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Encyclopedia > Ho King Shopping Centre

Ho King Commercial Building (好景商業中心) and Ho King Shopping Centre (好景商場) located at the junction of Fa Yuen Street and Dundas Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Built in 1980s, the shopping centre at lower levels were mainly selling video games and video game console in the early days. It was later that gangsters came in and sold pornographic and pirated copies of VCDs made it famous. Slogons that their promoters yelled became alternative culture. These selling activities were cleared by Hong Kong Government frequently. And in 2005, the permises owners renovated the 1st floor as a market of pop culture for youths. Fa Yuen Street (花園街) is a street between Boundary Street and Dundas Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Dundas Street (登打士街) is a street between Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... A busy street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong Mong Kok (Chinese: 旺角; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: Wong6 Gok3; Mandarin Pinyin: ; the English name is a transliteration of its older name 望角 or 芒角) or Mongkok is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District on Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... A video game console is a dedicated electronic machine designed to play video games. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owners exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it. ... VCD can stand for: Video CD Voice command device Value Change Dump (IEEE 1364 Verilog) Value-Centered Design This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...



 

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