Mikiki is a shopping centre in

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. It is owned by

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. Mikiki is directly connected to

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(), a

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that was also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Mikiki does not have a Chinese name, and its English name is based on the Japanese word for "knowledge". Mikiki covers an area of 200,000 square feet and has been opened to the general public since July 2011. Its official opening date was on 30 October that year. The mall is managed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and Hong Yip Service Co Ltd.

Basic information

Mikiki covers an area of 200,000 square feet; the cost of construction and design was HK$160 million. The exterior design of Mikiki resembles a glass box. There are 98 stores in the mall, with 35 per cent of them being restaurants, 24 per cent clothing retail stores, 15 per cent supermarkets and convenience stores and 12 per cent furniture, CD and electronic stores. The target audience of the shops of the mall tends to be young customers. According to a press release by

, Mikiki means "knowledge" in Japanese.

Mall design

The design of Mikiki resembles other malls built by Sun Hung Kai Properties, with its similar dropped ceiling, exterior walls and floor. The mall's interiors are mainly white in colour without decorations. These walls are used for advertising purposes to generate extra revenue. The mall has an ordinary design for its toilets. Originally, there was a sitting area near the entrance to the toilets, but it was later removed. Nowadays, there's a sitting area on the LG floor at the parking lot where merchandise is loaded and unloaded, yet its exact location is undisclosed to the general public.

Mall structure

LG

This floor has a food court which consists of six restaurants and a Yata store, which covers an area of 19,608 square feet. There are also a public minibus station and an escalator leading to the parking lot on this floor.

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The main entrance is on the ground floor. There is a 1,200 sq. ft.

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store located nearby with a theme related to Hong Kong's old

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, which was located near the area of

. There are also other stores which mainly sell snacks and food. Within the mall, there are clothing retail and sportswear stores.

L1

The first floor's main tenant was the Metrobooks bookstore, which occupied an area of 3,200 sq. ft, with various furniture, eyewear, toy and electronic stores nearby. It has been replaced with the Daiso store.

Public transport

A number of buses stop at the intersection of

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East and

Choi Hung Road Choi Hung Road () is a road located in the Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon of Hong Kong. It was first opened to the public in the 1920s as a part of Clear Water Bay Road, yet it was split from the road and named after the Choi Hung Estate in 1963. ...

right outside Mikiki. A

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connects Mikiki with the

Kai Tak station Kai Tak () is an underground MTR rapid transit List of MTR stations, station located on the Tuen Ma line, in the Kai Tak Development area of Hong Kong (near the old east apron of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon City District). The station ...

of the MTR.

References

External links

Official website
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