Market shopping in Hong Kong
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Stanley Market
No big bargains or big stings, just reasonably priced casual clothes (plenty of large sizes), bric-a-brac, toys and formulaic art, all in a nicely confusing maze of alleys running down to Stanley Bay. It’s best to go during the week; on the weekend the market is bursting at the seams with tourists and locals alike.
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Temple St Night Market
Temple St, which extends from Man Ming Lane in the north to Nanking St in the south and is cut in two by the Tin Hau temple complex, is the place to go for cheap clothes, dai pai dong (open-air street stalls) food, Chinese memorabilia, watches, pirate CDs and DVDs, fake labels, footwear, cookware and everyday items. Any marked prices should be considered mere suggestions - this is definitely a place to bargain. It’s also a place to catch some entertainment.
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Li Yuen Street East & West
These two narrow and crowded alleyways linking Des Voeux Rd Central with Queen’s Rd Central are called ‘the lanes’ by Hong Kong residents, and were traditionally the place to go for fabric and piece goods. Most vendors have now moved to Western Market in Sheung Wan, but while it’s no great retail hunting ground you’ll still find a mishmash of cheap clothing, handbags, backpacks and costume jewellery here.
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Western Market
When the textile vendors were driven out of the lanes linking Queen’s Rd Central and Des Voeux Rd Central in the early 1990s, they moved to this renovated old market (1906) with its distinctive four-corner towers. You’ll find knickknacks, jewellery and toys on the ground floor, piece goods on the 1st floor and bolts of cloth on the floors above it. The top floor is a restaurant and wedding reception venue.
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Man Wa Lane
Just east of the Sheung Wan MTR station, this narrow alley is a good introduction to traditional Sheung Wan. Stalls here specialise in name chops: a stone (or wood or jade) seal that has a name carved in Chinese on the base. When dipped in pasty red Chinese ink, the name chop can be used as a stamp or even a ‘signature’. The merchant will create a harmonious and auspicious Chinese name for you.
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Cat St Market
Head to Upper Lascar Row (the official name of what has become known as Cat St and a pedestrian-only laneway) for dozens of stalls offering antiques, curios, cheap jewellery, ornaments, carvings and newly minted ‘antique’ coins. It’s a fun place to trawl through for a trinket or two, but expect a lot of rough, and few (if any), diamonds.
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Christie’s
Christie’s has regular sales in ceramics, jade, jewellery, stamps, snuff bottles, art, traditional and contemporary Chinese paintings and calligraphy. It holds its spring (May) and autumn (November) pre-auction previews in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
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