City Tips - Hong Kong

City Tips

HongKong

Transport from airport to central business district
Private taxis will come to approximately HK$130 (passengers pay round-trip tunnel fare of 2 x $10) which is added to the meter. Airbuses also operate on a regular basis. There is, at present, no MTR connection between the airport and town. Warning: many taxi drivers do not speak English; name your destination before loading your luggage so you can change taxis if necessary.

Tipping
A 10 percent service charge is added to most restaurant and hotel bills, but waiters expect tips of an additional 5 to 10%. Taxi drivers expect you to round the fare up to the nearest HK$5.

Banking hours
Most banks are open 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday.

Business Dress
Hong Kong is a very formal business city. Men are expected to wear long-sleeved business shirts, jackets and ties; women wear tailored suits and pantyhose year-round.

Recommended restaurants to entertain a client

Very formal: Mandarin Grill, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 5 Connaught Rd, Central, Reservations: Tel. 2522-0111

Less formal: Bentley's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar (trendy with the legal set), Prince's Building, Central, Reservations: Tel. 2868-0881

"One Harbour Road" Chinese Restaurant in the Grand Hyatt (formal), 1 Harbour Rd. Reservations: Tel. 2588-1234

Good local bar where you won't get ripped off

Bottom's Up (famous topless bar from the James Bond film Man with the Golden Gun), 14 Hankow Rd., Kowloon
Brown's Wine Bar (trendy, up-market, financial types), Exchange Square,Central
Mad Dogs (English pub), D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central

Good place for a drink with a spectacular view of the city

The bar at the top of the Island Shangri-La Hotel, 88 Queensway, Central--breathtaking!
The Harlequin bar outside the Pierrot Restaurant, Mandarin Hotel, 5 Connaught Rd., Central
The 'Sky Lounge" bar at the top of the Sheraton Hotel, 20 Nathan Rd., Kowloon

Recommended restaurant for local food with good (or colorful) ambience
Cleveland Szecheun Restaurant, 6 Cleveland St., Causeway Bay, Reservations: Tel. 2576-3876

Recommended tourist(or historic)site to visit if you only have a morning or an afternoon

The Hong Kong Museum of Art, Kowloon waterfront; while you're there, take a short Harbour cruise
Cat Street (antique and art shops); or take a short walk through Central that includes the HongkongBank, neighbouring (new and old) Bank of China building(s), Hong Kong Park, and The Tea Museum (all in less than two hours)

Best place to buy local handicrafts
China Arts & Crafts (many branches throughout the territory)

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