Prince Edward, is one of the stations of MTR, was named under Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary.
Prince Edward district, is nowadays one of commercial and residential areas of Kowloon, at the hub of Hong Kong. There are two major roads you are worth to go, which is Prince Edward Road and Boundary Street.
Prince Edward Road :
The road consists of two mainstreams Prince Edward Road West and Prince Edward Road East. The roads were named after Prince Edward in 1922, later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (later The Duke of Windsor), after his visit to Hong Kong. He had various activities and passed by a road with trees at both sides with some developing houses and the road was not yet named. He sent compliments to this development and architecture buildings in this area. After leaving Hong Kong, the Government officers has named this road as Prince Edward Road.
Boundary Street :
On signature of the 1860 Convention of Beijing, which marked the end of formal ended hostilities in the Second Opium War (1856–1858), Britain acquired the area from the south of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula for a rent-free under a perpetual lease. In 1898, the Qing government reluctantly agreed to the Second Convention of Peking that compelled China to cede a further area north of Boundary Street to the Sham Chun River along with more than two hundred nearby islands (we called as New Territories and Outlying Islands) for the 99-year lease which expired at midnight on 30 June 1997.
Highlighted Destinations :
1) Lui Seng Chun Historical Building
Lui Seng Chun, was a property of Family Lui, a large Chinese family starting his trade in medicine. The founder Mr Lui Leung, a renowned businessman who had invested in transportation business in 1933 that's nowadays the Kowloon Bus Motors, a developed bus transportation business in the Kowloon and New Territories areas.
It was built in 1931 in a traditional Chinese styled building with balconies before World War II. A four-story building with a total areas of 6,000 square feet. It is now a declared monument as a Grade 1 Historic Building, which is qualified as the highest heritage value and a building of outstanding merit, which every effort should be made to preserve if possible.
On the ground floor, it is open for public to visit without reservation. And you can try the herbal tea at the shop inside. There are some exhibits of the past about the family and the history of the building. The upper floors are converted to the School of Chinese Medicine of The Hong Kong Baptist University. Services includes acupunctures, Chinese medicine consultations and herbal medicine subscriptions. Booking in advance.
Free Guided Tour
Monday to Friday : 2:30pm / 4:00pm
Saturday : 9:30am / 11:00am
Tour takes 30-45 minutes
Number of Participants : from 4 to 20 pax
Registered online in advance: Individual booking
Visit official page
MTR Exit : MTR Prince Edward Station Exit C2
2) Flower Market and Yuen Po Street Bird Garden
Flower Market is a major market of flowers for wholesales and retails. There are near 100 florists in this areas offering a large variety of flowers and plants, seeds and accessories. And the prices are cheaper.
Yuen Po Street Bird Garden is a Chinese-style theme park. It occupies an area of about 3000 square metres and is bounded by Boundary Street, Embankment Road, Prince Edward Road West and Yuen Po Street, with its main entrance facing Boundary Street and another entrance facing Yuen Po Street. There are 70 bird stalls for bird traders.
MTR Exit : MTR Prince Edward Station Exit B1
Opening hour: 7 am - 8 pm daily
3) Prince Restaurant
Let's take a break after visiting the bird garden and flower market, I recommend one of the old restaurants, which offering a variety of tea sets. The most exciting tea set is Baked Escargots (HK$60), or you can select Baked Scallops , served with a cup of coffee/ tea . It is a very one of a kind tea set in Hong Kong I could say. That's why I recommend you to come. If you come on Wednesdays, there is a music concert by Freeman from 7:15pm to 9:15pm playing instrumental music for 80-90s Canton and English Pop music. It's good for pairing your dinner of old Hong Kong style.
Address: No.162 Prince Edward Rd West,, Prince Edward
MTR Exit : MTR Prince Edward Station Exit B1
Opening hour: 12 noon to 11:00pm
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