Once a group of sleepy fishing villages on the South China Sea coast, Hong Kong is now a thriving cosmopolitan mega-metropolis boasting a glittering skyline made up of the largest number of skyscrapers in the world. Known as the Pearl of the Orient, it is the world’s fourth largest global financial centre, a shopper’s paradise and top culinary capital. The bustling city is a mix of old and new, fusing Cantonese heritage with a colonial past, as seen in its architecture, design, art, cuisine and shopping. Victorian-era buildings and stores such as Harvey Nichols and Marks and Spencer lend a British feel to the city, but projects such as the impressive new West Kowloon Cultural District, are reshaping it.
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And despite being one of the most densely populated places on earth, with 7.4 million people crammed into 1,104 square kilometres of territory, surprisingly more than 70 per cent of Hong Kong is made…
