More than anything else, Hong Kong is a shopper’s paradise. Stores, shops, malls, and other retail businesses are found in almost every street corner in the former Crown Colony. Langham Place, one of the city’s trendiest and busiest commercial complexes can be found in the Mongkok district. Mongkok has the highest population density in the world (130,000 per square kilometer).

Opened in 2004, Langham Place consists of a 15-level shopping mall, a five-star hotel and a 59-story office tower which is regarded as the 100th tallest building on the planet. The mall, in particular, is one of only two vertical-type shopping malls in Hong Kong, which due to limited land space has a multi-platform design instead of the conventional flat shopping mall. continue reading…