By the 1980s, besides professions related to restaurants and clothing, you could also see a variety of industries meeting the needs of Chinese: taxis, drivers 'education, travel agencies; as well as vendors selling stereos, TVs, watches, jewellery, leather, and other consumer products; plus businesses which specially appeal to the entertainment Chinese like best, including movie theaters and video rental shops.
到八○年代，下東城唐人街除餐館、成衣廠相關行業外，提供華人食衣住行等各類需要的出租汽車業、駕駛訓練班、旅行業，以及出售著收音機、電視機、手錶、珠寶、皮鞋等民生消費品的攤位，還有專以華人嗜好為訴求的電影院、錄影帶店，也都可在街頭看見了。