Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
HISTORIC BUILDING
CENTRAL MARKET
ral; Central, exit C)
Central Market (c 1938), built in the Bauhaus style, used to be one of Asia's premier food
markets. Housewives and cooks would come as far as Happy Valley to shop. After the war,
there were lines here whenever horsemeat was on sale. In 1967 the then governor crowned it
the 'biggest meat market in Southeast Asia' after a visit. Pending further development, it's
now a Sunday picnicking spot for overworked Filipina maids, a role in keeping with the
utopian-socialism of Bauhaus.
The market is linked by footbridges to the Hang Seng Bank New Headquarters Building
and the walkway leading to the
IFC Mall
, and another footbridge to the
Central-Mid-Levels
BUILDING
EXCHANGE SQUARE
This complex of office towers houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the offices of
global financial corporations. The main draw is the attractive and relatively peaceful open-
air space, featuring fountains, and sculptures by Henry Moore and Ju Ming. Access is via a
network of overhead walkways stretching west to Sheung Wan and linked to buildings on
the other side of Connaught Rd.
BUILDING
ONE & TWO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTRE
( One IFC, 1 Harbour View St; Two IFC, 8 Finance St, Central; Hong Kong, exit A2 or F)
These pearl-coloured colossi resembling electric shavers sit atop the IFC Mall. Two IFC is
the tallest building on Hong Kong Island. You can't get to the top, but you can get pretty
high up by visiting the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority Information Centre
,
which has a lib-
rary and an exhibition on Hong Kong's fiscal policy and banking history. There are half-
hour guided tours daily from Monday to Saturday.
MUSEUM
HONG KONG MARITIME MUSEUM
adult/senior & child HK$30/15; 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm Sat & Sun; ; Hong Kong,
exit A2)
Relocation and expansion have turned this into one of the city's strongest museums, with 15
well-curated galleries detailing over 2000 years of Chinese maritime history and the devel-
