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
hand-written
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
Wing Wah sign
Hand-written
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Shopfront columnar
commercial centre
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
Copyright held by Nan Fung Textile Limited.
嘉寶大廈招牌
Wah Lik Industrial Building sign
Tuen Mun Trend Plaza sign
ACME Shopping Arcade sign
Building fascia
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.
Nan Fung Textile Limited sign
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
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
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