Name (English): Pei Ho Street Twilight Market
Name (Chinese): 北河街天光墟
Category: Markets & Malls
Address (English): Pei Ho Street, Sham Shui Po
Address (Chinese): 九龍深水埗北河街
Address Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/KnyDgTX7gDxAhReq6
Address longitude and latitude: 22.329748993387167, 114.16219428649218
Nearest MTR Station: Sham Shui Po Station Exit A2
Nearest MTR Station Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/UfUkVC8hJLEGYk4d8
Nearest MTR Station longitude and latitude: 22.33004266763153, 114.16256030021665
How far from the nearest MTR Station: 1-minute walk from Sham Shui Po MTR Exit A2
Opening Hours:
MON 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
TUE 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
WED 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
THU 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
FRI 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
SAT 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
SUN 05:00 – 07:00 ; 22:00 – 23:59
Recommended Time to Visit: Any opening hours
Accessibility Note: Easy access
Sham Shui Po is a district that never sleeps. Everyone knows people hang around Ap Liu Street during the day and Pei Ho Street at night. Whilst both areas being the most bustling local markets filled with street vendors selling all kinds of affordable daily necessities, Pei Ho Street, however, reveals an untold side of the city and the grassroots Hong Kongers, when midnight arrives.
Lights down, doors closed, but streets are not emptied – hawkers that could be middle-aged, the elderly in cage homes or even single mothers, are all out selling their treasures at the Midnight and Twilight Flea Market. It is not the trove that you would walk away with handcrafted goods or specially-designed products but rather something that you can get rid of without being emotional. Used plastic CD sleeves, second hand clothes, old gadgets or electrical appliances… and many more collected are being laid out on the ground and begging for a dollar or two in return. The hawkers can make up to a hundred something a night if they are in luck.
Poverty has always been a deep-seated problem behind the city’s glam curtain. To the surprise of many, one in five local residents (1.3 millions) are living under the official poverty and not getting an income of $4000 per month. The densely populated Sham Shui Po is the poorest district where lots of Hong Kongers are living in subdivided apartments, and even cage homes. This explains why the flea market plays such a big role in helping them gain some extra income, and most importantly, reflects their strong minds in defying the odds.
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