ABSTRACT
Modernology focuses on the study of details about built monuments and their social and cultural contexts at a specific historical moment. It explores the historical development of local culture in Hong Kong. The 'modernological eye' focuses on Sheung Wan, a local Chinese business neighbourhood since the colonial period in nineteenth century. It enables visitors to explore the history and culture of Nam Pak Hong, the Chinese herbal medicine street and the salted fish alleys in Sheung Wan. The southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and Hong Kong Island with all its surrounding islands, was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking. Thus, people undertook the knowledge transfer project in the Sheung Wan neighbourhood. A variety of unique areas have a similar potential to be developed for cultural tourism and walking tours. However, one should also know that: Food is one of the important aspects of the 'environmental bubble' that surrounds most tourists on their travels.
