Yaliao Street

Yaliao Street

Yaliao street, also known as "electrical Street", is located between Qinzhou street and Nanchang Street. It was named after the early years when it was full of yaliao. It is famous for selling mobile phones, cheap electronic parts, second-hand and parallel electrical appliances, attracting many local people.

In order to stimulate local tourism, the government decided a month ago to renovate the street in a short period of time to attract tourists and develop yaliao Street into one of the famous tourist attractions in Hong Kong.

Street main business

Yaliao street is a special place for selling electronic products. Apart from mobile phones, there are also radio equipment, audio-visual products and electronic parts. Just like Xianda Plaza, yaliao street also has cheaper parallel products for sale. Many tourists like to visit yaliao street every time they come to Hong Kong to see if they can find their favorite second-hand mobile phones. However, the most famous second-hand audio stalls in yaliao Street are generally cheaper, and the goods are very complete. They are a paradise for "audio lovers". Of course, there are stalls selling more distinctive products, including old clocks, cheap watches, old coins, etc. yaliao street can provide tourists with alternative shopping fun.

There are also a small number of illegal businessmen in yaliao Street who sell counterfeit or problematic goods and specially cheat some customers who are not familiar with electronic products. There are also dishonest behaviors such as selling parallel goods as licensed goods and second-hand goods as new goods to customers. However, tourists need not worry too much. They only need to be alert when shopping, so they will not be cheated by the black shops.

historical origin

Why is yaliao street named? As the name suggests, there was a yaliao village, and there was more than one, a whole yaliao village.

At the beginning of the 20th century, yaliao street did not exist. It was still a sea. Until then, the government carried out a large-scale reclamation project in Sham Shui Po to increase land, including Ruzhou street, Qinzhou street and Huangzhu street. The area between Nanchang Street and Qinzhou street was covered with yaliao at that time, hence the name of yaliao street.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the unique form of stall selling began to appear in yaliao street. At that time, Hong Kong's economy was at the beginning of its development, and people's living standards were not high. Many people would sell their old appliances in yaliao street to earn 15 cents. At that time, the "goods" on sale were unbelievable. There were old shirts, old shoes, old woolen dolls, old books, old toys, and the old electrical appliances that most people knew were actually very high-tech!

In the 1970s, yaliao street has become more and more familiar to the people outside the district. Apart from the zhaopai stall, some vendors who have earned enough capital or have ancestral shops in yaliao street have started to shop in succession. After entering the shop, most of them sell electronic parts. Electronic parts generally refer to rechargeable batteries, various connecting wires, various plugs, circuit board parts, etc., which attract the attention of electronics industry or electronics enthusiasts.

In the 1980s, yaliao street was in full bloom. With the economic take-off, audio has become a high-end thing for men. The audio business of yaliao street is developing rapidly like a thunder on the ground. As long as we talk about audio, we must mention "yaliao Street"!

In addition to the sound industry, file arrangement and car stalls are developing in parallel. The stall is built in front of the pavement, and it is removed in the morning and in the evening; the car stall is placed in the middle of the road, which looks like a train. In those days, there were various kinds of goods in chezai stalls, such as small household goods, shoes and socks, universal knives, kitchen supplies, etc. The hawker stalls gathered at the junction of yaliao street in Guilin street can even be called "yaliao food paradise". The street snacks that people miss are orange and orange in color, firewood fish and peanut porridge with full stomach, lard dregs noodles with special flavor, and large bowls that clear away heat and quench thirst.

In the mid-1990s, the government re planned yaliao street. Except for the re arrangement of all stalls, chezai stalls were all banned. The scenes of prosperous economy, chaotic environment and distinctive features in the past disappeared. In addition to the rapid development of the mobile phone industry, many shops in yaliao street have been replaced by foreign capital merchants, and the popularity of mobile phone shops has started from the beginning.

Today, yaliao street can be said to be a shopping street with a collection of all kinds of goods. In the past, electronic parts, mobile phones, car supplies, high and low-level audio, all gather in the same street to meet the shopping desire of men of all ages!

Electrical appliance development

Second hand appliances such as radios and televisions sold in the early days of yaliao Street are undoubtedly a rich source of electronic knowledge for many enthusiasts who study electronic technology.

For example, when Lin Wencan, chairman of willpower group, a famous electronics manufacturer in Hong Kong, came to Hong Kong in the early 1960s, he went to yaliao street as soon as he left work. Mr. Lin, who is very interested in electronic products, was fascinated by second-hand TV sets and record players and lingered for an hour or two every day.

When he was in the evening school of electrical engineering, he preferred to walk around yaliao street. Every day, he spent time standing on the street to study various radios, TV sets and phonographs. He also learned to make his own "fishbone antenna" and disassemble the radio. Yaliao Street brought him electronic knowledge and inspiration. With his subsequent entrepreneurship, he went north to the Pearl River Delta, where he was the chairman of the electronics group with a market value of more than 2 billion. Like Mr. Lin, the owners and professionals in the electronics industry in Hong Kong have been inextricably linked with yaliao street from the beginning to the north.

A generation of entrepreneurs from yaliao street have made contributions to the rapid development of the electronic industry in Hong Kong from the 1950s to the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, the Pearl River Delta's electronic industry has become a global leader, which is inseparable from the information, technology, market and management experience brought by the transfer of Hong Kong's electronic manufacturers to the Pearl River Delta. In recent years, the Pearl River delta industry upgrading and transformation, the Pearl River Delta's main foreign businessmen are bound to participate. The leaders of Hong Kong's electronics industry who have come out of yaliao street may be able to get nutrition again from the start-up of yaliao street.

Shop management

Earlier, it was suggested that the government should resurface the floor of yaliao street. After a meeting between the government and the Sham Shui Po District Council, it is planned to carry out the "street landscaping" project in yaliao street between Qinzhou street and Guilin street by the end of this year. The project includes resurfacing, improving street lighting and planting trees. In response to a reporter's inquiry, a spokesman for the highways department, who is in charge of the project, said that the Department has preliminary plans and is further consulting the district boards and other parties. It is expected that the project can be implemented. Members of Sham Shui Po District expressed the hope that the project would not affect the business of shops as much as possible and that the original characteristics of yaliao Street would be maintained. The trial implementation of "pedestrian precinct" in yaliao street by highways department has achieved good results. Now, the government has decided to set up a long-term pedestrian precinct, which will open from Monday to Sunday from 12 noon to 9 pm.

reminder

Although the price of mobile phones in yaliao street is lower than that of large chain stores, tourists should pay less attention to buying mobile phones in these places. As a result, some unscrupulous businessmen may cheat tourists on their money. - some shop operators know that tourists are not familiar with the prices of local goods and will deliberately quote prices much higher than the original prices. Before shopping, tourists should go to several different shops to find out the correct prices of goods. - as the parallel products of mobile phones are more common than those of commercial products, some shops will sell parallel products as commercial products. If tourists want to buy mobile phones of commercial products, they must pay attention to whether the original warranty is attached to the products. - some illegal shops will sell old or second-hand mobile phones as new goods. Before buying the mobile phones, tourists must check whether there are flower marks or old packaging marks on the mobile phones. If you have any questions or complaints, please contact the Consumer Council of the Hong Kong government for assistance.

Surrounding environment

Changsha Bay Road fashion street is a famous fashion wholesale center near Yahan street.

Some shops are engaged in fashion wholesale and retail business, and the price of clothing is cheaper than that of general fashion shops. Some ready-made clothing versions are only sold for 10 yuan.

In addition to fashion shop owners and exporters, they also attract women to buy clothes and accessories. "Many tourists are attracted to the shopping mall, and the nearby West Kowloon Centre makes it a good place for shopping and leisure.

Eye catching tips: yaliao street is a place full of unknown treasures. If you dig it carefully, you may get unexpected results.

The goods flow in this area is complex and there are many pedestrians. You should be careful of your belongings when you visit or shop.

Address: yaliao street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon

Longitude: 114.175209

Latitude: 22.331902

Ticket information: no ticket required.

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