Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres. The rents in the shopping areas of Causeway Bay were ranked as the world's most expensive for the second year in a row in 2013, after overtaking New York City's Fifth Avenue in 2012. When referring to the area, the Cantonese name is never written in English as "Tung Lo Wan".
Causeway Bay | |||||||||||||||
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High-density buildings in Causeway Bay and Victoria Park | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 銅鑼灣 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 铜锣湾 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Tùhnglòh wàahn | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Copper Gong Bay" | ||||||||||||||
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