Night-time shopping and other options
Don't worry about getting locked in the store when the sun
goes down. Most
shops
in Tsim Sha Tsui stay open until at least 9 or 10pm (and all day
on Sunday).
If
you are still on your feet by that time, you might want to venture
further
down
Nathan Road to find Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei where Hong Kong's
most popular
night market swings into action every evening from 8-11pm. Low-tech
gadgetry is
definitely the emphasis here. Wondering where all the world's
unused
calculators
and electric alarm clocks wound up? They've migrated East.
Bring some
paracetemol with you as those annoyingly shrill alarm clocks are
clanging
constantly and most of the stall-holders do not seem very bothered
about turning
them off.
If gadget-hunting in Kowloon is wearing you out, hop the Star
Ferry back
over to
Hong Kong Island. You'll discover scores of calmer and swisher
malls,'
department'
stores and designer name shops in Admiralty and Wan Chai, particularly
around
the Convention and Exhibition Centre. For PCs, you'll have
to go farther
afield.'
Such as the In Square Centre in Causeway Bay which has whole floors
'dedicated to
'computers. Because many are manufactured or assembled here to
be sold
abroad,
you can find some competitive pricing, especially for laptops
and notebooks.
- Gadget shopping walkabout in Hong Kong
- Cream of the Crop
- Communications skills
- The weirder, the wackier
- Buyer beware