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Safety Hong Kong
31 Reviews While making a round tour at Hong Kong, Victoria, Aberdeen, our Guide stopped the bus and shows us a public bath place at south sea coast: "See, this is very shure bath place because it is with...
Shopping Hong Kong
36 Reviews Warning to anyone wishing to purchase a camera or lens at Sunshine City shop 2A Ground Floor, 36-44 Nathan Road, Kowloon. I went to this shop to buy a particular Canon lens which was selling for...
Pickpockets Hong Kong
14 Reviews Kowloon's Mong Kok area is a tourist mecca for those looking for shopping bargains, fortune tellers, and famous restaurants alike. While a visit to Mong Kok is a must, please note that this is a...
Chungking Mansions Hong Kong
4 Reviews I have been deceived and con! I booked Chungking Mansion on the internet. Choosed the best room and paid in Euro. When I arrived, it was a trerrible place. The room was so small to squuze a bed and a...
Climate Hong Kong
21 Reviews Well, I currently do not live in HKG anymore, but I do 'keep an eye out' of HKG's major news stories...especially, when it's weather-related. This 'son-of-a-b*tch' is quite a storm (i heard), and...
Toilets Hong Kong
6 Reviews Hong Kong toilets are clean if you know where to go (and where not too) - as a general rule shopping centres are very clean as there is a designated cleaner there. I find the New Territories are...
Crowds Hong Kong
13 Reviews During the festive seasons including the long holidays in China, it could be very crowded at Disneyland. You may want get your admission tickets in advance to avoid disappointment of sold out...
Water Hong Kong
6 Reviews While in Hong Kong we were advised not to drink the water, so be prepared to spend some money! Water wasn't overly expensive but if you are trying to keep to a tight budget it could be difficult....
Traffic Hong Kong
8 Reviews From Kownloon, the access to Star Ferry is easy. From Central it is not so easy. The web composed by elevated passages and buildings are a bit tricky, and the access from the sidewalks is even...
Air Conditioners Hong Kong
4 Reviews Not having one always with me on my first two days in Hong Kong made me get a cold.... Air-conditioners all over Hong Kong tend to be a little too cold, even for my standards. So try to keep you warm...
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If you are a smoker. Please smoke near to the trash area. Not every you can lit up your cigarette. Do not simply throw the cigarette bud on the floor or else where. Please throw in the trash bin. Once you been caught by plain uniform police, you'll be issue a summon of HKD1500. Do not try to bribe them. By bribing them, you'll caught yourself another offence.
If you've had a long day and are in the mood for a massage, count yourself lucky. HK is excellent in that regard, and you'll be able to find any type of parlour you can imagine. Just BEWARE though, some of the massage services offering "full service" are not only crooked, they're dangerous. One price listed, then it's regotiated during the massage. Be careful, guys.Plenty of parlours in Kowloon cater to international tastes, and you can easily find Thai massages or Swedish, Shiatsu. . .you name it. Just be careful in the more shady parlours. Have fun in HK!
Huge and flying! I never saw those kind before! I did scream loud when first saw at night! And tried not to open my mouth wide=) but inside buildings u wont find those only on streets and mostly at night!
If you are a Filipino, don't be surprised to see & hear Chinese airport staffs shouting "Domestik Helpe" and directing that you line up on a different counter.... They have this notion that mostly of the Filipinos arriving in Hong Kong are for domestic employment and if you are one, they would evidently treat you lowly . I may be one of the lucky ones who have the luxury to travel and be recognized as tourist but I must admit that it offends me that Filipinos are being generalized and branded. Been there thrice and each time I witness that it pricks my heart. What more are the feelings of those who are really there for employment, unselfishly depriving themselves of the time with their families to have a slightly higher income abroad and support them at home? The nobility of their intentions & what they do is masked by the materialism of the world. They should never at all times be...
Be careful crossing the streets. Always look to your right. Some drivers are not respectful to the pedestrians. Also locals may tend to disobey traffic rules like when the red sign is on they still cross the streets. Safety is the name of the game.
Although majority of HKers speak English and I really have no problem understanding them, there are some who doesnt speak it well. I sometime go to McDonalds to buy fries etc, and the servers are mostly youngsters. So they may not be able to understand our English and vice versa. So it would really help if we just point to the pictures in the menu. And if you want to upsize your meal, dont say upsize but say bigger. And if you want it take away, say plastic bag.
Cantonese is the local language in Hong Kong, some may speak Mandarin but don't rely on it, English is surprisingly not spoken by a large number of people, since the British handover, English has been less studied in schools, although the older generation can often speak it very well.
do not exchange your money in HK airport banks (US dollars to HK dollars) nor to the tour operator who will pick you up at the airport. buy only about 100 HK dollars for your pocket money in the next 12 hours. exchange with them are 10-20% more expensive compared if you will buy HK dollars in the city proper e.g. in Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui.
When I was in Hong Kong in 2005 the tailors/street hawkers were lurking around Nathan Road. Now, in 2008 they are all over Tsim Sha Tsui. They target tourists and if you talk or even just glance at them they will not leave you alone. I made the mistake during this last visit in March 2008 of glancing at one of them when he reached over and put his hands on my bag. I asked him "what are you doing" to which he replied "I have leather handbags upstairs". I quickly pushed his hand away and told him to leave me alone. This was on Nathan Road. They are everywhere including right as you get off the star ferry and enter Tsim Sha Tsui. They are annoying and persistent. My advice is to totally ignore them. Even if they start walking alongside you, which they will, walk quickly and don't even acknowledge their presence. I was talking with some business owners in the area and they told me that they...
The 14K Triad is one of the largest triad groups to come out of Hong Kong. Formed after the Second World War by nationalists fleeing communist China, it has around 30 sub-groups, more than 20,000 members and a well-organized leadership.Shui Fong (水房幫 - Lit. Water Room Gang) is a Triad group which was upand coming in my days, one of the major 4 families. They originate from a workers' union of the legacy Hong Kong Soft drink company, Wo On Lok (和安樂). For this reason, Shui Fong is also known as Wo On Lok.When Hong Kong was given back many of them moved their operationsto Macau and there were many bloody turf wars with manygangland style killings.I remember hearing stories of some of the new skyskrapersbeing built had problems with triads as the contracts wentoften to companies who gave the biggest kick backs and sometimes if 'Their' workers were...
Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Hong Kong
9 Reviews and 526 Opinions I am two people really. Either businessman or traveller. So, if your on business or the budget's not...
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Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong Kowloon
2 Reviews and 598 Opinions Great experience. Front desk, bell hops, entire staff were very attentive. If possible try to get...
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Royal Park Hotel Sha Tin
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