| Airport
information |
Name of airport: Hong
Kong International Airport
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Fly hours from Hong Kong on direct
flights back to the top |
Flight Schedules from Hong
Kong
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Visa back to the top |
Not required for Commonwealth citizens, citizens of most European
countries and U.S. citizens for stay less than 90 days. UK citizens can stay 6 months.
Click here for Visa requirements for a
Visitor's Entry to Hong Kong
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Currency back to the top |
Hong Kong dollar (HK$)
Approximately US$1 = HK$7.7981
Hong Kong imposes no restrictions on import and export of currencies.
Click
here for restrictions
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Time Zone back to the top |
- GMT: + 8
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| Accommodation
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- Please click here
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| Transportation
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- Hong Kong is small and crowded, which makes public transport the only
practical way to get around. Public transport is cheap, fast, widely used and generally
efficient. The important transportation vehicles are:
- Bus: KMB, CITYBUS, NWFB,
NLB
- Metered taxi
- Mini Bus
- Mass Transit Railway (MTR) connects
the main districts of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and all the way to Tsuen Wan in the New
Territories.
- Kowloon Canton Railway (KCR) runs from
Kowloon, New Territories to Lo Wu, the border of Hong Kong and China.
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) runs in the New Territories, connecting Tuen Mun
with Yuen Long.
- Tram runs along the northern side of Hong Kong Island.
- Peak Tram
- Ferry and hovercraft
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| Getting
Around back to the top |
- To
China
 Beijing-Kowloon through
Train - Shanghai-Kowloon
through Train
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Tourist Attractions back to
the top |
- Hong Kong Island
- Victoria Park
- Ocean Peak / Middle Kingdom / Water World in Aberdeen
- Repulse Bay - the most popular beach
- The old Man Mo Temple
- Zoological & Botanic Gardens
- Kowloon
- Hong Kong Space Museum
- Hong Kong Cultural Centre
- Museum of History
- Jade Market
- Wong Tai sin Temple
- Temple Street Night Market
- New Territories
- Ten-Thousand Buddhas Monastery
- Sai Kung Peninsula
- Mai Po Marsh
- Outlying Islands
- Po Lin Monastery - on Lantau Island
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| Shopping
Guide back to the top |
- Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon )
- Mongkok (Kowloon )
- Yaumati (Kowloon )
- Central (Hong Kong Island)
- Causeway Bay (Hong Kong Island)
- Stanley (Hong Kong Island)
- and almost every conners of Hong Kong.
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| Weather
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- Spring (Mar - mid May): average 23 C, rainy and cool
- Summer (late May - mid Sept): average 28 C, hot
- Autumn (late Sept - early Dec): average 23 C, cool and dry
- Winter (mid Dec - Feb): average 17 C, cold and dry
- Temperature
- Five Day City Forcast
- Precipitation
- Five Day City Forcast
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| Language
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- Official Languages: Cantonese (Chinese) and English
- Language of Business and Administration: Cantonese (Chinese) and English
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| Electricity
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- 220 volts, 50 Hz
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| Emergency and Useful Tel No back to the top |
- S.O.S. Worldwide Alarm Centres: Please click here
- Police, Fire, Ambulance, dial 999
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| Public
Holiday back to the top |
- Please click here
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| Tourism Organizations back
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- Hong Kong Tourist Association
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