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and

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. Built in the 1980s, the lower levels of the shopping centre mainly sold

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s and

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s in the early days.

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s later came in and began selling

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and unlicensed copies of

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s that have made the shopping centre famous. Slogans that their promoters yelled became alternative culture. The

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attempts to clear out merchants selling illegal goods frequently. In 2005, the 2nd floor was renovated as a

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market for youth.

References

Transport

Yau Ma Tei station Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It lays straightly like a long box under thoroughfare Nathan Road, ending north under Pitt Street and south near Man Ming Lane. It ...

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External links

* Mong Kok Shopping centres in Hong Kong {{Kowloon-stub