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HONG
KONG
ISLAND
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KOWLOON
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NEW
TERRITORIES
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OUTLYING
ISLANDS |
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Fashion
& Apliu
Street
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Ladies'
Market
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Temple
Street
Night
Market
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Jade
Market |
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Avenue
of
Stars
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Symphony
of
Lights
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Clock
Tower
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Yuen
Po
Street
Bird
Garden |
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Kowloon
Walled
City
Park
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Wong
Tai
Sin
Temple
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Lei
Yue
Mun
Seafood
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 A
visit
to
the
Jade
Market
in
Yau
Ma
Tei
will
provide
an
insight
into
something
very
important
to
Chinese
people
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Jade.
The
written
character
for
jade
means
a
combination
of
beauty
and
purity.
The
stone,
in
all
its
many
hues
and
colours,
is
associated
with
long
life
and
good
health.
It
is
smooth
and
cooling
to
the
touch.
Many
people
wear
a
jade
bracelet
to
ward
off
all
sorts
of
health
hazards.
Grandmothers
routinely
buy
a
piece
of
jade
for
newborns. |
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Located
on
Kansu
and
Battery
streets,
the
Jade
Market
is a
collection
of
around
400
stalls
selling
a
wide
range
of
jade
pendants,
rings,
bracelets,
carvings
and
ornaments.
Open
from
10am
to
5pm,
the
market
is
also
the
main
gathering
place
for
buyers
of
this
fine
stone
who
today
still
communicate
with
secret
hand
signals
when
making
a
purchase.
Nearby
is
Jade
Street,
located
on
Canton
Road
between
Kansu
Street
and
Jordan
Road,
where
shops
operate
from
10:30am
to
2:30pm. |
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Buying
jade
is
really
an
art.
Jade
varies
in
colour
from
deep
green
through
yellow
and
brown
to
white.
The
jade
sold
in
Hong
Kong
is
mostly
jadeite
from
Burma,
ranging
from
natural
pieces
to
those
impregnated
with
polymers
or
dyed
to
enhance
the
colour. |
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Top
quality
jade
is
pure
green
and
very
expensive.
Most
pieces
have
a
yellow
tinge
but
no
brown
or
grey
should
be
in
the
finished
piece.
The
best
jadeite
is
semi-transparent.
Opaque
jadeite
with
cloudy
patches
typically
has
less
value.
If
you
are
not
an
expert,
you
can
have
your
potential
purchase
tested
at
Jade
Plaza. |
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How
To
Get
There
MTR
Yau
Ma
Tei
Station
Exit
C,
walk
along
Nathan
Road
to
Public
Square
Street.
Walk
along
Public
Square
Street
to
Canton
Road
for
10
to
15
minutes. |
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