Mongkok located in Kowloon, Hong Kong is a bustling city with the world’s highest population density. This has resulted in the city an extremely high number of shopping malls, restaurants and entertainment centres to cater to the growing population. Therefore, choice is something that is abundantly available in Mongkok. The area’s current Chinese name ‘Wong Gog’ also means prosperous and crowded corner.

Ladies’ Street or Tung Choi Street in Mongkok is as the name suggests, an exclusive ladies’ market. Open every day from mid-afternoon till around 12.00 am, this place is acclaimed for its availability of anything that a lady might desire. Back in the days, the market was an illegal Hawker’s zone. Wanting to reduce the hassle caused by their activity the Hong Kong government authorized a certain area for hawkers in 1975. Since most of the hawkers in the early days sold items like clothes, accessories and cosmetics, the street became known as Ladies’ Street.

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Ladies’ Street is however not an all-out bazaar. While there are stalls and vendours on either side of the street, there are also shops and boutiques. Naturally the street vendours sell things at a relatively lower price when compared to the boutique owners; however the later in most cases has more known brands, a wider choice as well as more facilities.

Due to the high population Mongkok has very many accommodation options. Hotel in Kowloon are mostly tailored to meet the demands of the various business travellers. But increasing tourist arrivals has resulted in Mongkok hotels adapting to meet the needs of leisure travellers. Cosmo Hotel Mongkok is a diverse hospitality provider that will meet all your requirements, regardless of your reason for travel. Situated between Mongkok and Tai Kok Tsu, the hotel is in close proximity to the Olympic subway station.

The hotel is also very close to Ladies’ market as well as Fan Yuen Street, Lui Seng Chun and Hung Shing Temple. More popularly known as Sneakers’ street, Fan Yuen is the place to be if you are looking for sports equipment, clothing and special as well as uncommon editions of various sports shoes.