hand-written
commercial centre
The Wah Lik Industrial Building sign is a typical hand-written building fascia commonly found in commercial or industrial buildings. This type of signs was very common in the past Hong Kong. However, it was gradually replaced by other signs such as printed ones due to continuous maintenance required. This sign is located in Tsuen Wan.
Wah Lik Industrial Building
Copyright owned by Wah Lik Industrial Building.
嘉寶大廈招牌
Nan Fung Textile Limited sign
ACME Shopping Arcade sign
Building fascia
Hand-written
Traditional Chinese
The Nan Fung Textile Limited sign is an old-styled building fascia located in Tsuen Wan. It has two versions of both English and traditional Chinese. It is hand-written on a wall of the building.
Nan Fung Textile Limited
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Wah Lik Industrial Building sign
Tuen Mun Trend Plaza sign
English
illuminated
retail shop
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
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
Shopfront projecting
Shopfront columnar
Illuminated
This is a hand-written shopfront fascia of an old-styled retail shop named 達明服裝用品 in Tuen Mun. It has a white background with red traditional Chinese characters written on it.
達明服裝用品
Hang Heung sign
Shopfront fascia
restaurant
The Victory Beef Ball restaurant has two signs. This item page refers to the projecting one shown on the right in the photo. This sign is a tradition hand-written shopfront projecting sign. It has a simple and clear design with white background and 6 red traditional Chinese characters.
胡順清
Victory Beef Ball
Shangrila Restaurant sign
Sweetheart Garden Restaurant sign
Tai Woo Seafood Restaurant sign
Tsui Wah Restaurant sign
Garden Restaurant sign
Shun Fat Chinese BBQ sign
Hang Yuen Cafe sign
乒乓招牌雲吞招牌
好到底麵家招牌
Cheung Heung Tea Restaurant sign
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
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Victory Beef Ball sign
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
This is the sign of a herbal tea shop named 百寶堂 on Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei . It is one of the largest hand-written sign on the wall of a building. Two colours including red and green are used for the painting of the traditional Chinese characters. Such a large scale of sign allows easy identification by pedestrians.
廟街百寶堂
Building columnar
This sign is a typical projecting banner with hand-written words in Sham Shui Po. This kind of projecting banner was widely used in Hong Kong before. However, many of them were removed due to safety problem. This sign spans across 5 meters or more between two buildings. Red traditional Chinese characters are written on white squares.
均益凍肉食品市場
The Peng Fei Hardware Store sign is one of the rare hand-written shopfront fascia in Hong Kong nowadays. It is located in Sha Tin. This kind of hand-written signs is more vulnerable to physical damage and is gradually replaced by computer printing. The store name is written in red paints on a pale brown board.
Peng Fei Hardware Store
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.
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.
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
Projecting columnar
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
Japanese
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