Knowledge about Hong Kong
Hong Kong is known as the "Pearl of the Orient". Hong Kong's population exceeds 6.6 million. The total area is 1070 square kilometers, which is almost the size of 4 Taipei cities. Hong Kong is divided into 4 parts - Hong Kong Island, New Territories, Kowloon and outlying islands. Kowloon is a peninsula located in the northern port, and the Tsim Sha Tsui area is where the largest number of tourists gather. Hong Kong Island covers an area of 78 square kilometers, accounting for only 7% of the total land area of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Island is a major commercial area and is full of tourist hotels and tourist attractions. The New Territories covers an area of approximately 980 square kilometers, equivalent to 91% of Hong Kong's land area. The outlying islands*** include 234 islands, the largest of which is Lantau Island, which is almost twice the size of Hong Kong Island.
The basic unit of currency in Hong Kong is the "yuan", which adopts the decimal system. Each dollar can be exchanged for 10 cents. There are six denominations of banknotes, namely 1,000 yuan, 500 yuan, 100 yuan, 50 yuan, and 20 yuan. There are seven face values of coins, namely 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 2 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 jiao, 2 jiao and 1 jiao.
Language English, Cantonese and Mandarin
Climate Hong Kong has a subtropical climate with four seasons a year: Spring (March to mid-May): The weather is warm and humid, with frequent fog and drizzle. , with an average temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and a humidity of 82 percent. Summer (from May to mid-September): After midsummer comes the typhoon season. The weather in summer is hot and humid, and the temperature can rise to over 30 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, sometimes There are showers and thunderstorms. The average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius and the humidity is 80 percent. Autumn (late September to late December): The weather is sunny, cool and dry, so it is the peak tourist season for arrivals in Hong Kong. The average temperature is 23 degrees Celsius. degree, with a humidity of 72%. Winter (mid-December to late February): The weather is the coolest and driest. Occasionally there will be cold currents blowing from the north inland, and the temperature may drop below 8 degrees. As for winter The average temperature is 17 degrees and the humidity is 72 percent.
The time difference is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Festival events
Monthly Festivals
January New Year's Day
February Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival
April Qingming Festival, Queen Mother's Birthday, Easter
May the Buddha’s birthday, Cheung Chau Tai Ping Qing Dian
June Dragon Boat Festival
July the anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lu Ban’s birthday
8 September the Anti-Japanese War Victory Day, Qiqiao Festival, Menglan Festival
September Mid-Autumn Festival, Confucius’ Birthday
October National Day, Double Ninth Festival
Winter Solstice Winter Solstice , Christmas
Store hours
The business hours of shops in Hong Kong are very long. Most shops are open seven days a week, but on Sundays or holidays, the business hours of many shops will be Reduced to 13:00-17:00. The following are the store hours in Hong Kong's four major shopping areas:
Central and Western District
Time: 10:00-18: 00
Causeway Bay and Wan Chai
Time: 10:00-22:00
Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok
Time: 10 :00－21:00
Remarks: Tsim Sha Tsui is the best place for shopping at night.
Tsim Sha Tsui East
Time: 10:00-19:30
The best in Hong Kong
▓The oldest cable car in the world— —Mountain cable car
▓The world’s oldest tram—Hong Kong Island Tram
▓Asia’s largest ocean theme park—Ocean Park
▓The world The longest pedestrian elevator - Central Mid-Levels Pedestrian Escalator
▓The world's largest open-air bronze statue - Tian Tan Buddha