Mong Kok Computer Centre
{{Short description|Shopping mall for computers in Kowloon}}
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Mong Kok Computer Centre ({{zh|t=旺角電腦中心|j=mong6 gok3 din6 nou5 zung1 sam1}}) is a shopping mall for computers and computer related products in Nelson Street, in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.
The three floor mall houses more than 70 computer shops and attracts some 10,000 customers daily.{{cite web|url=http://www.smartinfo.com.hk/huawei-3com/apr2005china/aolynk.htm|title=First Computer Mall in Hong Kong with Wireless Internet Connection|date=16 March 2005|publisher=Huawei-3Com Co., Ltd.|accessdate=2009-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217150443/http://smartinfo.com.hk/huawei-3com/apr2005china/aolynk.htm|archive-date=17 February 2009|url-status=dead}} Shops sell various kinds of products, including laptops, computer software, hardware and other accessories. Most shops offer made-to-order computers with customizable configurations, while others offer individual parts for customers who prefer to build own machines.
Free Wi-Fi access is offered in the shopping mall.
Ownership
In the 1990s, the building was owned by Tang Shing-bor ({{zh|t=鄧成波|labels=no}}), a major property investor in Mong Kok.{{cite news|title=Demand fierce for Mongkok shops|last=Sito|first=Peggy|date=2004-03-10|work=South China Morning Post|publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd|pages=Property 1}} Alpha Investment Partners, the property investment fund of Keppel Land of Singapore, bought it for HK$750 million in January 2007.{{cite news|title=Funds take aim at shopping centres|last=Liu|first=Yvonne|date=2007-03-14|work=South China Morning Post|publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd|pages=Property 3}}{{cite news|title=Global funds expand portfolios|last=Nip|first=Amy|date=2007-07-06|work=The Standard|publisher=The Standard Newspapers Publishing Ltd|pages=03}}
Strikes by tenants
In February 2009, shop operators and tenants went on strikes to demand a rent cut during the economic downturn.{{cite news|title=Mong Kok traders strike for lower rents|last=But|first=Joshua|date=2009-02-19|work=South China Morning Post|publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd|pages=EDT3}}{{cite news|url=http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2009/02/19/a14-0219.pdf|script-title=zh:旺電商戶罷市促減租4成|last=邱|first=益忠|date=2009-02-19|work=香港文匯報|pages=A14|language=Chinese|accessdate=2009-05-30}} Another strike occurred in April 2009, over complaints that computer festival bargains were cutting into their sales.{{cite news|title=Computer shops protest at cut-price festivals|last=Nip|first=Amy|date=2009-04-10|work=South China Morning Post |publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd|pages=City 3}}
Transportation
Mong Kok station Exit D3, E2
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mongkok Computer Centre}}
- http://www.mongkokcc.com/
{{Shopping centres in Hong Kong}}
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