illuminated
pawnshop
This is the illuminated sign of a pawn shop named Yau Sang Pawn Shop in Yau Tsim Mong. It has a typical projecting irregular shape as other pawn shop signs. The sign consists of traditional Chinese characters in red colour and outline in white.
Yau Sang Pawn Shop
Wing Wah Pawn Shop sign
Tak Wah Pawn Shop sign
Tak Tai Pawn Shop sign
Tai Fat Pawn Shop sign
Projecting irregular
Illuminated
Traditional Chinese
restaurant
This is the sign of Tsui Wah Restaurant located in Yau Tsim Mong. It is a typical neon sign in the shape of projecting columnar. Its colour is mainly purple which gives an attractive appearance. It is interesting to note that the sign shows Japanese words, which were commonly found in some signs in old Hong Kong especially in Causeway Bay.
Tsui Wah Restaurant
Shangrila Restaurant sign
Sweetheart Garden Restaurant sign
Tai Woo Seafood Restaurant sign
Victory Beef Ball sign
Garden Restaurant sign
乒乓招牌雲吞招牌
好到底麵家招牌
Hang Yuen Cafe sign
Shun Fat Chinese BBQ sign
Cheung Heung Tea Restaurant sign
Projecting columnar
English
Japanese
retail shop
The Wing Wah sign is a typical illuminated sign in the form of projecting columnar. It is located in Yuen Long with a long history of more than 60 years. The sign shows a majority of yellow colour.
Wing Wah
1950
Hang Heung sign
長城集團參茸海味招牌
Koon Nam Wah Bridal sign
廟街百寶堂招牌
Peng Fei Hardware Store sign
達明服裝用品招牌
Cyun Wai Book Store sign
This is the sign of the Shangrila Restaurant located in Tuen Mun. It is an illuminated shopfront fascia with very bright neons mainly in blue, red and green colours. Both Chinese and English names of the restaurant are shown in the sign, with some objects such as trees for decoration.
Shangrila Restaurant
Copyright owned by Shangrila Restaurant.
Tsui Wah Restaurant sign
Shopfront fascia
The Sweetheart Garden Restaurant sign is located in Causeway Bay of Wan Chai district. It is an illuminated shopfront projecting sign in a rare square shape. It consists of neon lights in various colours including white, red, yellow, blue and green. The name of the restaurant is shown in traditional Chinese characters.
Sweetheart Garden Restaurant
Copyright owned by Sweetheart Garden Restaurant.
Shopfront projecting
entertainment store
The Kai Kee Mahjong School sign is a typical illuminated projecting banner located in Yau Tsim Mong. It includes the logo of a chicken which is very unique and attractive to viewers. This chicken corresponds to the meaning of the Chinese name of the store.
Kai Kee Mahjong School
Copyright owned by Kai Kee Mahjong School.
勝利麻雀耍樂招牌
Broadway Night Club sign
Projecting banner
The Tai Woo Seafood Restaurant sign is an illuminated shopfront fascia located in Eastern. It consists of neon lights showing the outlines of the store name and other shapes on a polymer background.
Tai Woo Seafood Restaurant
Copyright owned by Tai Woo Seafood Restaurant.
These illuminated signs are owned by Hang Heung which is the oldest traditional Chinese cake shop in Yuen Long. The sign was original published in 1920 but renovated in 2009. They have the format of shopfront columnar and shopfront projecting respectively.
Hang Heung
1920
Wing Wah sign
Shopfront columnar
The Garden Restaurant sign is an illuminated projecting columnar sign. It has a simple design with its name shown in red colours on a green background. It also shows outline in yellow colour to highlight the sign. This sign is located in Kwai Tsing.
Garden Restaurant
shopping mall
The ACME Shopping Arcade sign is one of the common building fascias in Hong Kong. It is located in Tuen Mun. This kind of signs is especially popular in shopping malls and commercial centres. The four large traditional Chinese characters are illuminated in red colour.
ACME Shopping Arcade
Tuen Mun Trend Plaza sign
Building fascia
The Tuen Mun Trend Plaza sign is one of the early shopfront fascias in Tuen Mun. The sign was renovated in 2000s. Currently, it is illuminated and has both Chinese and English versions.
Tuen Mun Trend Plaza
1988
嘉寶大廈招牌
Nan Fung Textile Limited sign
ACME Shopping Arcade sign
Wah Lik Industrial Building sign
The Wing Wah Pawn Shop sign has a typical pawn shop sign shape, which shows an upside down bat holding a coin. This shape has a special meaning in the Chinese culture. The sign is located in Tuen Mun with red background and white outline and words.
Wing Wah Pawn Shop
Yau Sang Pawn Shop sign
The Tak Wah Pawn Shop sign is one of the common illuminated pawn shop signs in Hong Kong. It has a projecting irregular shape which depicts an upside down bat holding a coin. This sign is located in Central. Its outline is in green colour and the traditional Chinese characters are in red.
Tak Wah Pawn Shop
These signs of Koon Nam Wah Bridal located in Yau Tsim Mong are in the form of projecting banner. They consist of typical neon lights in red, blue, yellow and purple colours. They have an attractive outlook which increases its effectiveness of advertisement. However, due to the new policy for sign safety, this kind of projecting banners is reducing in number in Hong Kong.
Koon Nam Wah Bridal
This is a sign of an entertainment store that was once prevalent in Hong Kong. The sign is located in Yau Tsim Mong. It is made of LED lights whose colours change over time. This creates an illustration of colour strips moving from left to right, which increases the attractiveness of the sign.
勝利麻雀耍樂
Kai Kee Mahjong School sign
The Tak Tai Pawn Shop sign is a traditional Hong Kong pawn shop sign. Its outline is in red while the traditional Chinese characters of its name are in white. The sign is located in Shek Tong Tsui.
Tak Tai Pawn Shop
The Tai Fat Pawn Shop sign is one of the typical pawn shop neon signs in the shape of a bat holding a coin. This shape is commonly found in the signs of pawn shops in Hong Kong. The sign has a green outline and red traditional Chinese characters. It is located in Yau Tsim Mong.
Tai Fat Pawn Shop
This is the sign of a local night club named Broadway Night Club in Yau Tsim Mong. It symbolises the past habits of Hong Kong people at night. The sign consists of colourful neon lights which are attractive to pedestrians.
Broadway Night Club