Clear Water Bay Fortune Telling _ Clear Water Bay Spirit

Food, clothing, housing and transportation in Hong Kong

go shopping

Hong Kong is a free port, known as "shopping paradise". Most goods are tariff-free, and materials from all over the world are shipped to compete, and some are cheaper than the place of origin. There are large shopping malls in all districts of Hong Kong, such as Taikoo Shing and Sha Tin New Town Plaza. In addition to large department stores, there are various shops and restaurants, some of which are equipped with amusement facilities and are good places for shopping and leisure. Some industries like centralized management, so customers can have more choices. Among them, such as computers and related products, the "Gordon" and "Gold" shopping malls near the Sham Shui Po subway station are the most concentrated. There are many household appliances and cameras in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, but you should buy them from reputable shops (such as those with the Hong Kong Tourist Association's red sailboat logo) or large department stores. Hardware machinery stores are concentrated in three blocks of Guangdong Road, Mong Kok subway station. Garden Street, from Mong Kok Road to Prince Edward Road, is a paradise for fruit, fashion and daily necessities vendors. Within a few blocks of Cai Tong Street behind Argyle Street, it is the famous "Women's Street". The situation is similar to that of Temple Street on both sides of Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei. But in the evening, there are cooked food mixed with fortune-telling vendors, singing Cantonese opera near the temple, just like the nightclubs of the general public.

Garment industry

Hong Kong's garment industry has always been famous. Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan were places where garment factories were concentrated in the 1960s and 1960s. Therefore, the streets around the Sham Shui Po subway station, such as Yaliao Street and Ruzhou Street, are covered with cloth. Fashion wholesalers and clothing suppliers are concentrated in several blocks of Cheung Sha Wan Road at the station. Garden Street (from Mong Kok Road to Prince Edward Road) and Women's Street in Mong Kok, and Liyuan East Street, Liyuan West Street and Jardine Square in Causeway Bay, Central are all suppliers of general clothing.

sensitive

Hong Kong brings together delicious food from all over the world, and there are restaurants of all tastes. The busier the street, the more places there are. For example, some streets in Mong Kok, Causeway Bay, eastern Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City are full of restaurants. Restaurants full of Asian flavor are all over Hong Kong, including spicy Thai soup, fragrant Indian curry, fat Korean barbecue, fresh Vietnamese salad rolls, delicious Japanese sushi and so on. Chinese restaurants in Hongkong offer special dishes from all over China, especially Cantonese restaurants. Other authentic dishes include Chaozhou cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Beijing cuisine and Shanghai cuisine, as well as vegetarian dishes. Tea for breakfast with traditional Cantonese dim sum is also a good choice.

Fast food restaurants are very popular in Hong Kong. They combine Chinese and western food and are distributed in every corner. In addition, there are many "food stalls" with local traditional flavor, which are set up in municipal buildings in various districts or reserved for operation. In addition to maintaining low prices and high quality, the sanitary environment has also improved. Another place with local characteristics in Hong Kong is the tea restaurant in Hong Kong. Its food price is reasonable, and there are many kinds, such as noodles, cakes and desserts. The specialties of many tea restaurants include Yuanyang mixed with coffee and milk tea, pineapple oil and thick butter in crisp pineapple bags, and crisp egg tarts freshly baked. There is no tip for ordinary dining places, and a service charge of 10% is added for more advanced dining places and hotel restaurants.

Hong Kong is also a paradise for snacks, and all kinds of snacks can be seen everywhere. I feel hungry when I go shopping. The quickest and most convenient way to find food is street snacks. The most common street snacks are fish eggs and beef offal, and there are various styles. Snacks with local characteristics, such as Tintin sugar, sugar onion pancakes, fried chestnuts, asparagus sugar and so on. In terms of drinks, there are all kinds of fruit juice (freshly made), tea, herbal tea, porridge, noodles, bowl wings, fried ghosts, stinky tofu, and so on. The most common street snacks are mostly in Garden Street, Mong Kok. Ladies Street and Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei. Street snacks are superior to others because of their low price and variety. In addition, the most popular Hong Kong specialty food-"Yu Danfen". Also, the most common snacks in Mong Kok are fried Sambo and fried large intestine, which are delicious.

stay

More than half of Hong Kong's population lives in public housing, and a large number of people live in private housing estates, which are far from the bustling urban areas and are mostly located in the New Territories along public transport. However, most hotels and guesthouses, no matter what level, are located in the downtown area with convenient transportation.

For tourists, there are many accommodation options in Hong Kong, 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 many excellent choices in the New Territories and outlying islands. Most hotels are located in Central, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, and Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui East in Kowloon Peninsula. If tourists want to avoid busy cities, they can choose hotels in the New Territories. Most hotels in Hong Kong offer modern facilities, including air conditioning and Internet access.

traffic

Hong Kong has a highly developed and mature transportation network. The main components of public transportation include railways, buses, minibuses, taxis and ferries. Among them, the railway is the most important public transport in Hong Kong, carrying about 465,438+02 passengers every day. Followed by franchised buses, carrying about 394 passengers a day. It is worth mentioning that Hong Kong is the first place in the world where electronic money is widely used on public transport. In 2005, the total circulation of electronic tickets and money system named Octopus reached 654.38 million+24 million.

Most buses in Hong Kong are double-decker buses. The Hong Kong tram on the north shore of Hong Kong Island is the only fleet in the world that uses full double-decker trams. The escalator system from Central to Mid-Levels is also located on Hong Kong Island, which is the longest covered escalator system in the world.

The utilization rate of roads in Hong Kong is very high, with a total length of 65,438+0,938 kilometers. Eight main roads, mainly streets, bridges and tunnels, connect all parts of Hong Kong, and the number has increased to 10 in several years. However, the driving direction of Hong Kong is still on the left side of the British colonial period, which is different from that of Chinese mainland. Of the 665,438+00,000 cars registered in Hong Kong, 64% are private passenger cars, with about 276 cars running per kilometer of road.

In addition, it is located in Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island. Hong Kong International Airport at Cape Point is the fifth busiest international airport in the world, and it is the connecting point for flights to and from Europe, America, Asia and Oceania. The Hong Kong Airport operates 24 hours a day and can handle 4,500 passengers and 300 tons of cargo every year. At present, the Hong Kong International Airport has been expanded in stages to meet the increasing air traffic demand, and to strengthen its ties with the neighboring areas of the Pearl River Delta, and further develop into a passenger transshipment center in the region.