A gold coin symbolising Hong Kong's core value, abandoned neon signs advertising Coca-Cola and Sprite and video footage of forgotten communities - these are some of the items that have turned up in unexpected parts of Yau Ma Tei.
They are art installations - part of 'Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei' - an exhibition mounted by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority that is challenging the notion that art belongs in a museum.
Twenty people joined the first free tour of the six installations - in shops, parks and empty flats - yesterday, including two US tourists.
Social worker Joanne Chun Po-yu, 25, who joined the tour with her boyfriend, said she felt like she was on holiday: 'It's only when you're on holiday that you feel this curiosity to really learn about a place.'
Chun said she related most to the gold coin by artists Kwan Sheung-chi and Wong Wai-yin. 'It's ironic that our 'core value' is a gold coin - that shows how money-obsessed our society is,' she said. 'All too often, our decisions are based on how much money we can make.'
The two artists, who are married, invited the public to submit their own ideas of the city's core values.