Since the 1920s, it gradually developed as a market for a wide range of antiques, including obsolete electronic appliances.

[4][5] Upper Lascar Row is a narrow alley in Mid-Levels which runs parallel to Hollywood Road on the north side.

On 11 February 1911 a fire broke out on Upper and Lower Lascar Row, destroying 16 houses and damaging another 24.

[7] Hollywood Road and Upper Lascar Row's antiques shops have copper mirrors, electric fans, jade gems, watches, ancient coins, Qing dynasty vases, stamps, newspapers and calendars.

[citation needed] The Democratic Party criticised the government for not considering the sensibilities of South Asia, saying that the term is pejorative.