Dragon Centre

Dragon Centre is a shopping centre in the Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The shopping centre spans 10 storeys. Sunlight can shine from the window on the roof to the first floor. A bus terminus is located on the ground floor, and the ninth floor features a roller coaster which hangs from the roof, as well as a skating rink. The shopping centre is the largest in the west Kolwoon area between Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan. The leading tenant is Sincere, a department store.

Located beside the historic Sham Shui Po Police Station, the centre was built on the site of the former Sham Shau Po Camp, a prisoner-of-war camp for Commonwealth forces captured during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, which was also used to house Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s .

Anchors and Retailers

* Baleno
* Bossini
* City Chain
* Fortress World
* Pizza Hut
* McDonald's
* KFC
* Yoshinoya
* Ajisen Ramen
* Pokka Cafe'
* Kee Wah Bakery
* Aji Ichiban Co., Ltd
* Bank of China
* Wing Hang Bank
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* 7-Eleven
* Watson's
* Sincere
* Circle K
* Mannings
* Wellcome Superstore
* Lenscrafters

Discovery Park (Hong Kong)

Discovery Park is a in Hong Kong, located at 398 Castle Peak Road, in the New Territories. The whole estate including the residential flats and the shopping centre spans over .

Its developer is Hong Kong Resort Company Limited and is responsible for the management of the shopping centre.

Phases of development

* Phase 1 - Block 1 to 4
* Phase 2 - Block 5 to 8
* Phase 3 - Block 8 to 12

There are totally 3360 units with unit size ranged from . to . The development has a shopping centre, a clubhouse of ., a swimming pool of .tennis courts, golf putting green, sauna rooms, carpark, etc. The price of development was considered attractive to small families, as most of the estates in the vicinity were relatively old constructions.

The first phase of the development was launched amid the property bubble in 1997, and units were subject of many speculators' interest. The intensity spilled over to properties in neighbouring estates in Sham Tseng and Castle Peak, and stimulated a three-fold increase in transactions in the area in September compared with the month before, according to , Hong Kong's leading real estate agency chain.

Facilities nearby

Above the Discovery Park bus terminus is the Tsuen King Circuit Indoor Recreation Centre.
Tsuen Wan Police District Headquarters and Divisional Station is opposite to the estate, between them is Tsuen King Circuit.

Location

Geographical coordinates:

Transport

Road

Route 9 extension

On February 8 2007, the section of linking Chai Wan Kok and Shek Wai Kok was opened. This section passes through the reserved area of the shopping mall building. Since then, more convenience can be enjoyed in driving between Tuen Mun Road and Shing Mun Tunnel.

MTR

Five-minute walk from to in the air-conditioned walkway which links from the estate.

Bus

As it is located at the side of Castle Peak Road, there are numerous bus routes with stops at Discovery Park.

Tsuen Wan Bus Terminus
* 42M to Cheung Wang Estate
* 243M to Mayfair Gardens
* A31 to
* E31 to Tung Chung
* N31 to

Discovery Park bus stop - Tsuen King Circuit
* 30 Allway Gardens - Cheung Sha Wan
* 30X Allway Gardens - Whampoa Garden
* 39M Allway Gardens - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 230X Allway Gardens to Whampoa Garden

Discovery Park bus stop - Castle Peak Road
* 30X Allway Gardens - Whampoa Garden
* 34M Bayview Garden - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 39M Allway Allway Gardens - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 53 Yuen Long - Tsuen Wan Nina Tower
* 57M Shan King - Lai King North
* 58M Leung King -
* 59A - Sham Shui Po
* 59M Tuen Mun Ferry Pier - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 59S Tuen Mun Ferry Pier - Mong Kok
* 60M Tuen Mun Central - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 61M Yau Oi South - Lai King North
* 66 Tai Hing - Sham Shui Po
* 66M Tai Hing - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 66P Tai Hing - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 67M Siu Hong Court - Kwai Fong MTR Station
* 68A Long Ping Estate -
* 68M Yuen Long West - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 69M Tin Shui - Kwai Fong MTR Station
* 234A Sea Crest Villa -
* 234B Sea Crest Villa -
* 251M - Tsing Yi AR Station
* 259E Lung Mun Oasis - Tsuen Wan MTR Station
* 260C Yau Oi South - Kwai Fong MTR Station
* 263M Fu Tai Estate - Tsing Yi AR Station
* 265M Tin Heng Estate - Lai Yiu
* 265P Tin Yan Estate - Lai Yiu
* 269M Tin Shui Wai Town Centre -
* 868 Tuen Mun Central - Sha Tin Racecourse
* N260 Tuen Mun Pier Head - Mei Foo
* N269 Tin Tsz - Mei Foo

Citylink Plaza

Citylink Plaza is a building that was built above the of the in Hong Kong. It was developed and is owned by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. The building, as well as the railway station, is connected with the New Town Plaza, which is one of the largest shopping centres in Sha Tin District.

The building originally housed the headquarters of the KCRC and some offices of the Hong Kong Government when it was built. It was called the KCR House before the adoption of the current name in the mid-1990s. However, the Government had built another separate building near Grand Central Plaza to house the government offices, and the headquarters of the KCRC had already moved to a new building next to the of KCR East Rail. The original building was refurnished and was converted into a shopping centre and some business offices.

World-Wide House

World-Wide House is an office building in , Hong Kong. It is located between Connaught Road Central, Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central.

History

The site is situated on at the turn of the 20th century.

WWH was constructed on a 23,000 square foot site vacated by the former , which was located there from 1911 to 1976. The GPO was relocated to Connaught Place for the construction of the Pedder Station of MTR. Below the building is the interchange of Hong Kong Station and of MTR.

In the early , there were proposals for the site to be swapped for the Alexandra House plot, to create more open space in Central, and pedestrianised. The proposals were defeated mainly due to financial considerations.

MTR Corporation, which had been given the first refusal on the site, paid the Government approximately HK$212 million in cash for the rights for the site. The Government ended up receiving some $8,700 per square foot instead of its initial asking price of $10,000.

, the enterprise founded by Li Ka Shing, obtained the right for the development of the above-ground structure. With a plot ratio of 15:1, CKH built a 32-storey single tower office-cum-commercial building. The arcade is connected to adjacent properties by the Central Elevated Walkway.

Shopping arcade

World-Wide Plaza is the shopping centre on 3 levels on the lower floors of World-wide House. It is built in an "" style, but without skylight. Its first level is accessible from the Central Elevated Walkway or by escalator from the ground floor of the building.

The kiosks or shop units are typically from around 10 square metres, and are rented out to small traders, who sell telecommunications and banking services, to food, and magazines. The arcade is popular with the large , particularly on Sundays, as many of the shops are run by their compatriots. The wide assortment of typically small shops caters to their needs, selling merchandise from their homeland.

Gallery

Tsim Sha Tsui Center and Empire Center

Tsim Sha Tsui Centre and Empire Centre, a step away from the MTR station and the East Tsim Sha Tsui railway station, are connected by a covered pedestrian bridge and are located near the Star Ferry service to Hong Kong Island. Home to Tsim Sha Tsui East, this prime retail area has recently experienced a rejuvenating treatment with the upgrade of several major hotels and shopping centres in the area. Alfresco Lane here has been described in local media as one of the "best dining places in Hong Kong." Right on the waterfront promenade, it's Hong Kong's longest and tastiest harbourfront dining experience.

Times Square (Hong Kong)

Times Square is a major shopping centre and office tower complex in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

The complex, owned by Wharf Properties Limited, part of The Wharf Limited group, was opened in April 1994.

History

The site was previously occupied by the original tram depot of the Hong Kong Tramways, another of the Wharf's subsidiary operations acquired in 1974. The approved Tramways' plan to relocate its depots to Sai Wan Ho and Sai Ying Pun in July 1986, on the argument that the HK$3.5 million in operating costs savings would allow for tram fares to be held down.

The area was predominantly residential, Following the relocation of Wanchai depot, the site was surrendered to its associate in 1988.

In 1991, the concrete plans were announced: the project would create 186,000 m? of retail and office complex, an estimated construction cost of 2 billion.

At the time, this part of Wanchai/Causeway Bay was deemed "not a very attractive part of town". The developer's debt levels and the uncertainty over sovereignty also rendered project financing more problematic. Due to the high land price in Hong Kong, and the higher yield on retail property, Times Square departs from the common western model of the flat shopping mall. The entire complex remains owned by Wharf, but western and eastern office towers of the complex have been named "Shell Tower" and "Tower One" respectively.

Ground floor open space

Under the terms of a Deeds of Dedication signed with the Government, 3,010 sq. m of the ground floor was set aside for public access, pedestrian passage and passive recreation. However, the company has the right to organise exhibitions there, and charge fees. The exact details of the concessions to the developers were not made public.

Public open space controversy

Between July 2003 and March 2005, a corner of the piazza was leased to Starbucks Coffee. The company claimed it was an "unintentional oversight" that was quickly corrected after the Buildings Department complained. Since then, there has been a vociferous campaign to re-examine provisions for public open space, and the government ''quid pro quo'' with property developers.
Alan Leong lamented the poor quality of some of Hong Kong's public open spaces, and said he hoped that a Legco review would result in a "more transparent and predictable system".

The Secretary for Justice, on behalf of the Government, filed a writ in the High Court against Times Square Ltd and its parent company Wharf Group, seeking to recover rental fees of as much as HK$124,000 a day for use of the Causeway Bay piazza dating back to 1993. Commentators describe it as a landmark lawsuit which may have significant implications for other property owners if it is successful.

The company believes that it has not charged more than what is allowed in the deed, but welcomed the case saying it would ultimately provide for guidance on the proper interpretation of the relevant clauses in the deed of dedication concerned.

Transport

Times Square is served by the MTR's station. There is an underground passage which directly links the building, and an exit, coined "A1" opens into the ground floor podium level.

It is also accessible by in the direction to or Shau Kei Wan.

Cultural reference

The Times Square Marketplace Mall was featured in the 2003 film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life where a department store that is marked as 'closed for renovation' is secretly hiding a biological weapons production plant.

The Peak Galleria

The Peak Galleria is a leisure and shopping complex located near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The complex also includes the bus station used by the and that serve the Peak.

The Peak Tower is adjoined by a second leisure and shopping centre, the Peak Tower, built atop the upper station of the Peak Tram that links the Peak to below.

Sunshine City, Ma On Shan

Sunshine City is a name of a sizeable private development in the core of the town of in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong, China. It was developed by Henderson Land Development, and contains a series of high-rise residential tower blocks and a series of .

Residential towers

The residential buildings of Sunshine City, containing in excess of 5,000 residential units, were constructed in five phases during the 1990s. The majority of units are between 40 and 60 square metres. Each phase was built together with a shopping arcade. Phase 5 is also known as Tolo Place .

Shopping mall

The shopping arcades for phases 1 to 3 are relatively small. "''Sunshine City Plaza''" , the shopping arcade built with phase 4, is by far the largest, and has retail floor space of in excess of 175,000 square metres. "''Sunshine Bazaar''" is the name given to the mall in phase 5.

Location and access

Sunshine City Plaza is located on Sai Sha Road, adjacent to the MTR Ma On Shan Line station, has nowadays become the centre of Ma On Shan Town.

Ma On Shan Town Centre bus terminus is located underneath Sunshine City Plaza. of the MTR Ma On Shan Line was opened in 2004, and is connected to Sunshine City Plaza by a footbridge. The resulting improvement in transport has been an important factor for the increase in the number of visitors to Sunshine City Plaza.

Sino Centre

Sino Centre is a shopping centre at Nathan Road in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The shops in the centre mainly sell comics, Japanese magazines, records, sports equipment, watches, and other goods favoured by youth.

In the early 1990s, the centre was full of shops selling photographs of pop stars. The number of photographs of each pop star sold was an indicator of their popularity.

In the late 1990s, the shops that sold pirated and pornographic CDs and VCDs prospered wildly.

Despite heavy police crackdowns on piracy since 2004, it has resurfaced recently, with stores selling pirated Chinese, Japanese, and Korean TV dramas and anime DVDs. These temporary stores open at random times and close down without warning. Many consumers have trouble getting a refund or exchange for these often defective DVDs.

Sceneway Plaza

Sceneway Plaza is a shopping center in Hong Kong and the location of the . Established in 1991, it is located in Lam Tin, Kowloon, atop the . The plaza, which used to be a Japanese department store called Yaohan, contains many small stores including fashion, stationery, and music shops.

The complex has five floors, but only three are used for multiple retail outlets. One floor contains the offices of the Immigration Department and the bottom floor has only a bookstore .

Dining

Several are located near the public apartments in Lam Tin, and private estates are situated near Sceneway Plaza, resulting in a large number of dining establishments that range from cantonese restaurants to McDonald's. In addition, several unlicensed shops that serve cold noodles have opened. They had been monitored by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, but their low prices attracted a large number of students who tended to litter Sceneway Plaza with packaging materials, causing environmental problems. Yoshinoya opened in July, 2006.

In July 2006, the was closed permanently. In August 2006, a fast-food restaurant opened in its place.

Shops

Sceneway Plaza shops include the PARKnSHOP shopping center on the fourth floor.

Transport

Sceneway Plaza's main public transport is MTR and that pass the Eastern Harbour Crossing to most places in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.

Plaza Hollywood

Plaza Hollywood is one of the largest shopping centres in the Diamond Hill area, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Featuring four floors surrounding a central , its main advertising scheme involves everything similar to Hollywood.

Facilities

The main attraction of this shopping centre is the Stars Atrium. It is often home to many promotional features, including the 1 vs. 100 feature during the month of August in 2006. It also features a large LED screen.

Stores

Plaza Hollywood has over 30 restaurants, ranging from Pizza Hut to Wing Wah to Aji Ichiban. It also has over 100 clothing, electronics, and retail stores.

Transport

Plaza Hollywood is served by:
* MTR Diamond Hill Station
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* Car park spaces

Paradise Mall

Paradise Mall is a fairly large shopping centre located in Heng Fa Chuen, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to the MTR station.

Stores and Restaurants

There is quite a substantial amount of business activity within its walls. There was a large restaurant called Maxim Restaurant, but it had been demolished earlier in 2005 A new restaurant owned by Tao Heung Group opened later in 2005 at the same site as the former Maxim Restaurant. In addition to Chiuchow Garden, Maxim also operates a fastfood restaurant at the shopping complex.

Restaurants

* Arome Bakery
* Banana Leaf Curry House
* Beppu Menkan
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* Cheers Restaurant - Tao Heung 88
* Chillie Sark
* Chiuchow Garden
* Costa Del Sol
* Deli Viet
* G Sushi
* Headline Bar & Restaurant
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* Leisure Gourmet
* Mamma Gina
* Delight
* McDonald's
* Nine Point Five
* Oliver's Super Sandwiches
* rbt
* Relaxing Tea House plus Fragrant Kitchen
* Tong Zhi Tang Ltd.
* Yummy Delight

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New Town Plaza

New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin in Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping mall in the New Territories of Hong Kong when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres , the plaza comprises Phase 1 , Phase 3, which are connected to each other, and Grand Central Plaza, which is less than one kilometre from Phase 1. Currently under extensive renovation, the nine-storey main mall is right next to Sha Tin Station and Citylink Plaza.

Floor plan

Phase 1

*Basement: UA cinemas, stores targeted at teenagers
*Level 1: UA cinemas, restaurants
*Level 2: c!ty'super, Cosmetics, Books & Gifts, Banks
*Level 3: Luxury & Beauty, Fashion,
*Level 4: Fashion & Accessories, Marks & Spencer, ESPRIT
*Level 5: Trendy, Casual & Sports Wear, McDonald's
*Level 6: Electric World
*Level 7: THE MENU@Level 7, a CD shop and a roof garden in which a music fountain is included
*Level 8: Maxim's Palace

Phase 3

*Level 1: Toys "R" Us, Children's wear and various stores
*Level 2: Department Store
*Level 3: supermarket & food court, MUJI and various stores

Grand Central Plaza

*Levels 1 & 2: Furniture
*Levels 3 & 5: IKEA flagship store in Hong Kong, in which a restaurant serving Swedish dishes is included

Snoopy's World

On the balcony of Level 3 of Phase 1, there is an outdoor playground called the "Snoopy's World", the first ''Peanuts'' outdoor playground in Asia. It opened to the public on 1 September 2000.

Spots in Snoopy's World

*Doghouse Entry: Snoopy House
* School Plaza: Peanuts Academy
* Boating Canal: Canoe Ride
* Baseball Playground: Peanuts
* Mini Town Area: Peanuts Boulevard
* Covered Sitting Pavilion: Party Pavilion

Musical fountain

When New Town Plaza Phase 1 opened, an oval musical fountain at the centre of Level 3 was an icon of the shopping mall and the largest musical fountain in Asia. It was demolished in August 2004 and then, in May 2005, rebuilt on the roof garden of Level 7, opening in November that year.

Gallery

Nearby shopping malls

*Grand Central Plaza
*Citylink Plaza
*Sha Tin Centre
*Sha Tin Plaza
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*Hilton Plaza

Nearby facilities

*Sha Tin Town Hall
*Sha Tin Public Library
*Sha Tin Marriage Registry
*Sha Tin Park
*Royal Park Hotel , also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, and is regarded as Phase 2 of the New Town Plaza project. this hotel is also the olympic village for the Beijing 2008 Olympic games

Miramar Shopping Centre

Miramar Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located at 132-134 , at the corner with Kimberley Road.

Metroplaza

Metroplaza is a shopping centre and office building in Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. Opposite to Kwai Fong Station of MTR, the mall is a shopping hub of adjacent areas of Kwai Fong, Lai King, Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung. While Metroplaza provides spacious shopping environment, another shopping centre Kwai Chung Plaza adjoining offers varieties of small shops.

The mall is adjacent to Kwai Tsing Theatre.

The two office towers, the Metroplaza Towers, are uncomparably tall in the area of Kwai Fong and are therefore the landmarks of the area.

Metro Sham Shui

Metro Sham Shui is a shopping centre renovated from a Chinese restaurant in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong in late 2005. The shopping centre is at Cheung Sha Wan Road and an entrance of Sham Shui Po Station. It is in proximity to Golden Computer Arcade and Golden Computer Centre. It is targeted for computer or electronic related products.

Megabox (shopping mall)

MegaBox is a large shopping centre in Hong Kong. It is located 38 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, near Telford Plaza. With the floor area of 1,100,000 m?, MegaBox is the largest shopping centre in Eastern Kowloon and the largest block plaza in Hong Kong. Also it have the only ice-skating rink, MegaIce, in Hong Kong to meet international standards. MegaBox's is the first commercial theatre, in Hong Kong, to have IMAX film display system.

Maritime Square

Maritime Square is a 4-story shopping centre located on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It was built and is owned by the MTR Corporation Limited in conjunction with the opening of . Maritime Square is directly connected to Tierra Verde , a large housing complex that is also built and developed by the MTRCL.

Opened in 2003, the shopping centre boasts surface area of 46,000 square meters, and contains a Golden Harvest Cinema, numerous restaurants, and many common stores found in area shopping malls, including a Starbucks, a Toys "Я" Us and a . It also contains a Hong Kong Jockey Centre, which is the first off-course betting branch of Hong Kong Jockey Club to be opened on the island.

The landlords claimed in December 2004 that daily traffic at the mall is 170,000.

Future expansion

There are plans to expand the shopping centre into the existing bus terminal to further cater for the needs of residents of Tsing Yi. Some oppose the plan that it will block the already crowded skyline.

Ma On Shan Plaza

Ma On Shan Plaza is a in the town centre of in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong, China. It is located in Sai Sha Road, and is connected to the and the Ma On Shan Station of the MTR Ma On Shan Line by footbridges. It is an associated shopping centre built together with the residential estate of Bayshore Towers, developed by . The shopping centre has been famous of its indoor merry-go-round for the amusement of visitors who purchase items in any shops in the shopping arcade up to a certain amount. The merry-go-round, together with the water-operated clock tower next to it, has been the symbol of the Ma On Shan Plaza.

List of shopping centres in Hong Kong

This is an alphabetical list of notable s in Hong Kong.

Most of Hong Kong's malls are in the New Towns in the New Territories and attached to large residential developments or transit hubs. Malls in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island are found below office towers.


* Allied Plaza,
* Amoy Plaza, Kowloon Bay
* apm Millennium City 5, Kwun Tong
* Causeway Bay Plaza, Causeway Bay
* Chater House,
* Citygate Outlets, Tung Chung
* Citylink Plaza,
* Dragon Centre, Sham Shui Po
* East Point City, Tseung Kwan O
* Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong
* Grand Century Place, Mong Kok
* , Tsim Sha Tsui
* EMAX, Kowloon Bay
* Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
* Island Beverley, Causeway Bay
* International Finance Centre,
* ,
* Landmark North, Sheung Shui
* Langham Place, Mong Kok
* Maritime Square, Tsing Yi Island
* MegaBox, Kowloon Bay
* Metro City Plaza, Tseung Kwan O
* Metroplaza, Kwai Fong
* Metrotown, Tseung Kwan O
* New Jade Shopping Arcade, Chai Wan
* New Town Plaza, Sha Tin
* Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui
* Olympian City, Tai Kok Tsui
* Pacific Place, Admiralty
* Pioneer Centre, Prince Edward
* Plaza Hollywood, Diamond Hill
* Prince's Building,
* Sino Centre, Mong Kok
* SkyMart, Hong Kong International Airport
* Sogo, Causeway Bay
* Sun Yuen Long Centre, Yuen Long
* Tai Po Mega Mall, Tai Po
* Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay
* The In Square, Causeway Bay
* The Sun Arcade, Tsim Sha Tsui
* Time Plus, Causeway Bay
* , Causeway Bay
* Tuen Mun Town Plaza, Tuen Mun
* Tung Ying Building, Tsim Sha Tsui
* Whampoa, Hung Hom
* WTC More, Causeway Bay

Landmark North

Landmark North is an office tower-and- complex in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. It was developed by and is the commercial centre of Sheung Shui.

Location

Landmark North is situated at 39 Lung Sum Avenue in Sheung Shui. A footbridge connects it with . Landmark North is connected to Metropolis Plaza by a footbridge. The three other main shopping centres in Sheung Shui, Sheung Shui Centre, Sheung Shui Town Centre, and Lung Fung Plaza together with Metropolis Plaza and Landmark North form a large shopping complex in the heart of Sheung Shui, just by Sheung Shui MTR station.

Shops

There are many different types of shops and other services in Landmark North, and below are lists of some notable shops.

Food

Aji Ichiban, Délifrance, , KFC, Pizza Hut, ,

Fashion and Sport

, , G2000, , ,

Jewellery

, , , , ,

Travel Agencies

, , , , ,

Other Shops

, , , ,

Nearby facilities

*North District Town Hall
*Shek Wu Hui Market
*Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building
*Sheung Shui Public Library

Kwai Chung Plaza

Kwai Chung Plaza is a private housing estate and shopping centre in Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. The shopping centre is full of small shops selling varieties of goods. It is adjacent to Kwai Fong Estate, Metroplaza and Kwai Fong Station. It comprises four levels of retail and three residential blocks, each of 31 floors. There are 8 units on each floor. The three blocks rise from a podium on level 4, which contains a skating rink, swimming pool, and landscaped gardens, for the exclusive use of residents. It was completed in 1990.

ISQUARE

iSQUARE is a 30 storey high shopping mall located on 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the former site of the Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong. It will open in 2009. It is developed by ''Associated International Hotels Ltd''.

Office space

It will have a total of 600,000 square feet of office, shopping and entertainment space on offer when completed.

IMAX cinema

The shopping mall will host Hong Kong's second IMAX theatre. The cinema will be operated by UA Cinemas. The IMAX cinema is tailor-made for iSquare and will cost HK$50 million to build. The IMAX screen will be 40 foot high and 70 foot wide. The entire cinema will occupy 46,000 square feet, there will be two standard theatres, two VIP theatres and 1 IMAX 3D theatre.

Reference

External site

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Ho King Commercial Building

Ho King Commercial Building and Ho King Shopping Centre are located at the junction of Fa Yuen Street and in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Built in the 1980s, the lower levels of the shopping centre mainly sold video games and video game consoles in the early days. Gangsters later came in and began selling the pornographic and pirated copies of VCDs that have made the shopping centre famous. Slogans that their promoters yelled became alternative culture. The Hong Kong Government attempts to clear out merchants selling illegal goods frequently. In 2005, the the 2nd floor was renovated as a pop culture market for youth.

Golden Computer Centre and Golden Computer Arcade

Golden Computer Centre and Golden Computer Arcade are two markets for computer and computer related products in the same building in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. They were originally fashion markets named Golden Shopping Centre and Golden Shopping Arcade respectively, but later the clothing shops were replaced by ones selling electronics, video games, and computers. It was the first computer market in Hong Kong and today ''Golden'' is synonymous to ''computer market'' in the minds of Hong Kong people even though many other similar computer arcades have been established today.

The Golden Computer Arcade occupied the basement and the first floor of the building. The shops in the basement mainly sell computer books and computer accessories such as CD-R discs, cables, keyboards while the ones in first floor sell video game machines and electronic products. The Golden Computer Centre stacks above the arcade. Its shops mainly sell computers, printers, and many other computer parts and peripherals.

Up until the mid-90's, the basement and part of the first floor Golden Computer Arcade was Hong Kong's centre for , and the majority of the stores that occupied the bottom floors of the shopping centre at that time were vendors selling pirated software - originally copied onto blank floppy disks on demand, but as the format caught on this was changed to pirated CDs, mostly produced in cheap factories in China. In the final years leading up until the handover of control Hong Kong from the British to the PRC in 1997 the police conducted a series of raids on the said shopping centre, shutting down all the said vendors and leading to the transformation of the basement level to the computer accessory vendor theme it holds today.

At this time the Hong Kong police also tightened up border checks for pirated CDs, and today the majority of the pirated software available in Hong Kong is actually sold on CD-Rs burnt in CD duplicator towers.

People often come here and acquire relatively cheap parts to build their personal computers, which often demonstrate superior performance to branded computers of the same price as the components, provided they are assembled properly.

Fisherman's Wharf, Hong Kong

The Fisherman's Wharf in Kowloon, Hong Kong is a shopping centre. It is located at the southeastern coast of the Kowloon Peninsula, within the residential complex of in Hung Hom. There are four floors. A mall occupies from the first floor to the third floor. The fourth floor is used to have sports Like basketball.

Festival Walk

Festival Walk is an upmarket shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong owned by . It was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong at its launch in November 1998. Festival Walk was developed jointly by Swire and CITIC Pacific in 1993-1998. In 2006, Swire bought out the 50% stake held by its partner.

Location

Festival Walk is in Yau Yat Chuen, right adjacent to the , which is an interchange station of the and the of the . It is also in the vicinity of City University of Hong Kong.

Configuration

Festival Walk comprises some one million square feet of retail space: 200 shops, 27 restaurants, an 11 screen , an ice rink; of office space. There is also parking accommodation for 850 cars. The developers also installed a water-cooled air-conditioning system in 2002 at a cost of HK$13 million. The developer claims its high energy-efficiency has saved 5 million KWh each year. Although praised for its spaciousness and its public amenities, Festival Walk's array of escalators were criticised as confusing and unwisely planned in a "Rate your mall" survey in 2007.

Site challenges

Its construction commenced in 1994, and it was completed in 1998. Significant challenges were posed in the formation of the 21,000 m? site due to its terraced land form as well as its narrow land shape. The tunnels for the of the MTR run through the full length of the site.

During the construction of the building with 4 basement levels, 460,000 m? of earth had to be shifted.

Financial transactions

The development was a 50:50 joint venture between Swire and CITIC Pacific. The partners secured the plot in a Government land auction in 1993 with a HK$2.9 billion bid, and developed it at an estimated cost of $2.2 billion. In January 2006, in Hong Kong's biggest property deal, Swire paid 6.18 billion to buy out its partner's half share. In July 2007, it was announced that Swire Pacific was contemplating listing the property as a real estate investment trust.

Enterprise Square Five

Enterprise Square Five is a shopping mall and office building in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. It was developed by Kerry Properties. It opened in June 2007.

The property comprises the MegaBox shopping mall and two office buildings. It is the largest single property among the Enterprise Square properties, occupying and costing HK$2 billion to build.

MegaBox

MegaBox occupies and has 19 floors. It houses:

* UA Cinemas with IMAX theatre;
* B&Q store;
* Spotlight store;
* MegaIce, a new ice skating rink;
* bookshop;
* Wellcome supermarket;
* Gigasports store;
* Starbucks cafe;
* MOS Burger Fastfood.

Transportation

Free shuttle buses are available from Kowloon Bay station , Laguna City, Amoy Gardens and Richland Garden. The free shuttle buses for Yue Man Square has ceased operation from 14 January 2008.

Cross-harbour bus routes:

* 606 Choi Wan Estate to Siu Sai Wan
* 641 Kai Yip Estate to Central

Standard bus routes:

* 15A Lam Tin to Tsz Wan Shan

Mini-buses:

* 48 Shun Lee to Kowloon Bay
* 68 Choi Wan Estate to Kowloon Bay
* 69 Laguna City to Kowloon City
* 106 Po Lam to Kowloon Bay

Elements, Hong Kong

"Elements" is an upscale shopping mall both developed and managed by MTR Corporation.

Location

Elements is located above the and is also in the vicinity to the residential complex and the Western Harbour Tunnel.

Layout

Zones

Elements at Kowloon Station will be 'zoned' to the :
* Metal 金
** Features luxury brands and world class dining
** Decorated with copper and steel
* Wood 木
** Features health and beauty shops
** Decorated with woodwork
* Water 水
** International Cuisine
* Fire 火
** Entertainment
** Includes Cinema and Ice Rink
** Decorated with 3D orange quadrilaterals
* Earth 土
** World Fashion

Sculptures

Each element zone has a sculpture of its own.

The water sculpture is a huge metal pillar with water running down it.
The Earth sculpture is a set of rock formations.

Facilities

The mall has nine washrooms, outside which there is a lobby with sitting area and magazine rack. Management said these are conceived for men "to wait for their girlfriends outside the washroom", providing "a decent and comfortable place for them to wait".

Male washrooms are stocked with colognes, aftershaves and electronic shavers while the female washrooms have perfumes and make-up. Staff are on hand to ensure that all these personal items are kept hygienic.

Parking

Parking is known to be on the same level as the shopping mall, similar to shopping malls in the US.

Access

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Being on both the Tung Chung Line and the and the terminus for many bus routes, Elements can be accessed easily by public transportation. A free shuttle bus service has also been provided.

Slogans

* "A New Shopping Attitude"
* "Shop till you Drop"
* "Why be plain?"

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