Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1 Hong Kong Museum of History
MUSEUM
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The museum, one of Hong Kong's best, focuses on the territory's archaeology, natural his-
tory, ethnography and local history. There are splendid replicas of local traditions, such as
ceremonial processions, old shops and streets. Don't miss the Hong Kong Story gallery.
Free guided tours of the museum are available in English at 10.30am and 2.30pm on
Saturday and Sunday. (
2724 9042; http://hk.history.museum ; 100 Chatham Rd S, Tsim Sha Tsui East; adult/
child $10/5, free Wed;
10am-6pm Mon & Wed-Sat, to 7pm Sun;
East Tsim Sha Tsui, exit)
Take a Break Have a yummy froyo at Roll (D2; www.roll.hk ; 41C-D Granville Rd;
11am-11pm) , on
the other side of Chatham Rd South.
2 St Andrew's Church
CHURCH
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Hidden behind the Former Kowloon British School is Kowloon's oldest Protestant church.
Built in 1905 in English Gothic style, it was turned into a Shinto shrine during the Japanese
occupation. Nearby you'll see the former vicarage with its colonnaded balconies (c 1909).
The church is accessed by steps or by a slope encircling a semi-circular space behind an old
stone wall. ( www.standrews.org.hk ; 138 Nathan Rd;
7.30am-10.30pm;
Tsim Sha Tsui, exit B1)
3 Fook Tak Ancient Temple
TEMPLE
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Tsim Sha Tsui's only temple is a smoky hole in the wall with a hot tin roof. Little is known
about its ancestry except that it was a built in the Qing dynasty and renovated in 1900. Be-
fore WWII, worshippers of its Earth God were the coolies from nearby Kowloon Wharf,
where the Ocean Terminal now stands. Today most incense offerers are white-haired octo-
genarians - the temple specialises in longevity. (30 Haiphong Rd;
6am-8pm;
Tsim Sha Tsui, exit
C2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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