▁elimin ated ▁most ▁traditional ▁rice ▁deal ers ▁( 米 <0xE8> <0x88> <0x96> ), ▁wine ▁sh ops ▁( <0xE8> <0xBE> <0xA6> 館 ) ▁and ▁convenient ▁stores ▁( See ▁Dor ) ▁( 士 多 ). ▁Well come ▁and ▁P AR K n SH OP ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁long ▁to ▁capture ▁the ▁market . ▁The ▁front ▁and ▁full ▁page ▁ad s ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁m ega ▁franch ises ▁a ided ▁in ▁their ▁increase ▁in ▁popular ity ▁where ▁smaller ▁traditional ▁stores ▁couldn ' t . ▁The ▁first ▁Mc Donald ' s ▁restaurant ▁opened ▁on ▁Pat erson ▁Street , ▁C ause way ▁Bay ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁ ▁In frastr ucture ▁ ▁Hong ▁Kong ' s ▁first ▁modern ▁rapid ▁trans it , ▁the ▁Mass ▁Trans it ▁Railway ▁( M TR ) ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁The ▁first ▁line ▁served ▁eastern ▁K ow lo on ▁from ▁She k ▁K ip ▁Me i ▁to ▁K w un ▁T ong . ▁In ▁December , ▁services ▁were ▁extended ▁to ▁T sim ▁Sh a ▁Ts ui , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁possible ▁to ▁ride ▁from ▁K w un ▁T ong ▁to ▁the ▁central ▁business ▁district ▁in ▁Central ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁har bour ▁on ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁Island . ▁ ▁The ▁Cross - Har bour ▁T unnel , ▁the ▁first ▁under water ▁tunnel ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁region ' s ▁history , ▁people