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Category: Hong Kong

Park Island (Ma Wan Island)

7 October, 2008 (04:49) | Hong Kong, Travel

We receive several request about Park Island, since some of you may watch the TV Series (The 7th Day), which was mainly shot in Park Island. This is an island located under the Tsing Ma Bridge, which is an old village in the past, and the northern part of the island is now developed to [...]

Fare System Merge - MTR System

6 October, 2008 (05:08) | Hong Kong, Travel

The fare system of MTR was finally merge on 28th September, 2008. People using “Single Journey Ticket” are not necessary to purchase another ticket when they travel between original MTR lines and ex-KCR lines.
Three “Interchange” station were merge and people are not necessary to pass through the “Gates” for “interchange” between two networks.
Tourists, normally use [...]

Learn Chinese at MIT Open Courseware.

24 August, 2008 (23:46) | Hong Kong, Travel

Have you ever think what is the most popular spoken language in the world?
According to the Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey (1999) the top spoken language by population is Chinese (Mandarin).
In Hong Kong, you may hear that (if you know Mandarin) there are a lot of people talking in Mandarin on the streets, [...]

Guangzhou cuisine

24 August, 2008 (23:46) | Hong Kong, Travel

Guangzhou (Canton) Cuisine is popular in Hong Kong. You may find most of the typical Chinese restaurants are providing Canton Style menu.
Sizzling honey glazed barbecued pork $48Signature crisp fried chicken $98Wok fried tofu in abalone sauce $58Salt grilled “bombay duck” fish $38Sweet and sour port with pickled pink ginger $68Mixed vegetables in lettuce wrap $68Bird’s [...]

China Space Expo – Space Odyssey

24 August, 2008 (23:46) | Hong Kong, Travel

Discovering our space is one of the great curious topics in China. The history of studying our space has been applied in many different areas, such as fortune telling and farming. Nevertheless, the history of Chinese people traveling in space was not long until 2003, the first Chinese astronaut successfully stayed in space for 21 [...]