Eden Marriage Registry

If you want to get married in a non-​secular manner in HK, there seems to be two options. The first most obvious (and probably most popular method) is to go to the City Hall marriage registry and do it, the second is to use a registry service.
Reports back from City Hall, make it sound like a sausage factory of nuptials. A good friend has this wonderful story of how she got married there. Waiting with her fiancé and family, the couple had to queue up at a window that looked like a UK bookies to pay their license fee. However, the family got a bit excited and thought that this was «the» moment, so duly got the cameras out to snap away. Not quite yet! The marriage did finally take place in another room, but it was quite brief, taking less time than it did to pay at the bookies window. I digress…
If you want to get married with a bit more pomp and circumstance, but don’t want to go to church or temple for it, then I would suggest Eden Marriage Registry.
They have three locations; Pier 2 Central, their main HQ in TST, and The Glasshouse on Kowloon Tong. Excluding the main hall in TST, the other two are really wonderful locations to get hitched.
On an administration note, Eden organise all of the paperwork formalities for you, arranges a celebrant, deals with licenses. They make the whole process very simple.
The venue at Pier 2 is delightful. There is a small «chapel» area at the far end towards the harbour. This is where the ceremony takes place. The décor is tasteful, with cream covered chairs and fake flowers weaved into the ceiling. I know it sounds awful, but it is in fact very nice. Make sure you visit beforehand (of course you will, this is your wedding day!), and are very clear with the staff. You will probably have to be clear that they are to remove the giant fake wedding cake and the brown leather «airport» armchairs — yes, not the nicest idea. The chapel area also has a grand piano and an area for musicians should you have them. It also has lovely views across the harbour (just in case your guests get fed up of staring at the happy couple!
The other part of the venue is a long dining hall, should you wish to have the reception here as well.
The staff are really great, and work hard to make your day really special. Having them take the stress away makes everything so much better. Word of warning, they do dress casually, and have a habit of lurking in the background of every photo, so best remind them to dress more appropriately, or to just clear off!
Once you get hitched at Pier 2, you can get a junk boat to your reception — classy!