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Feeling your adrenalin soar at the
Happy Valley Racecourse
on a Wednesday night,
beer in hand.
Experiencing sublime taste in Admiralty: aesthetic at the
Asia Society Hong Kong
Centre
and culinary at its resident restaurant, AMMO.
Shopping for Japanese and Korean fashions among the hordes of teeny-boppers in
Having a night of debauchery on
Lockhart Road
in Wan Chai.
Explore Wan Chai & the Northeast
Stroll through the Pacific Place mall connected to Admiralty MTR station and pay a leis-
urely 2½-hour visit to Hong Kong Park and the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre. Head
downhill and over to Queen's Rd East nearby. Spend two hours exploring the 'old' Wan
Chai area. Have some ethnic food; choices are plenty. Continue your journey to 'new' Wan
Chai, closer to the harbour, to the Wan Chai Computer Centre or further north to the Hong
Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Tram it to Causeway Bay, arriving after the lunch
hour to avoid the crowds. Spend some time shopping or head east to Victoria Park to
people-watch under a tree. Enjoy happy-hour drinks here or hop on an eastbound 'ding
ding' and play it by ear.
Local Life
Lil' Jakarta
Indonesian maids gather at
Victoria Park
on Sundays to eat, sing and pray.
Toy shops
Gen-Xers bring their kids to the
Tai Yuen St toy shops
to relive childhood in-
nocence, and buy lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Hipsterville
The atmospheric area around Star, Moon and St Francis Sts is where hipsters
and tastemakers hang out.
Fújiàn Town
North Point is the stronghold of Hong Kong's Fujianese community.
