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Mong Kok East station is visible at the bottom left. The area in the background is part of
Kowloon City District. Mong Kok preserves its traditional characteristics with an array of
markets, small shops, and food stalls that have disappeared from other areas during the past several decades of economic developments and urban transformation. As such, a few of these streets in Mong Kok have acquired nicknames reflecting their own characteristics. Some interesting sites are: •
Tung Choi Street () (also known as , ''Ladies' Market'') – This market specialises in women's clothing, accessories, and cosmetics, and is open daily from noon to midnight. •
Sai Yeung Choi Street South () – A street full of shops selling consumer electronic products, cosmetics, and discount books. The latter are usually located on the lower floors of buildings. •
Yuen Po Street Bird Garden () – Hundreds of songbirds in exquisitely crafted cages can be seen at this market. The garden is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is located near
Mong Kok Stadium, to the north of
Mong Kok East station and east of
Prince Edward station. • : The garden was completed in 1997 for the relocation of booths selling birds at Hong Lok Street (), aka. "Bird Street", which was closed due to
urban renewal in June 1998. •
Fa Yuen Street () (also known as ) – This is a small neighbourhood of small retailers selling sports equipment and clothing. The shops stock a diversity of sports shoes, including many shoes of rare or special editions from different places. •
Flower Market Road () – The street and the nearby side streets are packed with florists and street vendors selling flowers and plants. At the end of the street is Yuen Po Street Bird Garden. •
Goldfish Street () or Goldfish Market – Centered on a section of
Tung Choi Street, north of Bute Street. There are dozens of shops selling tropical freshwater and marine fish, aquariums and accessories. This market opens
very early in the morning. • Tile Street () – This is a section of Portland Street near Argyle Street and Bute Street with more than 50 retailers selling materials for construction or renovation, such as tiles, wall paper, window frames and bath tubs. • Photocopy Street () – A neighbourhood near Yim Po Fong Street and
Soy Street is noted for its remarkable number of photocopying shops due to the number of schools in the vicinity. The shops also have ID photo taking service. •
Portland Street () – A
red-light district featuring numerous shops and restaurants. • Kwong Wa Street (), between Dundas Street and Yim Po Fong Street, is famous for shops selling
airsoft,
RC racing,
modelling and other
hobbying equipment. • Dundas Street () marks the southern end of the shopping area in eastern Mong Kok, where Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Tung Choi Street and Fa Yuen Street terminate. It is named for
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, former
British Home Secretary and
Secretary of State for War. It is unclear why the street was bestowed in his honour although, as a former
British colony, many of Hong Kong's streets and institutions were named in memory of prominent English historic and political figures.
Ho King Shopping Centre and
Trendy Zone are major shopping centres on the street. Various kinds of snack food shops concentrate on this street.
Kwong Wah Hospital is also situated on the street. Across
Nathan Road, the section in the western Mong Kok is relatively quiet and there are many cafés above street level in several buildings. Some popular shopping plazas located in this dense area include: , 4th floor • T.O.P (This is Our Place) - Latest fashionable shopping centre for youngers. No high-end shops there but specially characteristic store. An overpass corridor connected to Argyle Centre (). • Sim City () - There are shops selling first or second hand cameras and lens, photographic and videographic equipment, gadget, phone accessory, computer accessory. •
Sino Centre () – Most shops sell Japanimation figures and merchandising. Other shops sell comic books,
VCDs and DVDs related to Japanese cartoons, and regular CD albums. •
Ho King Shopping Centre () – Visitors can find computer and video games sold for relatively low prices. The fourth floor of the plaza is infamous for being formerly the biggest base of pornographic CDs and DVDs, and activities have diminished due to police and customs operations. However, some shops have been driven to the office section of the building. •
Grand Century Place () – Situated next to Mong Kok East station, visitors can find famous-brand and popular shops. •
Mong Kok Computer Centre () – This three-story computer mall has around 50 to 70 computer shops, selling
laptops, software,
hardware and computer accessories. •
Langham Place () – This is a 59-storey complex with a huge shopping mall, a hotel, and offices. It opened in 2004 and was constructed based on the Hong Kong Government urban redevelopment scheme. It is the tallest building in Mong Kok. • Argyle Centre () – This usually crowded centre, located next to Mong Kok Station, has three floors of shops selling female low-priced clothes and shoes. Also a lot of snack food and drinks shop there. • Trendy Zone () • W Plaza () • Hollywood Shopping Centre () • Sincere Podium () • Richmond Shopping Arcade () • Hollywood Plaza () • CTMA Centre () Other streets in the area include: • Bute Street (), named after
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1762 and 1763. It may also have been named after the Scottish
peerage of the same name, following the naming pattern of several other streets in the area. • Fife Street () is a street that is north of
Argyle Street, south of Mong Kok Road, and perpendicular to
Nathan Road. The Chinese name means "fast wealth" in English, but the name is a
loanword based on the English pronunciation of the
fife instrument. •
Soy Street () == Food ==