SINO Centre Shopping Arcade

This place had a name for itsef in the early years when VCDs were the big thing– you had drugged up junkies standing around downstairs trying to get you to go upstairs and buy pirated VCDs. During that time, the place was a smoke filed den of everything that could not see the light of day. In all, just not a good place to go.
Things have changed and so have the VCD floggers, these days it seems the biggest offence the place could cause are the overkill of Hello Kitties. The main concentration of shops upstairs now sell cartoon character related toys and collectibles. This departure is so huge that when i went up there recently for the first time in many years I could barely recognize the place. Still there are the shops that organize boat cruises and bed and breakfast hotels on outlying islands.
For vintage CD and record lovers the shops in the basemet are not to be missed. You will find shops that buys old CDs as well as ones that sell CDs and records. If there was ever a time that you have tried everywhere and couldn’t find this particular record– chances are it will be here.
Seeing how this place has changed has really changed my perception on urban renewal; how this place could turn from a dump to a proper place again puts hope in your heart.