[PLACE] 20141217 Ladies Street 女人街 @ Mong Kok

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Ladies street, or the original street name Tong Choi Street is a one kilometer long street known for its street market for selling ladies products like accessories, clothings, bags etc with more than hundred stalls that will put your haggling and negotiation skills to the test.

The Chinese loves to group and sell the same merchandise along the same street, hence you will notice many different streets are renamed to its respective merchandise like sandal street, flower street, gold fish street etc. It brings intensive competition to the vendors but a great convenience for the consumer as it acts as a one stop centre for you to compare and to make your purchases.

The Ladies Street now also sells souvenirs as more tourists have been visiting these streets. It opens day and night and usually closes at 12am.

TO GO


Travelling to Mong Kok can be made via MTR, bus or public cab.

If you are taking MTR, just use the Tsuen Wan Line (Red) or Kwun Tung Line (Green) and get off at Mong Kok station and exit E2. Walk along Nelson street for two blocks you will be able to notice the abundance of stalls awaiting for arrival.

If you are travelling via public bus, you may take Bus 1, 1A, 2, 6 or 9 from the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier and drop off at Nelson Street station.



ATTRACTION




Neon sign boards are everywhere with huge crowd of pedestrians along the street. At each junction, you will see promoters holding poles of signboard, trying to attract your attention on the things that they are trying to sell which includes massage services, pubs and of course, street food.


 

There are all sorts of merchandise available like soft toys, clothes, accessories, bags, souvenirs and all sorts of "branded" items which are all counterfeit products which they claimed to be AAA grade. The street is somewhat similar to our Petaling Street, except that our Petaling Street is no longer a Chinatown but more like a foreigner town nowadays.


However, some of the stalls are managed by mainland Chinese instead of the local Chinese. These stalls are quite aggressive especially when they know you are a tourist, which they will try to hold on to you and force sell. In contra to the local Chinese who usually don't bother about your buying interest.


Generally, the prices here are on a higher side due to the increasing number of tourist visiting here. The owners generally do not want to give you any discount if they identify you as a tourist, especially towards the mainland China tourist as they are known to be big spenders. If you want to look for good deals, I suggest you head towards areas with less people, where the business there seemed slow. The owners here are more desperate or approachable for discounts.



This is also a place to practice your haggling and negotiation skills, or better known as your "aunty skills". General rule of thumb is that the prices can be slashed down by 30% from the "published" prices. If you see the items selling for "3 for HKD100", you probably able to negotiate down to 5 for HKD100 or at least 4 pieces for HKD100. You will have a better success rate at increasing the number of items instead of lower selling price as these merchants generally want to sell more for a faster inventory turnaround. 

SUMMARY


Good place to experience the street market with a variety of stalls but tend to get repetitive after a few blocks. Good bargain can be found if you know how to negotiate with the merchants.


Attraction
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variety and bargains
Cleanliness
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Entrance Fee
N/A 
Opening Hours
Noon until midnight (Daily)
Wifi
N/A 
Parking
Minimal 
Website
N/A 

GPS: 22.318521, 114.170720

farscope

Malaysian lad, engineer by background, banker by profession whom passionate in photography, food and travelling.

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