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Central–Mid-Levels escalator

Have you ever walked up a really big staircase that seems to never end? The central-mid-levels escalator in Hong Kong is like a super long staircase that moves by itself, like a magic carpet for people.

It’s like when you go up a really long escalator in a shopping mall, but this one is so super long that it is split up into a few different parts. But instead of going up and down like most escalators, this one only goes up in the morning and down in the afternoon.

People use the escalator to travel from the bottom of the hill in the central business district to the top, where there are a lot of residential buildings. There are even shops and restaurants along the way, so you can take a break and have a snack if you get tired of walking.

The escalator is really important to the people who live and work in Hong Kong because it makes traveling a lot easier for them. If they had to walk up the hill every day, it would make them very tired and take a lot of time.

So, in short, the central-mid-levels escalator is a really long moving staircase that helps people move up and down the hill in Hong Kong.