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Temple Street Night Market Hong Kong's liveliest market is full of activity, from the food stalls to Cantonese opera and fortune-telling.
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TEMPLE
TIN HAU TEMPLE
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 2385 0759; www.ctc.org.hk ; cnr Temple St & Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei;
8am-5pm; Yau Ma Tei, exit C)
This large, incense-filled sanctuary built in the 19th century is one of Hong Kong's most
famous Tin Hau (Goddess of the Sea) temples. The public square out front is Yau Ma Tei's
communal heart where fishermen once laid out their hemp ropes to sun next to Chinese ban-
yans that today shade chess players and elderly men. Yau Ma Tei Police Station is a listed
blue-and-white structure one block to the east along Public Square St.
HISTORIC BUILDING
YAU MA TEI POLICE STATION
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 627 Canton Rd, Yau Ma Tei; Yau Ma Tei, exit C)
A stone's throw from Tin Hau Temple is this handsome Edwardian police station (c 1922)
with arcades and arches. You may have caught a glimpse of it in the film Rush Hour 2 .
Some of its architectural features have been adapted for feng shui reasons - crime-fighting
is a high-risk profession. For instance, the portico at the main entrance is set in an indented
corner to better protect the building's inhabitants.
MARKET
JADE MARKET
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Battery St & Kansu St, Yau Ma Tei; 10am-6pm; Yau Ma Tei, exit C)
The covered Jade Market, split into two parts by Battery St, has hundreds of stalls selling all
varieties and grades of jade. But unless you really know your nephrite from your jadeite, it's
not wise to buy expensive pieces here.
MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL
CHIN WOO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 2384 3238;300 Nathan Rd, flat B & C, 13th fl, Wah Fung Bldg, Yau Ma Tei;
2.30-9pm; Jordan, exit B1)
This is the 88-year-old branch of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, founded 100 years ago
in Shanghai by the famed kung-fu master Huo Yuanjia (). The Shanghai school was featured
in Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury and Let Li's Fearless . You can visit the school during opening
hours. Classes, however, are taught mainly in Cantonese.
CHURCH
KOWLOON UNION CHURCH
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