Sham Shui Po, on the northern side of Kowloon, is possibly one of the best places in Hong Kong to look for reasonably priced electronics and computer ware, including accessories, video games and what not...
The cluster of market-streets is adjacent to MTR Sham Shui Po (on the red marked Tsuen Wan Line), which means you don't have to challenge your navigation skills... just walk out of the station and you are there...
Apliu Street boasts the area's main market-street, where lots of electronics and accessories can be found, including second hand stuff... from the MTR station: Exits A-2 and C-2 will take you directly to the street. (shops here are open until quite late...)
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Golden Computer Centre and Golden Computer Arcade, on the other side of Sham Shui Po's MTR station, are the right place to look for everything computer related... from complete computers to computer components, software and games... The choice is immense and prices are very good (use exit D-2 to get there). Open until 10pm
As expected, there are numerous stalls selling delicious local foods, and these can be found on the small streets around Golden Computer Centre, mainly Kweillin Street, Fuk Wa Street and Fuk Wing Street - next to exit D-2.
Ki Lung Street, on the other side of the MTR station (running parallel to Apliu) also boasts some great food places
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Sham Shui Po is also home to one of Hong Kong's most popular fabric markets, where you can get nice silk and other fabrics at a fraction of what they would have cost elsewhere.
Most of the fabric shops can be found on Ki Lung Street and Yu Chau Street, two parallel streets that run between Nam Cheong Street and Wong Chuk Street, and while many of them are strictly wholesalers, others would be happy to sell to whoever walks in... (That includes Kin Sing at 189 Ki Lung Street, Po Fai Textiles at 99 Yu Chau Street and Cheong Yue Company at 113 Yu Chau Street).
Getting there: From exit A-1 of MTR Sham-Shui-Po, turn right to Cheung Sha Wan Road and walk along it a few steps, to the corner of Nam Cheong Street. Turn right again (after crossing the street) and walk down Nam Cheong Street.
Yu Chau Street is the second street on your right and Ki Lung Street is the third.
For those of you who can't do without a modern shopping-mall, there is Dragon Centre: a glass-clad giant that caters mostly for locals from nearby suburbs...
Use exit C-1, turn left to Cheung Sha Wan Road (Sham Shui Po's main thoroughfare) and left again to Yen Chow Street, where the mall is (you can also walk there from Apliu Street)
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You may also want to read about other shopping districts nearby...
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