Welcome to Hong Kong
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Hong Kong is a young, vibrant city full of energy. This is obvious to anyone standing on the pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, looking out over Hong Kong’s impressive skyline of skyscrapers. Furthermore, this is a city that has managed to make an art of squeezing seven million people together in an area of 1.000 square kilometers. With its tropical climate, beautiful landscapes, rivers of electronic equipment, energetic nightlife and good food, Hong Kong is a tourist paradise. 25 million people come here each year to a city that has some of the highest skyscrapers in the world.
Facts
| Population | 7 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 1pm–2pm. 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. |
| Website | www.discoverhongkong.com www.gov.hk |
| Newspapers | The South China Morning Post (En) The Hong Kong Standard Herald Tribune Financial Times Asian Wall Street Journal (Asian versions) |
| Emergency numbers | 999 |
| Tourist information | HKTB Visitor Information Services Centres 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 Concourse. |
