illuminated
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
Illuminated
Traditional Chinese
entertainment store
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
Kai Kee Mahjong School sign
勝利麻雀耍樂招牌
English
hand-written
restaurant
The Cheung Heung Tea Restaurant sign is a hand-written shopfront fascia. It has been existing for more than half a century in Kennedy Town. The name of the restaurant is hand-written in black colour on a pale yellow background.
Cheung Heung Tea Restaurant
1967
Copyright owned by the Cheung Heung Tea Restaurant.
Garden Restaurant sign
Hang Yuen Cafe sign
Shangrila Restaurant sign
Shun Fat Chinese BBQ sign
Tai Woo Seafood Restaurant sign
Tsui Wah Restaurant sign
Victory Beef Ball sign
乒乓招牌雲吞招牌
好到底麵家招牌
Hand-written
Shopfront fascia
retail shop
The Cyun Wai Book Store sign is a hand-written shopfront projecting sign in Tuen Mun. It has a simple design of white traditional Chinese characters on a green background.
Cyun Wai Book Store
Wing Wah sign
Peng Fei Hardware Store sign
廟街百寶堂招牌
達明服裝用品招牌
Hang Heung sign
Koon Nam Wah Bridal sign
長城集團參茸海味招牌
Shopfront projecting
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
Sweetheart Garden Restaurant sign
Cheung Heung Tea Restaurant sign
Projecting columnar
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
Cyun Wai Book Store sign
Shopfront columnar
This is the sign of a Hong Kong style 'cha chaan teng' named Hang Yuen Cafe in Sha Tin. It adopts a style often seen in older public housing estates. The name of the store is hand-written on a shading tent in white colour.
Hang Yuen Cafe
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.
Broadway Night Club sign
Projecting banner
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
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
ACME Shopping Arcade sign
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
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 Shun Fat Chinese BBQ sign is a traditional hand-written shopfront fascia located in Kennedy Town. It consists of four traditional Chinese characters in red colour on a pale yellow background.
Shun Fat Chinese BBQ
Copyright owned by Shun Fat Chinese BBQ.
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.
pawnshop
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
Tak Tai Pawn Shop sign
Tak Wah Pawn Shop sign
Wing Wah Pawn Shop sign
Yau Sang Pawn Shop sign
Projecting irregular
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 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
Tai Fat 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
Tam Pak Hung Social Centre for the Elderly sign
community centre
The Tam Pak Hung Social Centre for the Elderly sign is a traditional hand-written sign with a long history and significant meaning. It is located at the Kennedy Town Kai-fong Welfare Association which is one of the earliest welfare associations in Hong Kong. The sign has a white background with red traditional Chinese characters written on it.
Tam Pak Hung Social Centre for the Elderly
Copyright owned by Tam Pak Hung Social Centre for the Elderly.
Nan Fung Textile Limited sign
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