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apm is a large shopping mall in
Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...
, Hong Kong, which opened in July 2005. It is located within
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5, a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Together with Millennium Cities 1, 2, 3, and 6, they are a group of commercial properties situated along
Kwun Tong Road Kwun Tong Road () is a major thoroughfare in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location Kwun Tong Road starts at the junction with Prince Edward Road East, Clear Water Bay Road and Lung Cheung Road in Ngau Chi Wan. It runs along the co ...
. apm is located next to the
Kwun Tong station Kwun Tong () is a station on the MTR in Hong Kong. The station was opened on 1 October 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the MTR network, called the "Modified Initial System", until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay ...
, with ten storeys and a total retail area of . Underground hourly parking is also available.


Origins of the name "apm"

The name apm is a fusion of "am" (morning) and "pm" (afternoon), promoting the mall's theme of a place for night-time shopping and leisure as well as its slogan "play more, sleep less". Therefore, most of the stores are open until after midnight. The concept of night-time leisure originates from the fact that in recent years, lengthened working hours are causing more stressful lifestyles, yet most shopping malls in Hong Kong are only open until 10pm, so people have fewer places to spend time after work to destress. apm uses its long opening hours to reduce the time constraints of shopping and leisure. For example, the initial opening hours of jp@apm (now located on 6/F) were from 11am to 12am midnight. In the early years, apm's main sales demographic was younger and youthful shoppers. As
Kowloon East Kowloon East is the eastern part of Kowloon, covering the Wong Tai Sin District, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong District, with Kowloon City District occasionally included. History The boundary of Kowloon East is not strictly defined and hence varies ...
had been lacking a large trendy shopping mall, apm was opened in July 2005 and has become one of the shopping and entertainment hotspots for young people in Hong Kong, even attracting residents from
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and
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. The performances held on the lobby level are also a special feature of the mall. Many aspiring singers, music composers and performance groups sing and perform here, and apm has also become a popular venue for many movie studios and record companies to hold promotional activities such as signing sessions and premieres.


Design and Facilities

apm is an example of a "vertical mall". With a floor plate of about , It has a floor area of some spanning across 10 floors. The mall is linked by four air-conditioned footbridges, connecting to the MTR Kwun Tong Station, Yue Man Square / Kwun Tong Road, Entrepot Centre and Crocodile Centre. Two express escalators are located in the middle of the mall to take visitors between levels.


Tenants

Notable tenants include: * YATA Supermarket, occupying on LG. *
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on C (Concourse Floor). * H&M, on L1. *B+ cinema (previously PALACE apm), a cinema under the Broadway Circuit, located on the top floor (L6). * Muji * Uniqlo *
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Transport

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MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
: ** Kwun Tong line:
Kwun Tong station Kwun Tong () is a station on the MTR in Hong Kong. The station was opened on 1 October 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the MTR network, called the "Modified Initial System", until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay ...
(Exit A2) * Bus, *
Public light bus The public light bus or minibus is a public transport service in Hong Kong. It uses minibuses to serve areas that standard Hong Kong bus lines cannot reach efficiently. The vehicles are colloquially known by the code-switch ' (Van Jái) lite ...
, *
Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
public light bus, *
New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...
public light bus. *24hrs Cross-Border Express: **Kwun Tong Line – Lam Tin MTR Station
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See also

* Beijing apm * Shanghai iapm


References


External links


apm Home Page

Millennium City Home Page

PALACE apm
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