The back-street shophouses on its narrow hilly streets now house colorful bars and specialty restaurants from all over the world. You get to Soho on the Central Hillside Escalator Link, a system of outdoor covered escalators that start at Central Market on Queens Road. The escalator runs uphill from 10 a.m., taking visitors on an aerial tour through residential areas, past sidewalk market stalls, to the antiques and curio shops of Hollywood Road, and the medley of ethnic restaurants around Elgin and Staunton streets. Another surprising change is that Hong Kong's economic downturn can be a bonanza for Western visitors, many of whom could never afford to go before. Hotels and airlines are offering enticing discounts.
Sale signs are up in windows of many of the toniest shops in town.
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