are cheaper than the place of origin. There are large shopping malls in various districts in Hong Kong, such as Taikoo Shing, Sha Tin New Town Plaza, etc. In addition to large department stores, there are also various shops and restaurants, some with amusement equipment, making them a good place for shopping and leisure. Some industries like to concentrate operations so that customers can have more choices. Among them, computers and related products are most concentrated in the "Golden" and "Golden" shopping malls near Sham Shui Po MTR station. Household appliances and cameras are more common in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, but it is advisable to buy them from reputable stores (such as those with the Hong Kong Tourism Association's red sailing ship logo) or large department stores. Hardware and machinery stores are concentrated in three sections of Canton Road near Mongkok MTR station. Fa Yuen Street, a section from Mong Kok Road to Prince Edward Road, is a paradise for fruit, fashion and daily necessities vendors. Within a few blocks of Tung Choi Street after passing Argyle Street is the famous "Ladies Street". The situation is similar to that of Temple Street on both sides of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei. However, in the evening, there are cooked food and fortune-telling vendors mixed in, and there are Cantonese opera singers near the temple, making it just like a civilian nightclub for the general public.

Garment Industry

Hong Kong has always been famous for its garment industry. Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan were the centers of garment factories from the 1970s to the 1980s. Therefore, the streets around Apliu Street and Ruzhou Street in and around Sham Shui Po MTR Station are filled with cloth shops. Fashion wholesalers and clothing supplies suppliers are concentrated within several blocks of Cheung Sha Wan Road in this station. Fa Yuen Street (a section from Mong Kok Road to Prince Edward Road) and "Ladies' Street" in Mong Kok, as well as Li Yuen Street East, Li Yuen Street West and Jardine's Place in Causeway Bay in Central, are all general clothing supply places.

Food

Hong Kong brings together delicacies from all over the world. Restaurants of all tastes are available in the streets and alleys. The more lively the places, the more places there are, such as Mong Kok, Causeway Bay, and Tsim Sha Tsui. Some streets in places like the Eastern District and Kowloon City are full of restaurants. Restaurants full of Asian flavors are all over Hong Kong. There are countless specialties such as spicy Thai soup, fragrant Indian curry, plump Korean barbecue, fresh Vietnamese salad rolls, delicious Japanese sushi and so on. Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong offer specialties from all over China, especially Cantonese restaurants. Other authentic dishes include Chaozhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Beijing, Shanghai, etc., as well as vegetarian dishes that focus on light meals. Yum Cha, which uses traditional Cantonese dim sum for breakfast, is also a good choice.

Fast food restaurants are very popular in Hong Kong, offering both Chinese and Western styles and are distributed in every corner. In addition, there are many traditional local "food stalls" that are opened in municipal buildings in various districts or in dedicated locations. In addition to maintaining low prices and good quality, the sanitary environment has also been improved. Another dining place with local characteristics is Hong Kong’s teahouses, which offer affordable prices and a wide variety of food, such as noodles, pastries, desserts, and more. The signature delicacies of many tea restaurants include mandarin ducks made with coffee and milk tea, crispy pineapple buns sandwiched with a thick piece of buttery pineapple oil, and freshly baked pastry egg tarts. There is no tipping in ordinary dining establishments, while higher-end banquet establishments and hotel restaurants charge an additional 10% service charge.

Hong Kong is also a paradise for snacks, and all kinds of snacks can be found everywhere. When you feel hungry while shopping and want to find something to eat, the quickest and most convenient way is to buy snacks on the street. In addition to fish eggs and beef offal, the most common street snacks also come in a wide variety of styles. Snacks with local characteristics, such as tin candies, candied scallion pancakes, fried chestnuts, dragon beard candies, etc. In terms of drinks, there are all kinds of juices (freshly made on the spot), meal tea, herbal tea, in addition to porridge, noodles, bowls of wings, fried ghosts, stinky tofu, etc., and there are countless more. The most common street food is mostly found on Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok. Ladies Market, and Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei. What makes street snacks so popular is that they are cheap and diversified. In addition, the most popular popular food with Hong Kong characteristics - "fish egg noodles". The most common snacks in Mong Kok are fried stuffed three treasures, fried large intestines, etc., which are delicious.

Accommodation

More than half of Hong Kong’s population lives in public housing, while a large proportion of people live in self-owned properties in private housing estates, far away from the hustle and bustle. urban areas, and most of them are in the New Territories along public transportation lines. But the vast majority of hotels and guesthouses, regardless of grade, are located in prosperous urban areas with convenient transportation.

For tourists, Hong Kong has many types of accommodation options, ranging from simple and cheap hotels to luxurious and expensive six-star hotels. Most hotels in Hong Kong are located in the urban areas of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula, and there are also many excellent choices in the New Territories and outlying islands. Most hotels are located in Central, Wan Chai, and Causeway Bay districts on Hong Kong Island, and in Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui East on the Kowloon Peninsula. If travelers want to avoid the hustle and bustle of the city, they can choose hotels in the New Territories area. Most hotels in Hong Kong provide modern facilities, including air conditioning, Internet access equipment, etc.

Transportation

Hong Kong has a highly developed and mature transportation network. The main components of public transportation include railways, buses (buses), minibuses (minibuses), taxis (taxi), and ferries. Among them, railway is the main public transport mode in Hong Kong, carrying about 412 passengers every day; followed by franchised buses, carrying about 394 passengers every day. It is worth mentioning that Hong Kong is the first region in the world to widely use electronic money for public transportation. The total circulation of the electronic ticket and currency system called Octopus in 2005 reached 12.4 million.

Most buses in Hong Kong are double-decker buses. The Hong Kong Tram that runs on the north shore of Hong Kong Island is the only fleet in the world that uses fully two-deck trams. The Central to Mid-Levels escalator system, also located on Hong Kong Island, is the longest covered escalator system in the world.

Hong Kong’s roads have a high usage rate. The total length of roads is 1,938 kilometers. They are mainly composed of streets, bridges and tunnels. There are 8 main trunk lines connecting various parts of Hong Kong, and the number has increased to 10 in a few years. The driving direction in Hong Kong is still based on the British colonial rule of driving on the left, which is different from that in mainland China. Of the 610,000 vehicles registered in Hong Kong, 64% are private passenger cars, and there are about 276 vehicles per kilometer of road.

In addition, the Hong Kong International Airport located in Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island is the fifth busiest international airport in the world by passenger traffic and is a transfer point for flights to and from Europe, the United States, Asia and Oceania. The Hong Kong Airport operates 24 hours a day and can handle 4,500 passengers and 300 tons of cargo each year. Now the Hong Kong International Airport has been expanded in phases to meet the increasing demand for air traffic and strengthen connections with neighboring areas in the Pearl River Delta to further Developed into a passenger transfer center in the region.