PRATICAL INFORMATION
Population: 6.9 Million
Currency: Hong Kong dollar, $1 = 100 c
Opening hours: Office hours are 9am – 5.30 pm
from Monday to Friday, 9am – 1
pm on Saturdays. Many offices
are closed for lunch between 1 pm – 2 pm.
Banks are open from 9am –
4.30pm on Monday to Friday and
9am – 12.30pm on Saturdays.
Most businesses are open all day
from 10am – 6pm and in the
tourist district they are often open until 9pm.
Newspapers: The local English-language daily
newspapers are the South China
Morning Post, www.scmp.com and
the Hong Kong Standard which
appear from Monday to Friday.
The International Herald Tribune,
Financial Times and Asian Wall
Street Journal print their Asian
editions in Hong Kong.
Tourist information:
HKTB Visitor Information Services
Centres are at Hong Kong
International Airport (Transfer
Area E2 and Buffer Hall A & B), Lo
Wu Terminal Building Arrival Hall,
Causeway Bay MTR Station and
Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry
Post Office
The main post office is adjacent to the Star
Ferry Terminal on Hong Kong Island, 2 Connaught Plaza, Central,
+85-2-29212222. Open Monday to
Saturday 8 am-6 pm, Sunday 9 am-2 pm.
Phone: +85-2-29212222
Internet:
Central Library, 66 Causeway Road,
Causeway Bay,
Tel +85-2-29210503.
Phone: +85-2-29210503
SOS International Alarm
+85-2-24289900.
For general enquiries and advice, call
+85-2-23006555 or go to Hong Kong
Central Hospital, 1b Lower Albert Road,
Central, Tel +85-2-25378441
Phone: +85-2-24289900 +85-2-23006555 +85-2-25378441
Dentists
SOS International Alarm +85-2-24289900
Phone: +85-2-24289900
Telephone
National code: 0085
Area code: 2
Electricity
220 V / 50 Hz