Opening hours are as ordinary shops and stores 8am to noon and 2 to 5pm ; supermarkets , department stores , and bookshops 8 : 30am to 12 : 30pm and 2 : 30 to 5 : 30pm ; boutiques 9am to 1pm and 3 to 6pm .
Bookshops open later because booksellers are a notoriously slumber-prone bunch .