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Hongkong Travel Tips
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Useful Phone Numbers
- Emergency Number: 999
- Tourist Complaint: 00852-25081234
- Shopping Complaint: 00852-29292222
Currency Exchange
Currency exchange service is provided at Hong Kong Airport, Luohu Customs as well as the Shanghuan Wharf. If you go to banks to change your money, you have to pay a commission fee.
Main Banks
- Wing Lung Bank:
Address: NO.1 45 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2826 8333 - HSBC Hong Kong:
Address: NO.1 Queen's Road Central Central Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2748 3322 - China Merchants Bank
Address：21/F, American Bank Center, 12,Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong Telephone：31188888 - City Bank
Address：Room 101,201-202,303-304, First Building, Exchange Plaza, 8, Connaught Plaza
Telephone :( 852) 2230 0400
Post Office
- Hong Kong Post Head Office
Address: No.2, Connaught Plaza, Central, Hong Kong
Telephone：(852) 2921 2222 - General Post Office
Next to the Star Ferry Concourse, Central.
Tel: (852) 2921 2222
Electricity
The standard electrical voltage in HK is 220 volts AC, 50HZ and its majority of electrical outlets in Hong Kong take a three-pronged plug and socket connector. There is voltage transformation electrical outlet available for electric razor and air blast in high-ranking hotels.
Mobile phones
In Hong Kong, mobile phones are very convenient; main telecommunication networks in the world like GSM 900, PCS 1800, and CDMA networks provide coverage throughout the island. But before you go to Hong Kong, please remember to make sure that your mobile network server has opened the roaming service for you. Besides, if you use mobile phone frequently, you can buy the IDD card of PEOPLES at 7-eleven Convenience store, OK Convenience store, newsstands, Broadway and China travel agency.
Hong Kong Festivals
- Dragon Dance Festival
Date: The first lunar month
Activities: Dragon dance performance - Spring Festival
Date: First three day of the first lunar month( late January to early Feburary)
Acitivies: firework show, lion dance performance - Lantern Festival
Date: The fifth day of the first lunar month
Activities: lanterns show - Hong Kong Arts Festival
Activities: As the most classical world-level arts’ performance in Hong Kong, it gathers together top artists inside and outside Hong Kong. - Hong Kong Gourmet Festival
Date: March
Actities: On the festival, delicacies from all over the world are available as well as relative introductions and exhibitions, thus it makes your mouth and eyes full. - Seven Competitor Rugby Contest
Date: Held in Hong Kong Island every year, it is an international competition which attracts rugby fans from every country to cheer for their favorite teams. Those rugby fans can’t miss it. - Hong Kong International Movie Festival
Date: March or April
Activities: On the festival, there are well-selected movies which are feast for the eyes of movie fans, thus it is an important day that the star fans are on the tiptoe of expectation. - International Dragon-Boat Festival
Date: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
Place: Tsim Sha Tsul
Activities: beautiful dragon boats from every corners of the world will race here - Memorial Day for Hong Kong's Return
Date: 1st, July
Place: Hong Kong
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