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HK$10, Wed free;
W
museums.gov.hk).
he Fine Arts section is unlike anything
you'll see in the West: scroll paintings
depicting landscapes and other aspects of
nature alongside exquisite calligraphy
displays. Also worth a look are the
ceramics through the ages in the Chinese
Antiques Gallery and the section of
contemporary Hong Kong art.
Further east, at 10 Salisbury Road,
the domed
Hong Kong Space Museum
(Mon & Wed-Fri 1-9pm, Sat & Sun
10am-9pm; HK$10, Wed free;
W
museums.gov.hk) houses somewhat
dated exhibitions, such as “moon-
walking” displays devoted to space
exploration and a shop selling dehydrated
astronaut ice cream. he attached
Space Theatre
presents IMAX-style
shows, such as “Dynamic Earth”, for an
additional fee (HK$24-32).
Salisbury Road
runs parallel to the
waterfront and is dominated by large
hotels, such as the iconic Peninsula Hong
Kong that dates back to 1928. Running
north from Salisbury Road, neon-lit
Nathan Road
boasts Hong Kong's most
concentrated collection of electronics
shops, tailors, jewellery stores and fashion
boutiques. he nearby
Kowloon Park
(Nathan Rd & Austin Rd; daily
6am-midnight) is a sprawling green space
dotted with enormous banyan trees; on
Sunday afternoons you can catch Kung
Fu Corner displays here.
Over on Chatham Road South, east of
Nathan Road, is one superbly presented
museum that no visitor should miss: the
Hong Kong Museum of History
(daily
except Tues 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-7pm;
HK$10, Wed free;
W
hk.history.museum).
he “Hong Kong Story” walks you
through the territory's history, from
prehistoric times, through the colonial
period and the Opium Wars to the
growth of Hong Kong's urban culture
and return to China in 1997. You'll see
national costume, a replica junk,
re-created dwellings of the Tanka boat
people, a retro grocery store, video
footage from World War II that features
interviews with prisoners of war, displays
on annual Chinese festivals and much,
much more.
THE SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS
At 8pm every night Hong Kong's
spectacular skyline becomes the scene of
the world's largest light show, when more
than forty buildings are illuminated during
a fourteen-minute extravaganza of lights,
music and lasers that symbolizes and
celebrates Hong Kong's energy, spirit and
diversity. The best views are from the
promenade to the east of the Star Ferry.
Opposite is the
Hong Kong Science
Museum
(Mon-Wed & Fri 1-9pm,
Sat & Sun 10am-9pm; HK$25, Wed
free;
W
hk.science.museum), with three
floors of entertaining hands-on exhibits
that demonstrate the laws of physics
and the workings of light, sound and
the technology used in computers,
among others. It's particularly popular
with children.
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Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei
, beginning north of Jordan
Road, is full of high-rise tenements and
busy streets.
Temple Street
, running
north off Jordan Road, a couple of
blocks west of Nathan Road, becomes a
packed
night market
after around 7pm
every day, selling fake brand clothing,
Hello Kitty umbrellas, watches and
souvenirs. Street stalls serving noodle
dishes, grilled seafood and more line the
sides of the pedestrianized street, and at
the northern end you'll find fortune-
tellers and, occasionally, impromptu
performances of Chinese opera. Just to
the north is the local
Tin Hau Temple
(daily 8am-8pm), off Nathan Road,
tucked away between Public Square
Street and Market Street. his tiny,
ancient temple, dedicated to the
goddess of the sea, sits in a small
concrete park, usually teeming with old
men gambling on card games under the
banyan trees. A couple of minutes' walk
west of the Tin Hau Temple, just under
the Gascoigne Road flyover, is the
Jade
Market
(Mon-Sat 10am-5pm), which
has several hundred stalls offering jade
items; be sure to barter hard and don't
go for expensive pieces unless you can
tell your jade from your nephrite.
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