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Causeway Bay derives its name from tile fact that it used to be a bay; until reclamation in the 1950s. Now it is thoroughly earth-based, a colourful upmarket district packed with shops and restaurants centred around the areabetween tile eastern end of Lockhart Road and the western edge of Victoria park. Trams run
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just to the south of here alongYee Wo Street, a continuation of Hennessy Road from Wan Chai. Causeway Bay has an MTN station and is also the point of arrival of the original cross-harbour tunnel which carries vehicle traffic over from Kowloon.The main preoccupation in Causeway Bay is definitely shopping and consumption.Within acouple of minutes of the MTR station you’ll find a num.A munber of ultra-modern
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Japanese department stores, including Sogo and Mitsukoshi, while slightly to the north is Vogue Alley, a lane to the east of and parallel with north-south Paterson Street, which comprises, as its name suggests, a group of fashion boutiques, as well as some restaurants and ban; South ofYee Wo Street the atmosphere is slightly more dowmnarket, butjust as busy, particularly around Jardine’s Bazaar and Jardine’s Crescent, two alleys ahnost immediately south of Causeway Bay MTN. Bang on Causeway Bay MTN (exit A) at Matheson Street lies Times Square (www. timessquare.com.hk), two towers constructed in 1993 and packed with thenred shopping over sixteen floors. These range from computers to haute couture, a cinema multiplex and four floors of eateries. Look out for the giant outdoor video screen in the piazza, a popular meeting place, offer.lng daily news and weather reports. Specific tourist sights are thin on the ground here, though you might strol up to the waterfront to see the Noon Day Gun - inrmortalized in Noel Coward’s song Mad Dogs and Englishmen - which is fired offwith a loud report every day at noon. The Noon Day Gun overlooks the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, which is always jammed full of boats. The eastern part of Causeway Bay is donfinated by Victoria Park, a surprisingly extensive space by Hong Kong’s standards, which contains swimming pools and other sports facilities. In recent years, this has become the ]ocation for the annual candle-lit vigil held on June 4 to commemorate the victims of Tian’amnen Square, in addition to hosting one of Hong Kong’s largest lunar New  Year fairs. Corne early in the morning and you’ll see dozens of people practising their taiji. Down at the southeastern corner of the park, right by the Tin Hau MTR (exit A), is the two-hundred-year-old Tin Hau Temple, a rather dark, gloomy place surrounded unhappily by highrises (daily 7am-7pm). Tin Hau is the name given locally to the Goddess of the Sea, and her temples can be found throughout Hong Kong, normally in prominent positions by the shore where they were frequented by fishermen and sailors. The fact that temples such as this one have now been submerged in development is a reflection ofpriorities in modern Hong Kong. You can also reach this Tin Hau Temple on any tram heading for North Point; get off immediately after passingVictoria Park on your left.
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