Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Jordan, exit B2)
The red-bricked church with Protestant roots was constructed in 1930 with money from an
English businessman of Armenian descent. It was built in a Neo-Gothic style - quite unusu-
al for Kowloon - and features a Chinese-tiled pitched roof (which makes it typhoon-proof),
a battlemented tower, and windows with Gothic tracery. Sunday service starts at 10.30am.
MARKET
WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET
B2)
This historic and still operating market, founded in 1913, is a cluster of one- or two-storey
brick and stone buildings with pre-WWII signboards. It is a hive of activity from 4am to
6am when fresh fruit is loaded on and off trucks, and bare-backed workers manoeuvre piles
of boxes under the moon. The market is bounded by Ferry St, Waterloo Rd and Reclamation
St with Shek Lung St running through it. To get here from Yau Ma Tei MTR exit B2, turn
right.
BUILDING
YAU MA TEI THEATRE
Waterloo Rd & Reclamation St, Yau Ma Tei; Yau Ma Tei, exit B2)
Yau Ma Tei Theatre (1920) with art-deco interiors, and adjacent to the Wholesale Fruit Mar-
ket, had for decades kept coolies and rickshaw drivers entertained, but losing business to
modern cinemas in the '80s, it began showing erotic films and selling porn videos to stay
)
once belonged to a pumping station (1895). The buildings now house a Cantonese opera
performance and training centre.
SOUVENIRS
BRUCE LEE CLUB
Point, Mong Kok; 1-9pm; Yau Ma Tei, exit A1)
Founded by Bruce Lee's fans, this mini-museum and souvenir shop has action figures, toys,
movie products and other memorabilia related to the kung-fu icon.
MUSEUM
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL HOBBY & TOY MUSEUM
