LONGEST ESCALATOR IN THE WORLD - HONG KONG ISLAND| JAMIA MASJID|FAMILY TRAVEL VIDEO|4K HD| JUN 24

Central Mid-level Escalator is the world’s longest outdoor covered escalator system, opened in 1993. It runs for over 800m and rises over 135m in elevation, from Queen’s Road Central up to Conduit Road. It was built to ease traffic congestion in the residential Mid-levels district, and comprises 20 escalators and three inclined moving walkways. The system runs downhill from 6am-10am to cater to commuters, and uphill from 10:30am-midnight. It is not only residents who utilise it – it has become a popular tourist attraction as it takes visitors through a historical district and up to the Soho dining and nightlife hub.

Many of the city’s most legendary old-school eateries can be found along the Central-Mid-Levels Escalator System.

Lan Fong Yuen (2 Gage St., Central) still makes a queue-worthy Cantonese milk tea. Snagging a wooden stool here is a bonus – only three are available in an incredibly tiny space. A bigger indoor space is available behind the stall.

Other classics locals clamor for include wontons at Mak’s Noodle (77 Wellington St, Central), Yat Lok’s roast goose (34-38 Stanley St., Central) and Tai Cheong Bakery’s cookie crust egg tarts (35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central).

The Central-Mid-Levels Escalator officially begins at Des Voeux Road Central but the easiest way to begin your journey is through the footbridges linking the IFC – the financial and shopping complex above Hong Kong Station.

On average, it takes about 20 minutes to ride from one end to the other. The escalators run downhill from 6-10 a.m. and uphill from 10 a.m. to midnight.

The Jamia Mosque is Hong Kong’s oldest masjid, but it’s more than just a place of worship. It’s an historical landmark that stands on a lushly vegetated acre of land that is home to a unique squatter community. It’s a testament to the long history of Muslims in Hong Kong. And it’s a retreat from the crush of city life where anyone, Muslim or not, is welcome.

A mosque has stood on Shelley Street since 1850. It served Muslim merchants from as far as Oman and Iran, Muslim Indian soldiers in the British military, and Muslim sailors known as lascars, a word that came to English via Persian and Portuguese. Lascars worked as servants on British ships, and when they docked in Hong Kong, they made their way uphill to pray at the mosque.

In 1915, Bombay-born merchant Haji Mohammed Essack Elias paid for the mosque to be completely rebuilt in its current form, with a prayer hall, a minaret and arched entrances and windows that recall Islam’s Arab heritage. The building is painted in a green, the shade of mint ice cream.

The mosque was joined in 1929 by a three-storey hostel for Muslim travellers, which was opened in a ceremony by the captain superintendent of the Hong Kong Police, EDC Wolfe, who praised the Muslim community for its charitable work. The South China Morning Post noted in its report that the hostel had a “modern flush system” and a “good view of the harbour and distant mountains.” After the Japanese invaded Hong Kong in 1941, Muslim families took shelter in the hostel to escape Allied bombing. They never left. Eventually, the mosque’s garden filled up with small houses that are still home to around 50 families.

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