Shopping before the Lunar Chinese New Year is popular in Chinese society. Hong Kong has lots of places opening temporary fair to cater for such shopping demand. The Fair is Victoria Park of Causeway Bay is the always the biggest where there are 363 booths selling flowers, Chinese food and other Chinese New Year's sovenirs. But this type of fair only opens until February 12th (First Day of Year of the Horse) early in the morning. The fair basically run overnight on New Year's eve. Come and feel the atmosphere of Chinese New Year!

In Tamar Site of Wanchai, lots of pavilions featuring traditional Chinese arts and crafts, soothsayers, festive snacks, as well as overseas cultural performances are all waiting for you on February 13th (Second Day of Year of the Horse) 12:noon to 10pm (no admission after 7:00pm). All free admission. At the Tamar Site, You can have a closer look to the floats appeared in the Chinese New Year Parade. So don't miss it this time especially if you got a bad viewing position on the Parade.

In the past, almost all retail shops were closed during the first 3 days of Chinese New Year but now because of downturn of economy, they grasp this opportunity to boost up the sale. Chinese restaurants usually close in these few days because most families are getting together to have meal at home. But some restaurants still open for business these years so tourists and other foreigners do not have to worry about finding places for eating. However, be aware that some restaurants may have 15% or even more service charge especially on the First Day of New Year (February 12th). Most restaurants have to pay extra to their staff members for coming back to serve their customers during Chinese New Year holidays.

Address: 1. Ground Floor Shop B, Po Fat Building, 34 Pat Lo Chai Street, Sai Wan 2. Dickson Cyber, Kowloon Station E4, E5
3. Tsing Yi
4. Tsuen Wan
5. Tuen Mun

Recommended items : Special offer from Jan 31 to Feb 5
1. Sanyo (Japanes brand) DVD compo with DVD player and built-in amplifier for Dolby 3D sounds as well as 2 speakers: HKD1,780 only
2. Bodysonic (Japanese brand) portable VCD player, PAL/NTSC compatible, able to play VCD, CD, MP3, DVCD, CDR: HKD 399 only
3. Japanese brand DVD player, able to play DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, MP3, CDR, CDRW, All Codes, with Dolby AC3 and DTS digital output: HKD598 only
4. Japanese brand CD Mini HiFi with CD and Radio and 2 speakers and 4 special sound effects (Classic, Pop, Rock and Normal): HKD498 only
5. Besides the above, there are some more higher class Hi Fi components

If you miss the above period, you still can find many items offering in very reasonable price. They have sales of selected items very often.

Address: 1. Manning Building shop 1, 48 Queens Road Central
2. Shop 103, World Wide House, Central
3. 22-26 Ground Floor, Paterson Street, Causeway Bay
4. Shop 712, Time Square, Causeway Bay
5. 18 Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mongkok
6. 78 Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mongkok
7. 45 C Ground Floor, HaiPhong Road
8. Star Ferry Pier,Shop KP2
And many others

Although the main business of this shop is photo finishing, it sells some AV products in cheap price.

Since the issue of M100-105 and M500-505 model, Palm Vx has been almost out of stock in the market. The price has been lowered significantly. Fortress, the biggest AV chain store, has bought almost all the remaining stocks at wholesale price and sold it in their retail outlets at HKD1,670. This price should be the last price before running out of stocks in Hong Kong. So do not try to find any of them with a cheaper price out in the market. Go and buy one from Fortress if you have been dreamed of getting one palm and have not been satisfied with its' high price. Please be cautious of other small shops offering you the same or even lower than this price. You might be buying the one manufactured in Asia which may have slightly lower quality. But the one in Fortress is definitely the original one from the U.S.A.

Another famous chain store Broadway offers the cheapest M505 in town at HKD2,690. It includes 16MB extra RAM so you will have 24MB.

Motorola V70 Mobile Phone (360% rotator form factor, a fresh look!) Price:HKD5,000 to HKD5,500

Motorola Authorized Channels:

Motorola Personal Communications Center - Shop No. 919-920, 9/F., Times Square, Causeway Bay - Shop G5, Park Lane Shopper's Blvd., TST

Motorola Pro-Shop - Shop TSW9, Tsuen Wan MTR Station - Shop No. 16B, Level 3, Shatin Plaza

Check Motorola's web site http://www.motorola.com.hk/eng/mot_product/v70/main.html