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he says. pecially for foreign friends, there “The dry goods at Temple Street
is nothing special,” the 60-year-old can also be souvenirs. For example,
Tourists are not the only ones ‘I Love HK’ T-shirts, Hong Kong
struggling to find special souvenirs. man says.
Chan Kam-wing, Chairman of landmark keychains, cartoon key-
Hongkonger Matthew Chung* is the Yau Ma Tei Temple Street As- chains and Hong Kong luggage
having a hard time finding souve- sociation of Hawkers and Shop tags. These are things that have
nirs for his Taiwanese friend.
Operators, says they hope to col- Hong Kong features and can be
“The souvenirs… the stuffed laborate with hawkers who sell sold as souvenirs,” he adds.

toys… you wouldn’t know that it is dry goods to sell some packaged Chan aims to turn Temple Street
from Hong Kong. There’s not many food such as fish maws, dry scal- into a souvenir street by first per-
Hong Kong features. You wouldn’t lop, salted fish, walnut cookies and suading the hawkers to introduce
buy souvenirs here for friends, es- century egg puffs as Hong Kong new souvenirs, and local brands
souvenirs.
such as Kee Wah Bakery and Bee
“The souvenirs here cannot really Cheng Hiang can also set up stores
at Temple Street.
represent Hong Kong.”

“You wouldn’t buy sou-
venirs here for friends,
especially for foreign
friends, there is noth-
ing special.”

In response to Varsity’s enquiry,
the Hong Kong Tourism Board
(HKTB) says that they will con-
tinue to develop more special tour-
ism products and introduce new
experiences for tourists.

“Promoting tourism through
mega events and reinforcing Hong
Kong’s position as the Events Cap-
ital of Asia…Developing more
special tourism products and ex-
periences in collaboration with
the travel trade focusing on poten-
tial markets and visitor segments,
to attract visitors from different
source markets to come to Hong
Kong,” the board says in an email.

*Names changed at interviewees’
request
Sub-Edited by Liam Hordijk

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The crowded Temple Street at night. (Photo courtesy of Alexia Leung)
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ded Temple Street at night. (Photo courtes
y of Alexia Leung)