HK shopping trip for wedding preparation (6th - 12th May) part 1

yup.... as mentioned in previous post, i went back to hk to do some shopping for my wedding stuff.... it was a very sudden decision & luckily we managed to get a cheap air ticket for $286.20 flying cathay pacific with all tax included... this is like the cheapest cathay ticket i have purchased.....

we took the 1am+ flight so we reached hk abt 5+.... after collecting our luggage & freshen up abit, we went to have breakfast at mac...

there is this macaroni thing at mac...

its call twisty pasta or something... doesnt really taste nice...

i also purchased this sim card on board... i think is quite a good deal since is HKD90 for 8days unlimited local call & 5Gb data plan... is mainly for tourists so i not sure if can be purchased in hk stores

after that we went to my aunty's place to put down our luggage, went to have lunch before meeting my another aunty to buy stuff...

yoshinoya beef bowl.... not really nice... the sauce wasnt that good... japan still still the best

since the main purpose of this trip is to buy jewellery/dowry.... we went to nathan road since there has the most number of gold shops.... the popular brands are 周生生，周大福 and 六福 but we prefer to get from the two 周 family.... in nathan road, the jewellery shops are really one after another... i forgot to take picture but there are at least like 10shops of each brand along both side of nathan road... scary.... & most of them are always packed with people... seriously... where all these people find the $ to buy......

i would say if you guys really want to buy gold jewellery... the best place to buy is really hk... first of all, there isnt GST in hk, so you save on at least the 7%... next the workmanship is also cheaper in hk, especially those jewellery we see in SG are mostly imported from hk.... in addition, you can have quite a bit of discount on workmanship in hk... you can easily get 40% off but in SG... getting 10% discount is already like god-sent...but in order to get discount for the workmanship, you have to some sort bargain... if you have relatives in hk will be good then can start saying you have bought like a tonnes of jewellery from them but just dont want to join member those kind of rubbish... then like aiya... i bought so much things... give me more discount, something along that line to get more discount.... so for me... with my parents + aunty bargaining skill, we managed to get 50% off the workmanship price... for gold price + 2% commission is standard so there wont be discount for that....

bangle from 周大福

necklace from  周生生

so for the time we went back, the gold price is hkd14050 for 1 両 (37.7994g)... so is about S$60.5/g for 999.9 gold.... i think is cheaper than the SG price probably due to the exchange rate.... the bangle is pretty standard design... they have more fancy styles but for me i think bangle should go for traditional style since it going to match with kua... the bangle weight about 32g or so and after discount the workmanship is about 550hkd... like excuse me... for bangle you find in SG, the workmanship easily cost S$200 which is like 1200+hkd lo.... then for the necklace, i like the unique design... the phoenix tail really look like a feather & the scale of the dragon look pretty 3D.... personally i do think the workmanship for this necklace is stunning.... again... after discount, the workmanship was something like 600hkd.... we asked before in SG, necklace workmanship easily cost S$500... so that's like 6x the price of what you can find in HK.... not to forget, the workmanship+commission+gold price all subject to GST in SG.... can you imagined how much you can saved if you buy the same piece of jewellery in HK compared to SG!!?!??!?! so... i strongly urge you guys to buy jewellery in HK IF you happen to go HK for holiday!!!!