| Causeway
Bay |
Above: neon signs in Causeway Bay. With them there is not much need for street lights. |
 Causeway
Bay is probably the most popular shopping district on Hong Kong Island especially
for the locals. Centrally located on Hong Kong Island, it is only two MTR stops
from Admiralty, one of the main Hong Kong-Kowloon switch-over MTR station.
The
pedestrian crossing
at Yee Woo Street is the heart of it, surrounded by lots of restaurants, shops,
cinemas, beauty salons, and hotels of different sizes. On weekends some side streets are actually closed to
automobile traffic so as to accommodate the crowds! Causeway
Bay also has one of the spots where new year's eve count-down takes place: Times
Square. The most famous park in Hong Kong - Victoria
Park - is also sandwiched between Causeway Bay and Tin Hau.
At its waterfront, there is a marina / typhoon shelter. |
With the lack of affordable real estate at the street level, a lot of restaurants have moved upstairs. Here are some buildings with restaurants on floors above ground: Island Beverly, Lee Theatre Plaza, Times Square, Hennessy Center. more Causeway Bay is accessible by just about all kinds of transportation - buses, min-buses, trams, MTR, and then of course taxis. The most convenient but inexpensive would be the MTR. It is on the blue line (Hong Kong Island). Just get off at the Causeway Bay stop and follow the signs in the station to where you want to go. | 
Above: Percival Street in the evening. |
Above: a pedestrian crosswalk in Causeway Bay |
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Above left: Yee Wo Street crossing Above middle: Hong Kong Central Library | Above right: giant posters on dept store |
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| Above left: Times Square
Above middle: church | Above right: Chinese sausage |
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| Above left: Percival Street Above middle: Victoria Park | Above right: typhoon shelter |
Above:
Boats in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter with Wanchai and Central districts as the
backdrop. On a clear day, this will be a great view. |
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