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Getting Your Shop On in Hong Kong

While any international brand worthy of its logo has at least one outlet here, Hong Kong’s reputation as a bargain hunter’s paradise is largely a thing of the past. So what’s worth shopping for? Clothing (off the peg or tailored), shoes, jewellery, luggage and, to a lesser degree nowadays, cameras and electronic goods are the [...]

Largo Senada Square in Macao

Sleepy No More: Macao is Now Insomniac

It takes about an hour to travel by ferry from Hong Kong to Macao. On polluted winter days, it’s often a hazy crossing but in summer, the bright-green humps of Hong Kong’s 235 islands jostle in the South China Sea, and the water is a milky aquamarine until you’re about 10 minutes from Macao’s terminal. [...]