Hong Kong, China Travel Guide
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Practicals in Hong Kong
City layout in Hong Kong. This is on Hong Kong Island.
LAYOUT
Hong Kong is located at the southern tip of China and its coastline embraces the South China Sea. Hong Kong is divided up into four territories: Kowloon, which lies south of the mainland and forms the peninsula, Hong Kong Island, which is directly across from Kowloon, The New Territories and the Outlying or Outer Territories. Kowloon and Hong Kong Island are the focus of this site. Hong Kong Island is Hong Kong’s business district and both Kowloon and Hong Kong Island have large, exciting shopping districts and nightlife.
LANGUAGE
Cantonese Chinese and some Mandarin Chinese. Hong Kong, or rather, Kowloon and Hong Island, is a fairly easy place to move about as far encountering people who speak English. English is widely spoken as well. It was after all a British colony and a lot of British people as well as western expats inhabit Hong Kong.
TIMES TO GO
Low Season: Summer – hot and humid
High Season: Winter months, Spring months
ELECTRICITY
220V, 50 Hz
EMBASSIES
Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) contacts below
- Canadian Embassy – 11-14/F.,One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, (852) 2810 4321
- U.K. Embassy – The British Consulate General, 1 Supreme Court Road, Central, (852) 2901 3000
- United States Embassy – 26 Garden Road, Central, (852) 2523 9011