Causeway Bay (because of the Cantonese accent, some Hong Kong people will pronounce Causeway Bay as Causeway "ring", making all three characters Yangping) is located in the center of Hong Kong Island, west of the north shore, is Hong Kong's main commercial and entertainment venues.
There are a number of large department stores and large shopping malls in the area, including: Sogo Department Store, Times Square, Lee Theatre Plaza, and the World Trade Center. The Causeway Bay shopping district is also one of the most expensive in the world in terms of rent.
Causeway Bay Landscape
(English name: Causeway Bay, formerly known as East Point) is located in the center of Hong Kong Island, west of the north shore, is Hong Kong's main commercial and entertainment venues. Causeway Bay has a number of duplicate names in Hong Kong, but mostly refers to Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island; another Causeway Bay (English name: Tung Lo Wan) is located in Tai Wai, Shatin District.
Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island is located east of Wan Chai and west of North Point, straddling the Wan Chai and Eastern districts: from the Ching Fung Street Flyover in the east to the Kennedy Road Flyover (Gooseneck Bridge) in the west. The Hong Kong Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Victoria Park, MTR Tin Hau Station, Jardine's Noon, Queen's College and the Hong Kong Central Library are located in the eastern part of Causeway Bay (Tin Hau or Causeway Bay End).
History History
Causeway Bay originally referred to the bay that is now Victoria Park and its eastern shore. It was so named because the coastline resembled a gong. The shoreline was located on what is now Causeway Bay Road. Causeway Bay was known as Saltboat Bay, and in the 18th century, the Tai family built a temple on the eastern shore of the bay, which is now known as the Causeway Bay Tin Hau Temple.
The location now known as Causeway Bay was originally known as East Point, meaning a promontory to the east of Victoria City. The location of East Point was around the area between Victoria Park and Percival Street, near East Point Road.
In the mid-19th century, Causeway Bay was the headquarters of the British-owned Jardine Matheson, who set up a warehouse in East Point and a sugar mill near present-day Sugar Street, the site of the former Hong Kong Mint. In the late 19th century, as it was inconvenient to travel between Hong Kong and the east and west of Hong Kong Island by detouring around the island or passing through Causeway Bay on a boat, a seawall was built to link up with the bay, which is now known as Causeway Road. This is also the origin of the English name "Causeway Bay" (海堤湾). In the 1950s, Causeway Bay underwent a major reclamation project to fill in the bay, and the resulting land was used for the construction of a major transportation artery, while a portion of the land became the present-day Victoria Park, and Kellett Island was connected to the land.
In 1960, the Japanese department store Daimaru opened on George Street in Causeway Bay, and with the construction of the first cross-harbour tunnel, its exit from Hong Kong Island was in Causeway Bay. In the mid-1980s, there were 4 Japanese department stores in Causeway Bay, namely Daimaru, Matsuzakaya, Mitsukoshi and Sogo. In the 1990s, the Japanese department stores either closed down or changed hands, and were replaced by shopping malls. The former Hong Kong Tramways depot in Causeway Bay was rebuilt into the present-day Times Square, while the Lee Theatre on Percival Street was demolished in 1992 and converted into Lee Theatre Plaza.
The Causeway Bay Magistracy used to be located in the eastern part of Causeway Bay, which is an old building with colonial colors. However, due to the impact of the MTR project in the 1980s, it became a dangerous building and was demolished in the early 1980s. The original site became the exit of Tin Hau Station of the MTR Island Line, and as a matter of course, the general public also changed the name of the area around the Tin Hau Temple to "Tin Hau", while the old name of "East Point" was gradually forgotten.
There are still many traces of the past geographical divisions, including the Causeway Bay Market at Tin Hau, the Causeway Bay Fire Station, the Home Affairs Department's Causeway Bay Community Center, which is located further east opposite the Harbour Grand Hotel, the Causeway Bay Sogo Department Store, East Point Road, and the Laforet Shopping Mall in East Point (which was formerly known as the Nu Face Sogo in East Point).
Economic Development
Hong Kong is a free-market capitalist economy, with a strong emphasis on laissez-faire government policies. Economist and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman even regarded Hong Kong as a model of laissez-faire economy. Even though the government announced on September 11, 2006 that the "positive non-intervention" policy pioneered by Hong Kong was no longer applicable and was "a long time ago", the government's economic policy philosophy is still to allow market forces to dominate the economy, and to avoid manipulating or directing the development of the market. The government's economic policy philosophy remains to let market forces dominate the economy and to avoid manipulating or directing market development. Most economists believe that Hong Kong is a leader in the operation of a market economy because of its streamlined business regulations, clean and efficient government, low tax rates, simple tax system, sound legal system, strong property rights, stable currency, and other factors.
Hong Kong's economy is well known for its freedom and openness, and the free economy reports published by the Heritage Foundation in the US since 1995 and the Fraser Institute in Canada since 1996 have consistently ranked Hong Kong first in the world. This, coupled with the excellent geographical location, information flow, and efficient supporting facilities and services, all contribute to Hong Kong's economy.
Population
As of 2000, Causeway Bay had a residential population of 478,434, with a density of 1,630.3 persons per square kilometer. The number of residential units was 190,724, with a density of 549.9 units per square kilometer. Of the total population, 82.49% are local Chinese and 17.51% are expatriates.
Folk Culture
Causeway Bay is Hong Kong's busiest shopping and dining district, and one of the city's all-night urban areas. After nightfall, Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter seems to be lively and busy, only to see the boats lit up, wearing tangerine shirts and pants boat girl sculling, transporting tourists to and from the seafood boat, bar boat and singing boat this between. While enjoying seafood on board, tourists can also enjoy the night view of the harbor and the scenery of sampans, which is a unique experience. Therefore, a night tour to the typhoon shelter is an ideal arrangement for tourists to enjoy sightseeing at night. Besides there are many good Chinese and Western restaurants in Causeway Bay.
The most popular resting place, Victoria Park, is where many people practice tai chi every morning, and where thousands of people gather for celebrations on major festivals such as Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas and New Year's Eve. The park is equipped with a swimming pool, a jogging track and tennis courts, and it is often the venue for international tennis tournaments. Another famous building in Causeway Bay is the Hong Kong Stadium, which has an international standard of facilities and a capacity of 40,000 spectators. Located between Causeway Bay and Wan Chai is Happy Valley. The horse racing season runs from September to June every year. Visitors can also visit the Hong Kong Racing Museum located on the second floor of the Happy Valley Grandstand inside the racecourse.
In Hong Kong, it is not difficult to meet the stars. Especially in the crowded Causeway Bay, where many local celebrities are seen shopping on weekdays, it is also a must-visit place for many Asian celebrities to go on a shopping spree.
Hong Kong's Causeway Bay is not what Confusion portrayed. Not only is it home to the stunning Victoria Park and the racecourse, but it's also a bustling city that never sleeps. The shopping hours here are always the latest in Hong Kong. In addition to Times Square, Lee Gardens and a number of Japanese department stores, there is also Jardine's Bazaar, a popular open-air bazaar where young people can find avant-garde fashion and fun things to do. In addition, Kimberly, Paterson Street, Sharp Street, Russell Street, and so on, all of them are a combination of the old and the new, the Chinese and the foreign, in order to take the lead in Hong Kong's shopping tide. Hong Kong's commercial prosperity to the extreme, shopping in Hong Kong tourism is particularly important. Shopping in Hong Kong, whether it is the brand of goods, types, quantity, price or service, will let a person y feel the "shopping paradise" charm, taste with the world synchronized with the wave of fashion shopping. When shopping in Hong Kong, people often prefer three types of goods: clothing, cosmetics and electrical appliances. Hong Kong brings together the world's major brands, although slightly more expensive than the origin, but compared with the mainland is a lot cheaper, and Hong Kong's major merchants often discounts; cosmetics due to tax exemption, in Hong Kong, some of the famous brands of cosmetics and even cheaper than the origin.
In addition, Hong Kong shopping everywhere in the busy zone is also countless, spreading the "fashion temple" of the fragrance of the people. The HSBC Bank and Bank of China Tower are the most eye-catching symbols of the city, while brand-name boutiques and large department stores display their glamorous and luxurious qualities. The Landmark, which extends from the ground to the 3rd floor, has super brand name boutiques from Europe and the United States, including Gucci, Versace, Prada, LV and other elegant and fashionable tastes, or youthful brands such as Versus, OZOC, D&G, etc., and the ground floor part also has more popular Esprit, U2 and other new products; Admiralty's Pacific Place (PacificPlace) and so on, mainly selling leather goods and clothing, the goods are very high grade, the price is naturally not low, such as Louis Vuitton (LV), Chanel (Chanel), Longfan (Lavin), Tiffany (Tiffany) ......, etc.; Jiaxuan Plaza is the top Italian brands of the The Plaza is a haven for fine Italian brands, almost all of which are Italian brand fashions, while Pedder's Row is leading a retro trend. Tsim Sha Tsui is also one of Hong Kong's bustling shopping and leisure districts.
The famous Harbour City is the largest shopping mall in Hong Kong, Toys "R" Us also has a branch here; the 200-meter-long Park Lane Shopping Boulevard is the most popular shopping for women's essence of the location, because clothing and other medium-priced, both affordable and can reflect the temperament; a modern sense of the city's famous store is located on the ground floor, both G2000, U2, Bossini, Color18, Esprit, and other mid-priced clothing, as well as Episode, Jessica, Crocodile and other elegant brands. The emerging shopping hotspots such as Mongkok Center, Centara Plaza, Trend Zone and Chic Castle are filled with the most popular apparel, games, comics, posters, models, etc., which are all full of youthfulness. Although the shopping centers here are small in scale, they are always full of the freshness and vitality of young people. In fact, Hong Kong has many other shopping destinations that are not known for their brand names, such as Granville Road and Joffrey's Place, where you can find a lot of good clothing and jewelry if you are careful.
Cuisine
Seafood
Hong Kong people attach great importance to food. Apart from Cantonese cuisine, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indian and European cuisines are also very common, making Hong Kong a gourmet paradise.
In the early years, Hong Kong people used to go to a teahouse, make a pot of tea in the morning, and order a couple of dim sum, which often became a typical Hong Kong food culture in the eyes of Westerners. Influenced by the British, Hong Kong people also like to eat afternoon tea, most eat a piece of sandwiches, egg tarts, milk tea and coffee.
In the Chinese and foreign mixed, Hong Kong has developed a unique restaurant of the teahouse, which originally sold some sandwiches, coffee and other cheap Western snacks, and then later reintroduced a variety of traditional stir-fry, and create their own fried or fish out before a ding, pineapple oil, lemon seven, mandarin ducks, and so on, and the big stalls and the ice room was also once very common eateries. In addition, Hong Kong street food is also very colorful, such as egg, port cake, ding dong candy, fried stuffed with three treasures, bowls of shark's fin, etc. are quite famous, and due to the character of the Hong Kong people good "swarming", so some of the snacks will be like the wind, as the wind, suddenly come and go.
Traditional local dishes are mainly Cantonese, Hakka and Teochew, while Poon Choi is a traditional dish used by the indigenous people of the New Territories during festivals. Because of Hong Kong's proximity to the sea, seafood is also a common dish, and typhoon shelter dishes such as fried crabs from the typhoon shelter have also been developed. In addition, Jumbo Kingdom in Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter is a famous sea food restaurant, while Sai Kung City, Lamma Island, Lau Fau Shan and Lei Yue Mun in Kowloon are also hotspots for seafood.
On the other hand, Hong Kong food has been heavily influenced by foreign food culture. The Soho area in Central, Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui are full of bars, and the Munich Oktoberfest has been held annually on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui since 1991. In terms of fast food, American fast food is mainly operated by McDonald's and KFC, while Hong Kong has developed its own Hong Kong-style fast food, with Café de Coral, Fairwood and Maxim's being the most famous.
Future Prospects
On November 21, 2006, the Wan Chai District Council discussed the construction of an underground shopping mall in Causeway Bay to relieve the congestion of the pavement. The underground street, from Sogo Department Store underground to Jubilee Street and Jardine's Bazaar, will be constructed with five new entrances to solve the problem of pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the road. In the underground non-tolled area, there will be stores, is expected to be completed in six years, when the Sogo Department Store outside the crossing facilities will be canceled. Happy Valley Station Replacement Program According to Central and Western District Councillors, Mr. Yuen Pin Keung, Mr. Ho Chun Ki and Mr. Kam Nai-wai, in February 2009, the motion pointed out that: the MTR Corporation will carry out extension works at Matheson Street in Causeway Bay to connect the Happy Valley area.
Causeway Bay Night View
Tourist Information
Department Stores
The Causeway Bay lot is a concentration of shopping centers, Japanese-owned department stores, and hotels, etc., and there are also a lot of restaurants at the end of the street, where all the upscale fashionable and trendy items can be found. It is also one of Hong Kong's nocturnal downtown areas. After nightfall, Causeway Bay looks lively and busy, only to be lit up. 2013 Causeway Bay has become the most important tourist area outside of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Lane Crawford in Times Square is a premium department store where top brands gather, and many top brands have set up branches here in the form of shop-in-shops. Causeway Bay is also a must-visit location for the world's leading luxury brands to open their top flagship stores, where you can find almost any luxury brand store in the world. Local brands with Hong Kong characteristics and celebrities' self-branded stores also shine here.
Where to shop
The best places to shop are Times Square, Sogo, and Fort Royal, where you'll find a wide selection of fashion, gadgets, jewelry, furniture, and electronics from all over the world.
The best place to look in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, is Sogo Department Store. The road where the tram runs in front of the Sogo Department Store is Main Street, with Hennessy Road on the Wan Chai side and Jardine's Bazaar on the North Point side, and with this road as the boundary, the new street is a true contrast to the old.
On the waterfront side of the main street is the new Causeway Bay, a dense area of department stores and movie theaters. In particular, the area from Sogo Department Store in the center of the street to Kerry George Street is full of department stores. From Sogo to JR George Street, from the initial intersection (the intersection of Daimaru, Matsuzakaya, and Cinema Jade) to the shoreline side of Paterson Street, the street is quite crowded on weekends. From Paterson Street to Gloucester Road, to the left is the Excelsior Hotel, which is next to the World Trade Center, a 42-story office building that completed its conversion in 1996, and G/F-4/F, which is a shopping mall, which is now open.
The streets around Wan Chai are also expanding, and the area around Lockhart Road and Sheffield Road, which run parallel to Hennessy Road, up to Kennedy Road East in the western part of Causeway Bay, is recognized as a concentration of good restaurants. On the east side of Kennedy Road East, between Percival Street, there is a huge shopping center "Times Square", and in 1995 Lee Theatre Plaza opened, creating a new flow of people. The area has been energized by the proliferation of beautiful restaurants and stores.
The hillside side of the main street is what used to be Causeway Bay, but the buildings facing the main street are constantly being updated. Shopping centers like Hennessy Center (which houses the Hing Wo Center Mitsukoshi department store), located diagonally across the street from Sogo, continue to grow. But further in, there are still places where you can reminisce about the atmosphere of Hong Kong in the past. Particularly worth seeing is Jardine's Bazaar, which runs diagonally from Hennessy Road, and the parallel Jardine's Bazaar.
Shopping Tips
Hong Kong's discount season is from July to September and from around New Year's Eve to February of the following year. The later the season, the cheaper the bargains, but there are fewer great bargains left.
Hotel eateries
Causeway Bay's downtown area is full of great places to eat, including popular cafes, restaurants, and high-class hotel eateries with a wide variety of Chinese and Western food, such as Jardine's Bazaar, Lockhart Road, and Lee Garden Road, which offer a wide range of choices from Chiu Chow to Beijing and Shanghai, Vietnamese snacks, desserts, and specialties from the private kitchens, etc.
The main attractions in Causeway Bay include a wide range of restaurants and cafes that offer a wide range of Chinese and Western food, including a wide range of Chinese and Western food.
Main Attractions
Ocean Park
Happy Valley Racecourse
Man Mo Temple
Stanley
Law Uk Folk Museum
The Peak
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Hong Kong Museum of History
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong Park
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Temple Street, Hong Kong
Queen's Square
Hong Kong Science Museum
Hong Kong Observatory
Lung Fu Shan
Dragon Hill Monastery
The Observatory of Intercontinental Hong Kong Hotel
Lung Yuek Tau Heritage Trail
Madame Tussauds London Hong Kong Branch
Miu Fa Temple
Ancient Temple of the Seven Sacred Palaces
Snoopy Park
Golden Bauhinia Square
Kowloon Walled City Park
Tiger Balm Cottage
HSBC Bank
Victoria Park
Victoria Harbour
Bank of China
Central
North District Park
Police Museum
Bell Tower
Museum of Tea Ware
Repulse Bay
Stone Steps
Shek Kip Mei Park
Sheung Wan
Tsz Wan Shan Kwun Yum Temple
Wong Shek Pier
Major Transportation
Tiger Balm Villa
HSBC
Victoria Park
Victoria Harbour
Bank of China Strong> Major Transportation
MTR
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is Hong Kong's largest rail-based transportation system. MTR consists of 9 urban lines, together with an Airport Express connecting the airport and Hong Kong city center, a Light Rail system with 12 routes, and a tourist cable car system, Ngong Ping 360, forming a network of 84 MTR stations and 68 Light Rail stations through the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon, as well as a number of new towns. The entire system also includes feeder buses, intercity passenger transportation and China Railway freight services.
The integrated MTR system, operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), was formed on December 2, 2007 by the merger of the MTR and KCR systems. The East Rail Line, built in 1906 and opened in 1910, is the main railroad line connecting Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, while the second tunnel-based Kwun Tong Line, opened in 1979, became a milestone in Hong Kong's railroad history. Since then, MTR has expanded over the years and become one of the founding members of the International Association of Municipal Railways, and in August 2008, MTR became the only transportation system to provide the "2008 Olympic Equestrian Events Railway Transportation Service".
As of April 2008, MTR's domestic rail routes ranked 7th in the world with a cumulative total of over 1 billion passenger trips in the past 12 months. Currently, the integrated MTR system carries an average of 4.3 million passengers on a weekday, making it one of the busiest railroad systems in the world.
Despite the merger of the MTR and KCR, most Hong Kong people still refer to different parts of the MTR system as "MTR" (the original MTR route), "MTR" (the Ma On Shan line), "West Rail" (the West Rail line), and "West Rail" (the West Rail line), "West Rail" (West Rail Line) and "Train" (East Rail Line).
Minibus
There are many bus and minibus routes, and the MTR is also directly accessible, making transportation very convenient.
To Hung Hom, take the 108 Kowloon Motor Bus for 15 minutes.
To Lo Wu Take the MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui Station, then take the train (East Rail) to Lo Wu, which takes 50 minutes.
To Airport Take the MTR to Hong Kong Station and transfer to Airport Express to the airport, which takes about 40 minutes.
To Mongkok Take the MTR to Mongkok in 14 minutes.
To Tsim Sha Tsui, it takes 9 minutes by MTR.
It takes about 6 minutes to travel to Central by MTR.
A 4-minute subway ride to Wan Chai.
It takes 4 minutes to Wan Chai.