Is that all there is to Hong Kong?

So I was strolling in Causeway Bay today

when I found a newly established shuttle bus stop located right outside of Times Square (where the UA cinema entrance is), specialised in transporting mainland tourists around...

It then occurred to me;

that we are but, and thus only limited to being a shopper's paradise...and no more?

Completely contradicting the things I've seen just earlier this week - the culture, the geo-scapes and counting - do people have no interest whatsoever in those other things?

In a foreigners' eyes, does this city carry no value other than a destination to grab hold of the latest Chanel bag, or the new gadgets, perfumery?

Or is this all because we're becoming increasingly materialistic on the whole?

B.