Wikimania 2013/Bids/Hong Kong/fr

Wikimania 2013 candidate cities:

Final Candidate Cities: Hong Kong | London

Other Candidate Cities: Surakarta | Bristol | Naples

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Hong Kong (chinois : 香港 ), souvent s'appelé HK ou HKG, est officiellement une région administratives spéciales (RAS) de la République populaire de Chine (RPC), mais peuvent être considérée comme une cité-état face à leur forte autonomie. Elle est située sur la rive orientale de la Rivière des Perles, sur la c��te Sud de la Chine et elle est baignée par la mer de Chine méridionale. La région administrative de Hong Kong couvre un territoire de 1 104 km² environ, avec 7 million d'habitants. Hong Kong est un des territoires les plus peuplés au monde avec une densité de 6 357 habitants/km².

Le gouvernement de Hong Kong, sous les Britanniques sans intervient dans l'économie et la culture, et le gouvernement a accepté et protégé des immigrants de partout dans le monde entier. Hong Kong vend simultanément la dernière mode européenne et des vêtements chinois traditionnels. L'économie de Hong Kong est citée par certains économistes, tel Milton Friedman, comme un exemple des bénéfices du capitalisme du « laissez-faire », et elle est la troisième place financière au monde et la bourse de Hong Kong ne cède en importance que devant celles de Londres et de New York. L'aéroport de Hong Kong est l'un des plus importants aéroports du monde et constitue l'un des principaux points d'entrée et de sortie de l'Asie pour les passagers et le fret.

Bien qu'occupé depuis le néolithique au moins, le territoire de ce qui constitue aujourd'hui Hong Kong est resté hors de la plupart des événements majeurs de la Chine impériale pendant toute son histoire. Il ne commença à devenir un point d'attraction mondiale qu'à partir des années 1840, lorsqu'il devint un avant poste européen en Extrême-Orient (avec Macao).

Possession anglaise à partir de 1842, Hong Kong est revenu à la Chine en 1997. La stabilité, la sécurité et la prévisibilité de la loi britannique et le gouvernement de Hong Kong activé se développer en tant que centre de commerce international. qui a attiré des gens de partout dans le monde à venir et de rester à Hong Kong, et apporté dans leur propre culture, la religion et la cuisine .

L'ensemble des habitants de Hong Kong sont appelés les Hongkongais. Les chinois représentent plus de 95 % de la population totale de la ville et les 5 % restants sont partagés par différentes ethnies: Philippins, Indonésiens, Indiens, Népalais, Japonais, Thaïlandais, Pakistanais, et la ville compte 20 500 résidents britanniques.

Hong Kong jouit d'une grande liberté de culte, un droit décrit et protégé par la Constitution. La majorité de la population de Hong Kong (90 %) pratique un mélange de religions locales, bouddhisme et taoïsme. Les Bouddhistes et Taoïstes partagent une base commune de théories de Confucius, religion traditionnelle chinoise et de culte des ancêtres. La communauté chrétienne compte entre 560 000 pratiquants (320 milles protestants, 240 milles catholiques) et 660 000 en incluant les catholiques Philippins, ce qui représente environ 8 à 9 % de la population totale.

Mise à part les principales religions, on trouve également un certain nombre de pratiquants d'autres croyances, dont environ 90 000 Musulmans, 22 000 Mormons, 4 000 Juifs, 4 789 Témoins de Jéhovah, ainsi que des Hindous, Sikhs et Bahaïs. On trouve également des Jains à Hong Kong. En plus d'une instruction religieuse, la plupart des principales religions ont ouvert des écoles et des centres sociaux.

Comme Singapour, Hong Kong fut un comptoir commercial et une base navale (1842) du Royaume-Uni au moment du dépeçage de la Chine, des traités inégaux et de la politique de la canonnière, et la survie de la ville et la croissance demeure inévitablement lié avec et influencé par son importance dans le commerce international. Le port de Hong Kong s'est développé au cours de la colonisation anglaise qui a suivi la défaite chinoise lors de la Première guerre de l'opium de 1839 à 1842.

Sa position de carrefour l'a conduit directement au rôle d'intermédiaire incontournable entre la Chine continentale et les Chines périphériques, et entre ces dernières et les chinatowns d'Amérique, d'Asie et d'Europe. Ainsi, Hong Kong est un grand exportateur de produits alimentaires alors qu'elle importe un tonnage impressionnant de produits agroalimentaire de Chine continentale, à défaut d'un arrière-pays agricole suffisant.Le port de Hong Kong est ensuite devenu l'un des 3 plus importants au mond au XX° siècle, particulièrement dans la 2° moitié du siècle dernier.

Ouvert le 6 juillet 1998, la construction d'Aéroport international de Hong Kong dura 6 ans et a coûté près de 20 milliards de $US. La construction du nouvel aéroport faisait partie d'un plus vaste programme, le « Airport Core Programme », qui prévoyait aussi la construction d'une nouvelle route et d'une voie ferrée reliant l'agglomération à l'aéroport et comprenant de nombreux ponts et tunnels. Ce projet fut le projet le plus cher pour un aéroport, inscrit au « Guinness World Records ». Cette construction fut élue comme la première du « Top 10 Construction Achievements » du xxe siècle lors de la conférence du ConExpo en 1999.

Aujourd'hui voyageant en provenance et à Hong Kong est assez facile, qu'il s'agisse de régions voisines ou du côté opposé du globe. L'aéroport de Hong Kong est une plaque tournante du transport en Asie, servi par une variété de compagnies aériennes; liaisons aériennes avec les destinations asiatiques sont nombreux et très fréquents. Il est aussi un centre de transit important sur la « Kangaroo route » entre Australie et en Europe, en particulier au Royaume-Uni. Ceux-ci font de Hong Kong à l'origine de plusieurs des plus fréquentés du monde itinéraires aériens de passagers, comme entre Hong Kong et Sydney, Londres, Taipei, Tokyo et Pékin. Son accessibilité et la capacité donne l'importance de l'aéroport stratégique à la fois les déplacements régionaux et intercontinentaux.

Hong Kong est bien plus qu'une ville portuaire. Le voyageur fatigué de ses rues bondées peuvent être tentés de le décrire comme "Hong Kongcrete". Centre-ville possède de nombreuses fonctionnalités où la culture chinoise et occidentale, moderne et ancienne coutume sont mélangés. De style colonial à un ancien temple, les vieux bâtiments sont effectivement dispersés parmi les gratte-ciel qui dominent la ligne d'horizon. Ces bâtiments, ainsi que le port de renommée mondiale Victoria, forment le paysage unique du centre-ville de Hong Kong.

Pourtant, ce territoire avec ses montagnes nuageuses et les îles rocheuses est la plupart du temps un paysage rural. Une grande partie de la campagne, d'un montant de 40% de la masse terrestre de Hong Kong, est classé comme Country Park. Bien qu'il soit impossible d'échapper complètement une population de 7 millions d'euros, il est facile de trouver des poches de nature sauvage qui récompensent le touriste plus intrépides, met en particulier des points de vue pittoresques paysages qui offrent un panorama horizon du centre-ville de Hong Kong. Pour le promeneur sentier, il ya le bien connu MacLehose Trail et Wilson Trail. En outre, vous n'êtes jamais loin de la mer à Hong Kong et va à une plage bien est toujours seulement un en bus de là.

La culture chinoise est quelque chose d'intéressant à explorer à Hong Kong. A partir des marchés de rue bondés pour les villages ruraux autochtones dans les Nouveaux Territoires, gourmet cantonais, l'opéra cantonais et le bouddhisme, le taoïsme, le confucianisme et le tout dans le même temple, à Hong Kong propose le meilleur de la culture chinoise préservée et le cantonais dans la région, à la suite de l'absence de turbulences politiques dans l'histoire de la ville.

Hong Kong is renowned as a world gourmet paradise. Owing to both British and Chinese influence, all kinds of cuisine are available in the city. Kowloon City, in particular, boasts a plethora of restaurants as a result of its proximity to the now-disused Kai Tak Airport. Although restaurants in general do not have the facility to serve food in conformity with religious standards such as halal and kosher, there are specialist halal and kosher restaurants in several parts of the city, especially in areas where South Asians and Islamic communities live and congregate.

As Hong Kong is a coastal city and with a long history of fishing activity, seafood is indeed a ubiquitous ingredient in most Cantonese restaurants in the city. From a simple and common local seafood restaurants, to the luxuries such as Jumbo Floating Restaurant or those seafood cuisine specialists in Sai Kung, its the ingredient that captivates chefs and diners alike. Besides traditional Cantonese food which is served in every corner of the city, it is also easy to find restaurants which serve other types of authentic, exotic cuisine, such as those other regions of the Mainland China and Taiwan, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and others, thanks to immigrants of various ethnicities over the past decades and the food-savviness of the Hong Kong people.

On the other hand, western and international cuisine is just as easily available if you prefer them. Steakhouses, bars, and classical cuisine from various parts of Europe come in various types and classes; modern fusion restaurants offer the best of both worlds; even the elegance of British afternoon tea is available within this broad spectrum of choices.

No matter what makes your meal during your stay, a visit to a "Cha Chaan Teng" is a must-try experience for those who want to understand the most iconic cuisine of Hong Kong, because it originated from the fusion and combination of traditional cuisines into a simple, cheap, one-stop everyday meal for every Hong Konger. Try an ice-cold milk tea or red bean ice, served together with some Hong Kong-specific bakery delicacies such as egg tarts and pineapple buns for a snack, or at lunch or tea time.

If you are really struggling to find out whether there's one to match your tastes, there is a popular local search engine and dining guide to help you find your poison.

Hong Kong has been consistently reputed as one of the safest metropolitan areas around the world in the past few decades. This achievement owes not only to good natural factors such as the absence of threat from large-scale natural disasters such as earthquakes, but also more importantly to the effort and efficiency of the civil security services. Compared to many million-strong cities which are criticised for their safety record and where local travel presents many dangers to visitors, Hong Kong is a city where safety is a top priority guaranteed by its trustworthy civil security services. In case of emergency or threats thereof, police stations, or police officers on patrol, may be found easily and are always willing to provide assistance. Emergency responses are also quick and emergency services are dispatched to the scene within a few minutes.

The Hong Kong Police Force is the world's second, and Asia's first, police agency to operate a modern policing system. With long history and efficient management, today it is one of the most efficient and clean policing force around the world. Because of them, Hong Kong has one of the lowest common crime-rates among cities with comparable populations worldwide. Emergency aid and rescue service in Hong Kong are at a world-class standard, with a service agreement which promises that an ambulance will arrive on the scene within 8 minutes of an a emergency call; the Fire Service is also praised for its efficient and quality performance in responding to accidents and disasters.

The climate of Hong Kong is a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa), just short of being a tropical wet-and-dry climate. As with other subtropical areas, Hong Kong has long summers and winters, and comparatively short springs and autumns.

In the winter, temperatures hover between 15 °C and 20 °C. However, northeast winter monsoons bring frequent cold fronts which can cause the temperature to dip below 10 °C, despite Hong Kong's tropical latitude and coastal location. Conversely, warm maritime airstreams also commonly raise the temperature well above 20 °C; temperatures as high as 29 °C have been recorded in February. Winter starts sunny in December and becomes cloudier towards February.

Spring brings warmer and more humid weather. There is a sharp increase in rainfall around April. Spring is the cloudiest season of the year, with March and April both averaging only around 100 hours of bright sunshine.

Summer weather is hot, humid and unstable. Although usually sunny, thunderstorms and scattered showers are common. August has the highest average rainfall in the year. Temperatures usually exceed 30 °C during the day, which, coupled with a high humidity, can result in an extreme heat index. Extreme heat indices are also caused by continuous sunshine and low breeze, usually long-lasting around July and August, as a result of subtropical high pressure areas. This also occurs before typhoons hitting Hong Kong or nearby regions in the northeast, e.g. Taiwan or the Eastern Coast of China. Such outbound airstream brings even hotter weather, in addition to dirtier air. Nights are also warm with an average minimum temperature of 26 °C. Hong Kong is frequently hit by typhoons in the summer.

Autumn is generally considered the most pleasant season. Temperatures are still high (20–27 °C) but humidity and rainfall are considerably lower. Autumn is also the sunniest season in Hong Kong, with October and November both averaging close to 200 hours of bright sunshine.

Climate data for Hong Kong (1981–2010)
Month	June	July	August	September
Avg high °C (°F)	30.2 (86.4)	31.4 (88.5)	31.1 (88.0)	30.1 (86.2)
Daily Mean °C (°F)	27.9 (82.2)	28.8 (83.8)	28.6 (83.5)	27.7 (81.9)
Avg Low °C (°F)	26.2 (79.2)	26.8 (80.2)	26.6 (79.9)	25.8 (78.4)
Rainfall mm (in)	456.1 (17.951)	376.5 (14.823)	432.2 (17.016)	327.6 (12.898)
% Humidity	82	81	81	78
Avg Rainy Days (≥ 0.1 mm)	19.07	17.60	16.93	14.67
Sunshine hours	146.1	212.0	188.9	172.3
Source: Hong Kong Observatory

Hong Kong has one of the strongest Wikimedian communities in the Asia-Pacific region. We organized the Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006, the first ever regional Wikimedia conference. Wikimedia Hong Kong, the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, was founded in 2007, and was among the earliest Wikimedia chapters to receive charity status.

The first Wikipedian meetup in Hong Kong was held in 2005. Since then, Wikimedians in Hong Kong have been meeting regularly. By the end of 2011, we have organized a total of 60 meet-ups, more than anywhere else in the world.

Among the Wikimedian community, Hong Kong is best known for its youthful Wikimedians. According to Jimmy Wales during his visit to Hong Kong in 2006, Hong Kong has the "youngest Wikimedian community" in the whole world in terms of participants' age.

Name	Areas of responsibility	Experience
Tango Chan (User:Tsugiko)	Bid Coordinator, Finance, Sponsors	Treasurer of the Hong Kong Chapter (former Commissioner for Communication & Admin Assistant), Chinese Wikimedia Conference: Speaker 2009
Jeromy-Yu Chan (User:Yuyu)	Media, Program & Strategy	Wikipedian since 2004, en, yue, zh, fr-2, de-1.5, Ex-President of Hong Kong Chapter Chinese Wikimedia Conference: Organizer 2006, Wikimania:Organizer 2007, Presenter 2009 & 2011, Attendee 2010
Rover Wong (User:SusanLai)	Program, Local Community	President of Hong Kong Chapter
Vincent Tsui (User:Cehk)	Logistics	Wikipedian since 2006, Secretary of Hong Kong Chapter, Organizer Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006
Terence Chau (User:manzheonchau)	Logistics	Admin Assistant of Hong Kong Chapter
Alan Lai (User:28481k)	Media, Program & Strategy	Wikipedian since 2006, en, zh, yue, ja-1, fr-1
Deryck Chan (User:Deryck Chan)	Program, Strategy & Int'l Coordination	Sysop on en.wp, yue.wp, en, yue, zh, de-2, ja-1, Admin Assistant of Hong Kong Chapter, Organizer Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006, Attendee Wikimania 2010, Presenter Wikimania 2011
Simon Shek (石)	Program & Strategy	Wikipedian since 2004, en, zh, yue
Samuel Chan (User:CX257)	Media	Admin Assistant of Hong Kong Chapter
Calvin Siu (User:W.F. Siu)	General Help	Chairperson of The Council in Hong Kong Chapter
Sherman Wong (User:sherman)	Media & Sponsor	Admin Assistant of Hong Kong Chapter

If you are in the area and interested in helping, please e-mail us at wikimaniawikimedia.hk .

If you are not available to help in person, you are still welcome to show your support everywhere you like, on your user page, and more important is on social media!

我支持香港申辦 2013年國際維基年會 I support Hong Kong's bid for Wikimania 2013.

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Date	Wed 7th	Thu 8th	Fri 9th	Sat 10th	Sun 11th
Time	Pre-conference day 1	Pre-conference day 2	Main conference day 1	Main conference day 2	Main conference day 3
Morning	Developer and board meetings	Chapters and board meetings	Opening ceremony	Keynote Speech	Jimbo's Keynote Board Panel
Late morning			Parallel Chinese and English sessions	Parallel sessions	Parallel sessions
Lunch	Lunch break		Lunch break VIP party	Lunch break
Afternoon	Developer and board meetings	Chapters and board meetings	Parallel sessions	Parallel sessions	Parallel sessions Closing ceremony
Evening		Welcome party			Beach party and barbecue

After considering and approaching various possible venues, we've selected the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) as our proposed conference venue.

The university is located in the Hung Hom area of Kowloon Peninsula, neighbouring the Hung Hom transportation hub which comprises Hung Hom Station and Cross-Harbour Tunnel. PolyU was founded in 1937 as a technical college, formally established in 1972 as a higher education college with degree-course education, and granted university status in November 1994. Today, PolyU has about 28,000 students reading 130 postgraduate, undergraduate and sub-degree programmes in various disciplines, including design, engineering, fashion and textiles, medical laboratory science, physiotherapy and radiography.

In recent years, the university achieved great academic triumphs in the field of computer sciences and technology among the Asia-Pacific and Greater China regions, and strives to contribute more to the information technology industry of the region.

The details of the available facilities are still under negoatiation. We hope to host the main conference in the Jockey Club Auditorium inside the main campus, which has 1,084 seats on its balcony and main hall. We also intend to host the associated activities and sessions within the university. The university management have extensive experience in organizing similar activities and is a popular venue provider in the locality.

The Jockey Club Auditorium is one of the main auditoria managed by the university. It is capable of hosting a variety of functions including public talks, ceremonies, conferences, seminars and even the performing arts. The auditorium is configured as a balcony-included theatre layout with 702 fixed seats on the main floor and 323 balcony seats, with additional temporary seats available on request. The auditorium also contains a main entrance foyer right above its main hall level, which is ideal for setting-up exhibition stands and providing an reception area for the conference.

Apart from the grand opening, we also intend to arrange sessions in the main auditorium catering for large number of guests expected at the conference.

PolyU also provides many seminar classrooms of 30–100 seats each suitable for smaller seminars and interactive group sessions of Wikimania, and for local Wikimania administration. Lecture theatres of various capacities are also available, mostly 80–160 seats, with a few being larger than 160 seats where we will hold smaller focussed public talk sessions during the conference.

Apart from public sessions, we also expect that many attending organizations, in particular local chapters, firms and the media, will be active throughout the duration of the conference. We will therefore reserve extra seminar rooms and reconfigure them as on-site workspace adapted to the needs of the attending organizations, such as conducting interviews, press activity, administrative work, and other backstage needs.

The auditorium has an open-air amphitheatre area outside its entrance foyer, and we intend to configure this area into a combination of open-space seating, public exhibition and related activities. The amphitheatre has an area of about 1,100m² and can accommodate 200 spectators, ideal for informal gatherings.

Other than the open-air amphitheatre, the University can also arrange covered areas on the podium nearby the Auditorium to be available for catering and other purposes.

The team is well-connected with the University. The team is currently working with M-lab under the School of Design of the University, consulting the relevant management personel about the availability of the Main Hall and other rooms, and we can place our booking through M-Lab. Through our partner DotAsia, we can also reach the management of the University, and get further support to use different facilities of the university. With the help from M-lab, we will try to negotiate with the University management to get a discounted price or even waived rent for such facilities.

The main auditorium is equipped with a full-set of theatre-standard conference equipments, including built-in cinematic projection and audition system, standard modern stage fly system and lighting facilities. Seminar rooms are equipped with overhead and LED projectors with screens and audio system, making them ideal for presentations and discussions. Furthermore, the lecture theatres are equipped with VHS and DVD players, and slide projector, in addition to the standard classroom facilities. Wired and wireless microphones are also provided on-site within the theatres. We believe that the flexibility and variety of available room sizes will meet the various desires of the presenters and attendees of each session. Although firm booking of the rooms for our proposed dates of Wikimania 2013 will only be available from December 2012 onwards, once our bid is successful we will negotiate with the University management to make our bookings a top priority, and ensure that plenty of rooms will be available during the conference.

The whole university campus is covered by a built-in WLAN Wi-Fi system which is operated by the university. We will seek for a sponsorship from local telecoms companies, to provide extra bandwidth and routers for parts the venue and accommodation where existing infrastructure is inadequate.

The university is located right next to MTR Hung Hom Station and the Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus interchange and the main entrance is accessed by several footbridges connecting the university campus with the station and the bus interchange.

MTR Hung Hom stations is served by the East Rail Line and West Rail Line, two mainstream suburban railway routes of the city. The bus interchange is served by virtually all bus using the Cross Harbour Tunnel (buses with a 1-prefix on their number, e.g 101,104,107,118). Any other bus routes which call at Hung Hom Station terminus are also accessible to the university from a walking distance. Additionally Citybus Cityflyer route A21 terminates at Hung Hom MTR station therefore the campus is virtually also accessible directly by airport buses.

The vehicular entrance to the university, and an alternative pedestrian entrance of the campus is located at the Austin Road junction with Cheong Wan Road right opposite with Hong Kong Museum of History. The venue is 10 to 15 minutes walking distance from Nathan Road or Tsim Sha Tsui.

We are also looking for a venue in the most famous hang-out of the town, Lan Kwai Fong in Central, Hong Kong Island, to have a welcoming party, for those who will come to the pre-conference.

We are currently planning to have a decent Cantonese-style lunch reception in a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui East, nearby the venue.

• Date: last day of main conference (11 August 2013)
• Time: late afternoon to midnight
• Venue: Siu Lam Barbecue By The Beach

The proposed venue, Siu Lam Barbecue By The Beach, boasts long-standing experience of hosting large-scale social events for organizations, and has a capacity of 3000 attendees. Situated on the shore of Castle Peak Bay, otherwise known as the Hong Kong's "Gold Coast", the venue offers a sandy beach perfect for swimming and sun-bathing in the summer sunset, in addition to the obvious: a barbecue buffet dinner for all attendees.

The venue operates traditional Hong Kong-style barbecue (en, zh). Unlike Western barbecues where a chef cooks meat and vegetables for everyone on a grill, in a Hong Kong-style barbecue everyone sits around an open charcoal fire, and cook their food using long barbecue forks. The environment is described as being "more similar to a fondue or campfire than a barbecue", and provides an ideal opportunity for socializing, or even wiki-style collaboration on cooking! A buffet barbecue is provided, which means unlimited amounts of uncooked food is supplied centrally. From there everyone collects raw food as they desire, and cooks them on their own fire.

Coaches will be arranged to transport attendees between the conference venue and the party venue immediately after the end of the main conference. We aim to arrive at the beach with ample time to spare before sunset. After the party, coaches will take attendees from Siu Lam to the conference venue and accommodation.

Air travel: Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG) is a leading air passenger gateway and logistics hub in Asia. Located on the island of Chek Lap Kok, 34 km/21 miles from downtown, HKG airport has scheduled non-stop flights to more than 150 cities. Regarded as a focus city or major transfer hub by major airlines, 85 airlines operate from the two-terminal airport; it is the primary hub of Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Air Hong Kong, Hong Kong Airlines, and Hong Kong Express. Since 2001, the airport has been named the World’s Best Airport eight times in the annual passenger survey by Skytrax. 'Local' carriers, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, were also rated by Skytrax the Best Airline of Year 2003, 2005 and 2009 and the Best Airline of Greater China region respectively. The airport itself operates in 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Hong Kong International Airport is connected to the city by the MTR Airport Express train service; it reaches both Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Station is the terminus of the route and also of a number of local bus services. Both Hong Kong Station and Kowloon Station provide several feeder bus services between the station and various hotels of the city exclusively for Airport Express passengers only. There is also an extensive Airport bus network served by both Citybus and Long Win Bus. These lines are represented as a A- or E-prefix in front of their bus routes, and the bus network may reach to most urban areas covering Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and most towns in New Territories.

Rail: Inter-city train services crossing the Hong Kong-China boundary are known as Intercity Through Trains. Currently, Hung Hom Station (Kowloon/Jiulong) is the only station in Hong Kong where passenger can catch these trains. Passengers have to go through immigration and custom inspections before boarding. There are currently three through train routes:

• Between Hong Kong and Beijing
• Between Hong Kong and Shanghai
• Between Hong Kong and Guangzhou

However, the East Rail Line, one of the metro lines inside the Hong Kong's Metro network (MTR) also connects to two of the boundary control points – Lok Ma Chau and Lo Wu. Both these stations provide accessibility towards Shenzhen, and an interchange with the Shenzhen Metro on the Chinese side of the border. A journey from the border towards Hung Hom Station takes approximately 40 minutes. Additionally Lo Wu Station is interchangeable with the Shenzhen Station of CRH intercity train network of the Mainland China across the border, which runs a more frequent services between Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

Sea: Two main ferry terminals serve the Hong Kong-China boundary crossing ferries services:

• Macau Ferry Terminal – Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
• China Ferry Terminal – Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

and these two ferry terminals are accessible with MTR and local buses services.

Notwithstanding their names, both of terminals provide extensive network of ferry services towards Macau and various cities within Guangdong Province. However services from China Ferry Terminal are more frequent and network towards China extensive than its counterpart, while only Macau Ferry Terminal provides a 24 hours ferry services towards Macau. Some ferry routes, from/to either Macau or Shenzhen, terminate at Hong Kong International Airport. These are only available at the Skypier, accessible from the departure hall of the airport (as for flight transfers.

Cruise ships also serve Hong Kong. The cruise terminal of Hong Kong – Ocean Terminal – is located at Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon Peninsula.

Land: Hong Kong has convenient cross-border bus services to many cities in Guangdong province including Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan. Tickets are purchasable either in mainland China or Hong Kong, services and operators vary depending on the exact location and destination of travel. Road connections across boundary check-points are possible and vehicles with specialised licenses are allowed across the border. Several check-points connect with the expressway network of Hong Kong including Lok Ma Chau-Huanggang and Shenzhen Bay Port. Additionally most cross-border buses use these two particular ports on their journey.

Hong Kong est l'une des principales hubs régionales dans la région Asie-Pacifique avec de nombreux transporteurs offrant des services de vols réguliers en provenance et à la ville. Le tableau suivant présente une sélection de destinations et de transporteurs avec leurs tarifs associés. Le tarif est référencé avec une date de départ dans 7 Août 2012 à partir de l'aéroport d'origine, avec un aller-retour départ de Hong Kong le 12 Août 2012.

Asie-Pacifique
De	Compagnie aérienne	Coût (USD)	Durée de vol	Escales	Notes
Tokyo-Narita	Delta (DL) China Eastern (MU)	$936 $665	4,8h 7,4h	0 Shanghai-Pudong
Tokyo-Haneda	All Nippon (NH) Korean (KE)	$1.534 $1.069	4,5h 7,4h	0 Séoul-Incheon
Dubaï	Emirates (EK) Qatar (QR)	$1.143 $664	8h 10,5h	0 1
Singapour	Jetstar Asia (3K) Singapore (SQ)	$267 $496	3,8h	0
Séoul-Incheon	Asiana (OZ) China Eastern (MU)	$594 $439	3,8h 6,2h	0 Shanghai-Pudong
Pékin	China Southern (CZ) Air China (CA)	$408 $440	3,6h	0
Shanghai-Pudong	China Eastern (MU)	$298	2,5h	0
Taipei	EVA (BR) Cathay Pacific(CX)	$502 $506	1,8h	0
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia (MH)	$390	3,9h	0
Manila	Philippine (PR)	$322	2,2h	0
Jakarta	Garuda Indonesian (GA)	$747	3,4h	0
Bombay	Jet Airways (9W)	$539	5,9h	0
Delhi	Jet Airways (9W) Kingfisher (IT)	$542 $601	3,4h	0
Bangkok	Emirates (EK)	$274	3,0h	0
Bandar Seri Begawan	Royal Brunei (BI)	$539	3,1h	0
Doha	Qatar (QR)	$1.052	8,4h	0
Tel Aviv	El Al (LY) Swiss Turkish (TK)	$1.321 $1.299 $1282	10,8h 19,9h 18,5h	0 Zurich Istanbul
Istanbul/Istamboul	Turkish (TK) Qatar (QR)	$1.753 $1.412	10,5h 20,0h	0 Doha
Riyad	Cathay Pacific (CX) Emirates (EK)	$2.408 $863	9,8h 12,5h	0 Dubaï
Amman	Royal Jordanian (RJ)	$903	12,8h	Bangkok	escale au même avion
Auckland	Air New Zealand (NZ)	$1.303	11,5h	0
Sydney	Virgin (VS)	$990	9,5h	0
Melbourne	Qantas (QF)	$1.069	9,5h	0
Perth	Cathay Pacific (CX) Singapore (SQ)	$2.148 $852	7,8h 11,0h	0 Singapour
Fidji	Air Pacific (FJ)	$1.157	10,5h	0	2 vols par semaine
Vladivostok	S7 (S7) Korean (KE)	$484 $937	5,2h 9,7h	0 Séoul-Incheon
Afrique
De	Compagnie aérienne	Coût (USD)	Durée de vol	Escales	Notes
Le Caire	Qatar (QR)	$975	14,5h	Doha
Johannesburg / Johannesbourg	South African (SA)	$1.207	13,3h	0
Addis-Abeba	Ethiopian (ET)	$1.008	13,5h	Bangkok	escale au même avion
Lagos	Qatar (QR)	$1.301	17,5h	Doha
Alger	Qatar (QR)	$936	18,0h	Doha
Nairobi	Kenya Airways (KQ) Qatar (QR)	$1.072 $1.131	13,8h 16,3h	Bangkok Doha	escale au même avion (3 vols par semaine)
Maurice	Air Mauritius (MK) Emirates (EK)	$1.218 $1.230	9,8h 16,8h	0 Dubaï	2 vols par semaine
Europe
De	Compagnie aérienne	Coût (USD)	Durée de vol	Escales	Notes
Londres-Heathrow	Air New Zealand (NZ) Qatar (QR)	$1.505 $861	12,1h 16,6h	0 Doha
Londres-Gatwick	Emirates (EK)	$1.030	18,5h	Dubaï
Paris-CDG	Air France (AF) Emirates (EK)	$1.347 $1.107	11,5h 15h	0 Dubaï
Amsterdam	KLM (KL) Areoflot (SU)	$1.978 $995	11,1h 16,0h	0 Moscou-SVO
Madrid	Qatar (QR)	$968	17,5h	Doha
Barcelone	Emirates (EK)	$862	16,5h	Dubaï
Lisbonne	Emirates (EK)	$927	20,9h	Dubaï
Berlin	Qatar (QR)	$918	15,8h	Doha
Francfort-sur-le-Main	Cathay Pacific (CX) China Eastern (MU)	$1.631 $872	12,0h 16,5h	0 Shanghai-Pudong
Bruxelles	British (BA)	$965	15,6h	Londres-Heathrow
Rome	Cathay Pacific (CX) Qatar (QR)	$1.955 $809	12,3h 20,5h	0 Doha
Helsinki	Finnair (AY)	$1.753	10,0h	0
Stockholm	Turkish (TK) Qatar (QR)	$873 $882	16,5h 16,5h	Istanbul Doha
Copenhague	Qatar (QR)	$1.017	16,5h	Doha
Oslo	Aeroflot (SU) Qatar (QR)	$960 $1.242	15,3h 17,4h	Moscou-SVO Doha
Zurich	Swiss (LX) Aeroflot (SU)	$1.495 $1.087	12,1h 14,1h	0 Moscou-SVO
Genève	Swiss (LX) Aeroflot (SU)	$1.643 $1.065	14,8h 15,1h	Zurich Moscou-SVO
Moscou-SVO	Aeroflot (SU)	$744	9,5h	0
Moscou-DME	Cathay Pacific (CX)	$2.741	9,5h	0
Vienne	Turkish (TK)	$948	18,5h	Istanbul
Prague	Finnair (AY)	$839	12,9h	Helsinki
Varsovie	Aeroflot (SU)	$873	16,7h	Moscou-SVO
Budapest	Qatar (QR)	$778	17,5h	Doha
Belgrade	Aeroflot (SU)	$983	14,6h	Moscou-SVO
Athènes	Turkish (TK) Emirates (EK)	$1.100 $1.104	15,0h 18,0h	Istanbul Dubaï
Americas
De	Compagnie aérienne	Coût (USD)	Durée de vol	Escales	Notes
New York-JFK	Cathay Pacific (CX)	$1.640	15,9h	0
New York-Newark	Continental (CO)	$2.987	15,9h	0
Los Angeles	Cathay Pacific (CX)	$1.478	14,7h	0
San Francisco	Singapore (SQ)	$1.053	14,3h	0
Chicago	Cathay Pacific (CX)	$1.658	15,7h	0
Toronto	Air Canada (AC)	$1.643	15,3h	0
Vancouver	Air Canda (AC) China Eastern (MU)	$1.379 $1.235	13,1h 17,5h	0 Shanghai-Pudong
Montréal	American (AA) Air Canada (AC)	$1.607 $1.634	21,3h 18,3h	Chicago Toronto
Mexico	Aeromexico/Cathay Pacific (AM/CX)	$1.725	22,5h	Los Angeles
Bogotá	Air Canada (AC)	$2.303	33,5h	Toronto
Caracas	American/Cathay Pacific (AA/CX)	$2.918	30,5h	New York-JFK
São Paulo	South African (SA) Qatar (QR)	$1.993 $2.449	31,3h 24,5h	Johannesburg Doha
Rio de Janeiro	Emirates (EK)	$2.369	32,5h	Dubaï
Santiago	Air Canada (AC)	$2.355	30,8h	Toronto
Buenos Aires	British (BA) United/Continental (UA/CO)	$2.422 $2.792	36,0h 36,5h	Londres-Heathrow Newark
Lima	LAN/Cathay Pacific (LA/CX) United/Continental (UA/CO)	$2.880 $2.626	29,8h 31,8h	New York-JFK Newark
Montevideo	Iberia/British (IB/BA)	$2.555	36,3h	Madrid, Londres-Heathrow

Les taxes aériennes sont incluses sur la base d'un transporteur spécifique mais le prix pourra varier en fonction du transporteur définitivement retenu.
Le dernier changement le 23 Février 2012.

La plupart des nationalités n'ont pas besoin de visa pour se rendre en tant que touriste à Hong Kong. Les ressortissants de quelque 170 pays et territoires, y compris la plupart des États européens et américains ainsi que nations du Commonwealth britanniques, peut visiter Hong Kong sans visa pour une période allant de 7 à 180 jours.[1]

Sont dispensés de visa les ressortissants des pays suivants :

Moins de 180 jours

• Macao
  • pour les titulaires de "Permanent Macau Identity Card"
• Royaume-Uni
  • Citoyen britannique

Moins de 90 jours

Moins de 30 jours

Moins de 14 jours

Chinese nationals with a hukou (or family registration) in Mainland China are required to obtain an exit permit from the Public Security Bureau for any type of visit to Hong Kong (short visits and long visits alike, including settlement). However, an exemption is made for Mainland Chinese passport holders who are transiting through Hong Kong to a third country. In this case, a visa waiver is available for those whose stay in Hong Kong lasts a maximum of 7 days and who can prove their onward journey.

Non-Chinese nationals living in other parts of the PRC are treated on the basis of their nationality, whilst Chinese nationals living in other parts of China who do not possess the right of abode in Hong Kong are treated based on the region in which they have a right of abode or household registration.

The venue, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), is located in Hung Hom. In nearby Tsim Sha Tsui East, accommodation catering to every budget is available, such as a variety of hotels and hostels that only take you less than 10 minuted walking.

In Tsim Sha Tsui East, next to the venue, are most of high-end hotels. There are a few more 5 star hotels closer to the Tsim Sha Tsui ferry pier, in Ocean Terminal and Harbour City. Here are some more high-end hotels which marked at more than 125 USD (~1,000 HKD) per night. The prices in this list had already include an "early-bird" discount for booking, although we will try to get better price if our bid is successful.

Hotel	Location	Budget (USD)
Kimberley Hotel	28 Kimberley Road	65.72
Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees	199 Kowloon City Road	74.10
Regal Kowloon Hotel	71 Mody Road	76.68
Metropark Hotel Kowloon	75 Waterloo Road	83.76
Harbour Grand Kowloon	20 Tak Fung Street	98.58
The Luxe Manor	39 Kimberley Road	103.09
Regal Oriental Hotel	30–38 Sa Po Road	115.98
Hotel ICON	17 Science Museum Road	123.71
The Mira Hotel	118 Nathan Road	148.20
InterContinental Hong Kong	18 Salisbury Road	174.74
The Marco Polo (Gateway)	13 Canton Road	180.41
The Marco Polo (Hong Kong Hotel)	3 Canton Road	215.85

There also diffent hostels and budget hotels, locally referred as "Guesthouses", scattered all over the Kowloon peninsula, and most of them are located in nearby Tsim Shui Tsui & Jordan, and a few in Hong Hum.

Here is short list that included some hotels which priced around 40 USD for one night.

Hotel	Location	Budget (USD)
Bridal Tea House Hotel (Winslow Street Branch)	57–61 Winslow Street	34.15
Bridal Tea House Hotel (North Wing, Wuhu Street Branch)	84–86 Wuhu Street	35.44
Bridal Tea House Hotel (South Wing,Wuhu Street Branch)	69 Gillies Avenue South	37.37
Acesite Hotel	106–108 Soy Street	38.66
Hotel 36	36 Boundary Street	40.59
Caritas Lodge	134 Boundary Street	42.53

This is an average cost for a twin-room with two separate beds for one night to each person.

Besides that, most of the hotels and hostels located in Kowloon Peninsula would only take you within 30 minutes to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University by public transport.

We are also seeking a summer booking of the Student Halls of Residence (SHR) of the PolyU itself, which can accommodate 3000 guests in full capacity, and other possible hostel option in downtown Kowloon.

The SHR provides accommodation for guests with rooms are designed for double occupancy. Every two adjoining rooms form a self-contained unit, sharing a toilet and shower room.

For further information regards with facilities provide, please refer to the website of the Student Halls of Residence of PolyU.

Hong Kong has a highly developed and sophisticated transport network, encompassing both public and private transport. Over 90% of the daily journeys are on public transport, making it the highest rate in the world. Hong Kong also possesses one of the safest, also cheapest, transportation networks amongst most of the major cities in the world. Therefore unlike many large cities where security and crime on public transportation is always criticized and projects a negative reputation towards visitors, Hong Kong has a high positive reputation of a safe, clean and accessible system, where travellers can always be confident of safety and economical journeys.

Hong Kong also was one of the first cities to apply, and is currently the city with the most advanced use of smartcards as electronic payment, especially on public transport. Once in Hong Kong, the most convenient way to pay the fares while travelling around is by Octopus Card, available from any MTR station or one of the thousands of convenient stores and shops around the city. "Added value" (top-up) services are also available at any of these locations. Incidentally, the Octopus Card is also widely accepted means of payment for everyday goods in convenience stores and food outlets.

Due to the extensiveness and complexity of the transport infrastructure, often a same journey may be served by different modes of transportation and at different cost; similar while different routes may also be seen from the network. Customer service centres at MTR stations and major termini provide assistance or advice.

• MTR ou Le Métro de Hong Kong, est le principal système de transport en commun à Hong Kong. Au contraire de certains métros, où un prix fixe est payé quelle que soit la distance parcourue, un surplus est payé pour toutes les stations supplémentaires traversées entre la station initiale et la station finale. Le tarifs des tickets pour un adulte se situe entre HK$3.50 (une station); HK$10 (traverse harbour); HK$35 (à Chine).

  Toutes les stations de métro sont accessibles avec les services d'autobus, et certains, bien que l'AirPort Express est fourni par le système MTR (mais dans un tarif relativement plus élevé que les autobus), sont accessibles avec bus de l'aéroport. Si vous voyagez avec Airport Express associant une connexion avec un autre MTR achemine un tarif réduit est inclus dans ce voyage de connexion particulier.

  Hong Kong Station, comme le terminus de l'Airport Express, situé dans le cœur et le centre d'affaires financier de la ville - centrale. Kowloon Staion est également accessible par les bus locaux et à distance de marche de la zone Jordan. Services "In-town check-in" et des autobus de desserte entre les grands hôtels dans les zones urbaines et à Hong Kong / Kowloon Station est prévu et ils sont gratuit pour les passagers qui voyagent avec Airport Express à partir de / vers ces deux stations. Un voyage entre l'aéroport et Hong Kong Station prend environ 24 minutes. Toutes les stations MTR (comme indiqué sur la carte ci-dessus); les dépanneurs et les ATM sont disponibles à la plupart des stations.

  MTR exploite également une série de lignes de bus locales de desserte (la plupart du temps en commençant par K-prefix) dans les banlieues des Nouveaux Territoires, y compris Tuen Mun - Yuen Long et la région de Tai Po visant à relier les zones locales à son réseau de chemin de fer; de réductions de tarifs peuvent être fournis sur eux voyagent avec l'association d'un train léger sur rail ou de la connexion ferroviaire de lignes principales.

• Buses: Buses in Hong Kong are franchised, and there are currently five franchised bus companies in Hong Kong. Harbour-crossing routes are jointly-operated by two bus franchises. Route numbering is based on the types of route and the districts where they serve.

• Bus routes in Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories share one numbering system. While the whole Hong Kong Island has another numbering system. Corresponding routes of same number are completely independent of each other.

• Harbour Crossing and Airport routes however, are using a same numbering system throughout Hong Kong. Routes with a 100, 600 or 900 prefix are harbour-crossing.

The franchised bus companies are:

• Kowloon Motor Bus, branded as KMB, one of the largest privately-owned bus companies in the world, also the dominant operator in routes of Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories. It has a second highest market share among all transportation in Hong Kong, behind MTR. Unique design on red-coloured circular-shape routes indication over their bus stops is a symbolic characteristic of KMB. Common type of transportation if you're moving around Kowloon and New Territories.

• Long Win Bus, one of the airport bus operators. Unlike Citybus it has a independent franchise on its airport buses service while it has a heavy correspondence with KMB – its mother company. Routes mainly serves between New Territories and Airports, as well as Tung Chung – the supporting town of the Airport.

Company and route details of both Long Win Bus and Kowloon Motor Bus may be found in a same website as KMB.com.

• Citybus and New World First Bus are the two main bus companies in the Hong Kong Island, and share common control. They operate several crucial bus routes which link some city centre regions of Hong Kong Islands with various destination in Kowloon and the New Territories. Citybus has a relatively denser network on some trunk routes, while NWFB concentrates on local networks on Hong Kong Islands.

• New Lantao Bus is the primary operator of local bus service within the Lantau Island. its service especially focused on the routes covering the southern region of Lantau since the road network of the area are restricted for access. During holiday vacations and weekend leisure activity they're widely used by either local citizen or tourists on accessing some of the major tourist spot and leisure countryside area on the island, such as Tai O and Mui Wo. Services also available in weekdays however trip fares are generally higher during weekends.

• Trams: Established in 1904, it is one of the oldest tramways in the world which remains operation today, especially majority of its track is still following as a same alignment since it was built. Also along with the Blackpool Tram in Britain, it is the only place in the world with double-decker trams in operation. Therefore the tramway itself, not act as only a mode of everyday transportation but also possesses a tourism value while travelling them. The main tramway roughly follows the coastline of Hong Kong Island of a century ago. Its route stretches from the western Praya once known as 'Victoria City', whereas both Europeans and Chinese concentrated respectively in the past, traverses the central business district and terminates in Shau Kei Wan to the east. Fares are very cheap, a single journey flat fare is charged regardless of the distance traveled: HK$2.30 for adult, HK$1.20 for children and HK$1 elderly. Although travel by tram is generally slower, the tram is very cheap compared with most cities, and compared with parallel routes which may be reached by using buses or MTR.

• Ferry: These may mainly be divided into the following three types of services according to their characteristics. Harbour-Crossing routes are the ferries services which travel between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon by crossing the Victoria Harbour. One of the services regarded as such is the distinctive and well-known Star Ferry which serves between Tsim Sha Tsui and Central or Wan Chai of Hong Kong Island and is often advertised as one of the 50th must-see sightseeing spots over the globe by the National Geographic, as well as numerous of travelling publications.

  Hong Kong has a significant numbers of small outlying islands in its territory and ferry services often becomes a dominant, if not the only, transportation mode for these islands, as well as travelling to South Lantau in a more direct routing from the urban. Some islands are especially populated or popular for tourism are well served by frequent ferry services, for example Cheung Chau and Lamma Island as famous local countryside spot and resorts. Most of the services in such type departs from the Central Piers – The transportation hub of domestic ferry services in Hong Kong.

  Some relatively smaller ferry services serve remote islands, or countryside area which may not accessible by road. These are however operated by local operators and service detail and schedule may vary.

• Taxis: The service area of taxicabs in Hong Kong are divided into three parts by the Government, which is regarded as Urban Taxi, New Territories Taxi and Lantau Taxi, the scheme is designed to avoid clustering of taxis into the most populated or profitable areas in the territory.

• Urban Taxi: Visitors to Hong Kong are most likely to come into contact only with urban taxis, which are licensed to serve all the territory, mostly Kowloon & Hong Kong Island; pick-up on Terminal 1 &2, Ground Transportation Centre of the Airport, Tung Chung, Disney Resort and New Territories if passengers on-board are returning to Kowloon or HK Island, vice versa if passengers are going to the destinations above departed from Kowloon or HK Island. A tip for crossing the Harbour: try to hire a taxi at a harbour-crossing taxi stand where passenger only pays the one-way tunnel toll, instead of twice from ordinary street taxis and 'normal' stands.

• New Territories Taxi (green) and Lantau Taxi (blue): As their names imply, these taxis serve most of the New Territories and Lantau respectively. Their fares are lower but are not allowed to serve within designated urban areas, even if the journeys originate within their catchment areas.

Further information on fares, additional charges and by-laws (e.g luggages, tolls) is available on the websites of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, and the Transport Department.

The venue is adjacent to Tsim Sha Tsui (尖沙咀), where is the most popular hang out of the locals, with many shopping malls, gourmet, bars, cafés and cultural experiences. Also close by in Jordan (佐敦), the neighborhood just north to Tsim Shui Tsui, you can also find a lot of rather local gourmet fare.

• Kowloon Waterfront, offers splendid views of the Hong Kong island shore and skyline. This is the best place to experience the classic view of Hong Kong, and nobody on their first trip here should miss out on promenading along the waterfront. The best views are to be had at night when the lights of global capitalism provide a powerful spectacle. Every night at 8 pm there is a colourful light show, called "A Symphony Of Lights", that is staged atop the key buildings on both sides of the harbour.
• Nathan Rd is the main artery of Kowloon peninsula, where shows you a typical Hong Kong urban landscape, a chaotic mix of skyscrapers and Cantonese style old buildings, of merchandising stores and residential buildings, where you can even see an Anglican Church within such mix. Once referred "Golden mile" of Hong Kong, streets lined with a chaotic array of neon signs hanging from the building are world famous. It is also a major shopping strip for both locals and visitors, with all kinds of small stores to huge department store for everyday needs.
• Tsim Sha Tsui also is a major shopping area for locals & visitors with a number of major Shopping Malls in the area. You can find most of the world-famous luxury brands in these mall, although they are most frequented by tourists from Mainland China.
• Knutsford Terrace, near the Miramar hotel is perhaps best described as the 'Lang Kwai Fong' of Kowloon, and has a large number of bars and restaurants of variable quality that cater for mid-range budgets. A little smaller and less frenetic than Lan Kwai Fong, but this narrow street is also a popular meeting place on a Saturday evening.

• Ashley Road, between Nathan Road and the Ocean Terminal shopping mall, features many Western restaurants and bars.
• You can find a variety of gourmets in Carnarvon Road & Lock Rd, where locals go there to feed themselves, from Cantonese Cha chaan teng to French cuisine, Teochow rice noodle to Indian curries even Turkish kebab.
• Take a walk in Kowloon Park where you will find not only pleasant gardens but aviaries, museums, and sporting facilities including Hong Kong's best swimming pool complex which offers both indoor and outdoor pools. The main pool with lane swimming in the lush-green setting is complemented by a wide-range of swimming, diving and children's play-pools appealing to adults and children alike.
• Temple Street south of Mong Kok is a great place to eat Chinese street food. Temple Street, famously featured in Chinese cinema, is one of the few pedestrianised streets in Kowloon where you can sit, relax and watch the world pass by. Seafood is a popular choice, but most restaurants will provide you with an extensive English/Chinese menu that caters for most tastes. Frog is a tasty option, or try the oyster omelettes.
• Parkes St is another area you can find variety of gourmets, including Cantonese, Shanghainese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Thai cuisines. A small shop named Australia Dairy Company is total reflection of Hong Kong efficiency, as each guest has only 10 minutes to enjoy their dairy desserts.

• The immediate area northwest of Jordan Rd and Nathan Rd in Jordan contains a kaleidoscope of cultures and people from India, Laos, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian nations. Many of them have opened restaurants with authentic cuisine of an international flavour. There are also street restaurants offering Chinese-style seafood, where you can closely view fish, shrimp or crab before being slaughtered for your order. Although the neighbourhood looks run down, it is safe and filled with pedestrian and vehicular traffic almost around-the-clock. At night, you'll likely get solicited for patronage by restaurant employees.

If you would like to go further, you can either take East Rail Line to Mong Kok East from Hung Hum Station, or take buses to different hang-outs on the Hong Kong Island, from the Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus Terminus. Both the train station and the bus terminus are next to our venue, PolyU.

• Mong Kok (旺角) has a huge choice of shops and markets in an area of less than a square kilometre. You can also find many Cafés, and gourmets from local street food, to high end Western dishes. It is also a rather local hangout, where you can find clothes, sports shoes, electronic gadget and karaoke. Visitors may find Tong Choi St & Fa Yuen St interesting, as they are the few remaining street market in the territories.
• Wan Chai (灣仔) is much more than a couple of blocks of girlie-bars populated by drunken American sailors; after all, the World of Suzie Wong was just a work of fiction set in Wan Chai during a bygone age. Located between Causeway Bay and Admiralty, Wanchai has an inner-city feel that makes it an interesting but safe area to walk around at any time. Wan Chai has traditional street markets that, unlike many other neighbourhoods, are still outdoors. In the so-called wet-markets, butchers hang animal carcasses on large hooks that overshadow pavements and fishmongers have stalls with live fish that do their best to escape. Between Johnston Road and Queen's Road East are numerous alleys that are worth exploring if you are looking for traditional family-run shops selling anything from tropical fish to cheap clothing.

• Central (中環), previously known as Victoria, this is 'downtown' Hong Kong and maybe defined as the area within walking distance of Central MTR station. Head north towards the harbour and you will find modern buildings such as the IFC shopping mall. Alternatively, make your way uphill towards the mountain and you will encounter some of the oldest parts of Hong Kong.
  • Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊) , a small area just southwest of Central Station focussed on the L-shaped street of Lan Kwai Fong and also including parts of D'Aguilar Street, Wellington Street and Wyndham Street forming a square around Lan Kwai Fong. The area is packed with restaurants, bars and clubs. Popular with expatriates and local customers.
  • Soho (蘇豪美食區), an entertainment zone between Hollywood Road and Bonham Road–Caine Road, besides restaurants, bars and clubs, the area also features galleries and shops. Take the elevated walkway from the IFC mall to catch the escalator up.
  • Victoria Peak (山頂) a high class neighbourhood and popular tourist destination that looks down on Central and Victoria Harbour.
• Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣), shopping district that is home to large department stores, such as Sogo. Causeway Bay is one of the most densely populated areas of Hong Kong, crowded most of the time, but here you can eat and shop until very late. Some major supermarkets and eateries stay open 24 hours. Times Square in Causeway Bay is a major focal point, especially at the 'calendar' New Year when you will be wise to stay away if you hate crowds. The area is also popular among Hong Kong's youth and is a good place to observe the latest fashion trends.

The proposed conference venue is next to East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong's museum district with a four major museums and other cultural venues along the promenade. We hope that this geographical proximity may boost our efforts in WP:GLAM outreach! A one-week museum pass for all exhibitions in these museums are available for HK$30 (US$4, €3, £3).

• Hong Kong Science Museum. Large museum with many interactive exhibits including a energy machine and an airplane. A museum which decided to make an architectural statement about its purpose, yet somehow got it horribly wrong. Although primarily aimed at children, museum-savvy adults will also certainly find an amazing time playing with the exhibits. The maths puzzles and optical illusions on the top floor are challenging. The museum hosts the world's biggest energy machine which spans the entire museum and runs for a few minutes every two hours.
• Hong Kong Museum of History. A history museum in its conventional sense, but better. Experience the Hong Kong Story and forget the idea that all of Hong Kong museums are frumpy and boring. The Hong Kong Story is a real must go and do, ideal for those who want to make sense of Hong Kong's vibrant past in a way that is engaging and interactive. Allow at least two hours for your visit. Special exhibitions are also available, usually covering a specific era in the history of Hong Kong.
• Hong Kong Museum of Art. The national gallery of Hong Kong, the Museum of Art hosts permanent and temporal exhibitions of paintings, calligraphy, pottery and other artistic artifacts from both local artists, China, and the West.
• Hong Kong Space Museum. Affectionately known as "the egg" by locals, the museum has the oldest planetarium cinema (hence "the egg") in Hong Kong, long before the days of IMAX. It also houses a permanent exhibition on astronomy.
• Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The Cultural Centre is the prime theatre and concert location in Hong Kong, and is the home concert hall of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Despite its peculiar exterior shape, the architecture has created a superb indoor space that is ideal for the sights and sounds of each performance. Its comfortable atmosphere and clean, free lavatories made it a hotspot for locals and tourists alike.

Hong Kong has consulates general for more than 50 nations, some even are the ones of the largest diplomatic mission in the region.

Only consulates-general are listed here (in case of the Portugese Republic, whose CG is located in Macau), there are some nations are represented by Honourary Consuls, please refer to the information on Website of HK Government's Protocol Division.

Full list of Consulates general in Hong Kong

Nation CG Address Region Angola Units 2302-4, 23/F, Office Tower Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Rd Wanchai Argentina Room 412 – 416, 4/F, Jardine House 1 Connaught Place, Central Central, HK Island Australia Harbour Centre, 23-24/F 25 Harbour Road Wanchai Austria Rm 2201, Chinachem Tower 34–37 Connaught Rd Central, HKI Belgium 9/F, St. John's Building 33 Garden Road Central Bangladesh Room 4007 China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road Wanchai Brazil Rooms 2014–21, Sun Hung Kai Centre 30 Harbour Road Wanchai Brunei Office 05-07, 24/F, Tower 2 Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway Admiralty Cambodia Unit 1218, 12/F Star House, 3 Salisbury Road Tsim Sha Tsui Canada 11/F-14/F One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place Central Chile Unit 1712, West Tower Shun Tak Centre, 168–200 Connaught Rd Central Sheung Wan Colombia Unit 1215, 12/F, China Merchants Tower Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Rd Central Sheung Wan Czech Republic Rm 1204–05 Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Rd Wanchai Denmark Rm 2402B Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Rd Wanchai Egypt Suite No. 1, 22/F Sino Plaza, 255–257 Gloucester Rd Causeway Bay Finland Room 2405-8, Dah Sing Financial Centre, 108 Gloucester Rd Wanchai France Admiralty Centre, Tower II 26/F, 18 Harcourt Rd Admiralty Germany 21/F, United Centre 95 Queensway Admiralty Greece Room 1208, 12/F Harcourt House, 39 Gloucester Rd Wanchai India Unit D, 16/F United Centre, 95 Queensway Admiralty Indonesia 6–8 Keswick St Causeway Bay Iran Unit 1001-2 & 1010, 10/F Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Rd Wanchai Israel Room 701, Tower 2 Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road Admiralty Italy Suite 3201 Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road Wanchai Japan 46-47/F One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place Central, HKI Kazakhstan Unit 3106, 31/F West Tower, Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Rd Central Sheung Wan North Korea Room 3502, 35/F China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road Wanchai South Korea 5-6/F Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Rd Wanchai Kuwait Unit 4502, Office Tower Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Rd Wanchai Laos Room 1402 Arion Commercial Centre 2–12 Queen's Road West Sheung Wan Malaysia 24/F Malaysia Building, 50 Gloucester Rd Wan Chai Mexico Rooms 3004-06, 30/F Shui On Centre, 6–8 Harbour Rd Wanchai Mongolia Unit 1503, 88 Gloucester Rd Wanchai Myanmar Rooms 2401–2405, 2436–2440 Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd Wanchai Nepal Unit 715, Seapower Tower (North Tower) Concordia Plaza, 1 Science Museum Rd Tsim Sha Tsui the Netherlands Suite 5702, 57/F Cheung Kong Center, 2 Queen's Rd Central Central, HKI New Zealand 6501, Central Plaza 18 Harbour Rd Wanchai Nigeria Rm 2403, 24/F Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Rd Wanchai Pakistan Rooms 803-4, 8/F Tung Wai Commercial Building, 109–111 Gloucester Road Wanchai Peru Unit 1401, 14/F, China Merchants Tower 168 – 200 Connaught Road Sheung Wan The Philippines 14/F, United Centre 95 Queensway Admiralty Poland Room 2506 Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Rd East Wanchai Portugal Rua Pedro Nolasco da Silva, No 45, G/F Macau Romania Office No. 3A, 21/F 148 Electric Road North Point Russia Rooms 2106–2123, 21/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd Wanchai Saudi Arabia Suite 6401-3 Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road Wanchai Singapore Unit 901, 9/F Admiralty Centre Tower 1 18 Harcourt Rd Admiralty South Africa 27/F, Rm 2706–2710 Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Road Wanchai Spain Suite 5303, 53/F Central Plaza, 18 Habour Rd Wanchai Sweden Room 2501, 25/F Bank of East Asia Harbour View Centre, 56 Gloucester Road Wanchai Switzerland Suites 6206-07 Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Rd Wanchai Thailand Fairmont House, 8/F 8 Cotton Tree Drive Central, HKI Turkey Room 301, 3/F Sino Plaza, 255–257 Gloucester Rd Causeway Bay United Arab Emirates Unit 2205-6 MassMutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road Wan Chai United Kingdom 1 Supreme Court Road Admiralty United States 26 Garden Rd Central Venezuela Suite 5405, Central Plaza 18 Harbour Rd Wanchai Viet Nam 15/F Great Smart Tower, 230 Wan Chai Rd Wanchai Zimbabwe Room 909, 9/F Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Rd Wanchai

• Macau, the former Portuguese colony and present largest gambling haven in the world, is just an hour away by TurboJet ferry. It was the first European enclave in East Asia, and a major trading port from its founding in the 1500s. Today its main attractions are casinos, European food and wine, and old colonial buildings. Ticket prices start at $18 for the one-hour ride to Macau. The ferry building is near the Sheung Wan MTR station on Hong Kong Island. Less frequent ferries are also available from New World First Ferry in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon and the Hong Kong International Airport.

• Shenzhen, mainland China's boomtown just across the border can be reached by MTR train services in about 40 minutes. The train is convenient if you are keen on shopping as it terminates in the Lo Wu commercial centre. Another alternative, especially if you are starting from the island is the ferry to Shekou which takes around 50 minutes and costs around $13. Note that if you are not a Hong Kong resident, Japanese nor Singaporean citizen, you will need to pre-arrange a general PRC visa to enter Shenzhen prior to arriving in Hong Kong, or through China Travel Service once in town.

• Guangzhou, capital of mainland China's Guangdong Province, which was known as Canton in the tea-clipper era. Guangzhou is thousands of years old and has always been the most important city of Southern China. It is also considered the root of the Cantonese culture in Hong Kong, Macau and all over the world. Guangzhou can be reached by train within 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on Guangdong Line. If you are on a budget, many cross border buses are available throughout Hong Kong. The trip will take more than 3 hours, including going through customs at the border and changing buses. Check bus schedules and fares online.

Also, there are several nearby areas in South China that are well worth visiting:

• Guilin and Yangshuo for famous mountain and river scenery, possibly returning via Southern China's greatest city, Guangzhou.
• Hainan for tropical beaches.
• Wu Yi Mountain for history and scenery, returning via the lively modern city Xiamen.
• Yunnan a very popular tourist destination, home to many of China's minority ethnic groups and the self-proclaimed Shangri-La County.

All amounts are in USD.

Revenue
Item	USD($)	HKD($)
Regular Registrations	$13,650.00	$105,924.00	300 people, $33.00 early, $58.00 late
Student & Wikimedian Registrations	$14,750.00	$114,460.00	500 people, $20.00 early, $39.00 late
Diamond Sponsorship	$41,237.11	$320,000.00	1 sponsor. Naming rights to a lounge space, 5 VIP tickets, full-page ad in the program, exhibit table, name & logo prominent on conference website, promotional items in attendee bag, logo prominent on slideshow prior to start of plenary sessions
Platinum Sponsorship	$30,927.84	$240,000.00	1 sponsor. Naming rights to attendee party, 4 VIP tickets, full-page ad in the program, exhibit table, name & logo prominent on conference website, promotional items in attendee bag, logo prominent on slideshow prior to start of plenary sessions
Gold Sponsorships	$57,989.69	$450,000.00	3 sponsors @ $19,329.90. Naming rights to a lunch break, 3 VIP tickets, half-page ad in the program, exhibit table, name & logo prominent on conference website, promotional items in attendee bag, logo prominent on slideshow prior to start of plenary sessions
Silver Sponsorships	$72,164.95	$560,000.00	7 sponsors @ $10,309.28. Two VIP tickets, naming rights to a coffee break or breakfast, quarter-page ad in the program, exhibit table, name & logo on conference website, promotional items in attendee bag, logo on slideshow prior to start of plenary sessions
Bronze Sponsorships	$74,097.94	$575,000.00	10 sponsors @ $7409.79. Two VIP tickets, acknowledgement in the program, name & logo on conference website, name on slideshow prior to start of plenary sessions
Total Revenue	$304,814.53	$2,365,384.00
Expenditures
Meals	$94,458.76	$733,000.00	Includes a light breakfast and lunch, as well as coffee breaks. Here is a breakdown of the budgeted total: Budgeted total $12,242.27 – pre-conference $82,216.49 – main conference $94,458.76 – grand total
Meeting space	$45,876.29	$356,000.00
Accommodations for VIPs	$5,154.64	$40,000.00	For out-of-town VIPs.
Travel for VIPs	$7,087.63	$55,000.00	VIPs accounted for in this line item are primarily keynote speakers and community leaders
Insurance	$12,886.60	$100,000.00
Scholarships	$51,546.39	$400,000.00	A "full ride" to Wikimania for someone outside the continent.
Technical	$6,443.30	$50,000.00
Promotional materials & supplies	$12,242.27	$95,000.00	Includes t-shirts.
Participant gift bags	$4,123.71	$32,000.00	1000 bags – we will use in-kind donations for the items
Attendee party	$11,597.94	$90,000.00
VIP reception	$19,329.90	$150,000.00
Volunteer appreciation	$1,159.79	$9,000.00	Comped registration and goodies for volunteers
Conference consultant	$2,061.86	$16,000.00
Contingency	$30,845.45	$239,384.00
Total Expenditures	$304,814.53	$2,365,384.00

DotAsia, the sponsoring organization and registry operator of the .asia top-level domain, has agreed to be a co-organizer and sponsor of Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong. DotAsia was a sponsor of Wikimania 2007 in Taipei, and has a long-standing working partnership with Wikimedia Hong Kong in conference organization, in particular the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) and the Regional Internet Governance Forum (RIGF). Through DotAsia, Wikimedia Hong Kong is currently approaching past sponsors of APRICOT and RIGF for further sponsorship opportunities.

The Chapter is also in touch with relevant government department to ask for support. So far the responses have been positive, and Mr Greg So, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the HKSAR government, had already signed and sent us a letter of support to Hong Kong's Bid.

As one of the world's leading international financial centres, Hong Kong is home to many of Asia's biggest media players. The loose regulation over the establishment of a newspaper makes Hong Kong home to many international media such as Asian Wall Street Journal and FEER, and a number of prominent international broadcasters with studios & offices in Hong Kong, including CNN & Bloomberg, or at least correspondents in Hong Kong covers local affairs and events in the nearby region. With one of the world's largest press industries Hong Kong is also a major centre for print journalism.

By 2009, 4.3 million Hong Kong residents were online, a penetration rate of nearly 70% (official statistics), and new media & social media is popular and vibrant in the town. Social media & Internet related events are celebrated all around the year in the City, including Web-Wednesdays and Barcamp.

Full list of media outlets in Hong Kong

From the experience of previous Chinese Wikimedia Conference the local commercial print media, that would be interested in covering various aspects of this event. A new trend that is different from the situation in 2006, for Hong Kong print media is free newspapers, and most of which belongs to a group with a paid newspaper, are more and more popular. Newspaper name Format Free/Paid Language Web site Apple Daily (蘋果日報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/ Hong Kong Commercial Daily (香港商報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.hkcd.com.hk/ Hong Kong Daily News (新報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.hkdailynews.com.hk/ Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報財經新聞) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.hkej.com/ Hong Kong Economic Times (香港經濟日報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.hket.com/ Ming Pao (明報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.hkej.com/ Oriental Daily News (東方日報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://orientaldaily.on.cc/ Sing Pao Daily News (成報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.singpao.com/ Sing Tao Daily (星島日報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.singtao.com/ The Sun (太陽報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://the-sun.on.cc/ Ta Kung Pao (大公報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://www.takungpao.com.hk/ Wen Wei Po (文匯報) Daily broadsheet Paid Chinese http://wenweipo.com/ South China Morning Post Daily broadsheet Paid English http://www.scmp.com/ The Standard Daily tabloid (weekdays) Free English http://www.thestandard.com.hk/ China Daily Hong Kong Edition Daily broadsheet Paid English http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/hk/ am730 Daily tabloid (weekdays) Free Chinese http://www.am730.com.hk/ Headline Daily (頭條日報) Daily tabloid (weekdays) Free Chinese http://www.hkheadline.com/ Metro Daily (都市日報) Daily tabloid (weekdays) Free Chinese http://www.metrohk.com.hk/ Sky Post (晴報) Daily tabloid (weekdays) Free Chinese http://www.skypost.hk/ Sharp Daily (爽報) Daily tabloid (weekdays) Free Chinese http://m.sharpdaily.hk/ 2 broadcast television networks, ATV and TVB, and several subscription networks are available for the public in Hong Kong, and most of them are produced and broadcasted in a digital television format. All the networks have extensive local news broadcasts, and some with a 24/7 channel dedicated on real-time news programs. Some of them are particularly broadcasts in public transports and open spaces such as shopping arcade. The public broadcaster RTHK also produced current affairs program, though without her own channels, the program had to broadcast via the networks. Television stations Channels produces Free/Paid Language Web site (news) TVB (無線電視) 5 Free/Pay Chinese/English http://mytv.tvb.com/news/ ATV (亞洲電視) 3 Free Chinese/English http://www.hkatvnews.com/ Cable TV Hong Kong (有線電視) 54 Pay English/ Cantonese/ Mandarin http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ NOW TV 30 Pay English/ Cantonese/ Mandarin http://news.now.com/ HKBN bbTV 15 Pay English/ Cantonese/ Mandarin http://www.bbtv.com.hk/ Phoenix Television (鳳凰衛視) 6 Free/Pay Mandarin/ Cantonese http://ifeng.com/ Hong Kong is home to a variety of radio stations that offer programming in Cantonese & English, and a few in languages of different ethnic groups in the territories. Aside from local AM and FM radio channels, online radio is also booming. AM/FM Frequency/ DAB+ Channel Radio Channel Language Operator Website FM 92.6 kHz, 94.4 kHz RTHK 1 Cantonese RTHK http://rthk.hk FM 94.8 kHz, 96.9 kHz RTHK 2 Cantonese RTHK http://rthk.hk AM 567 kHz, AM 1584 kHz RTHK 3 English / Nepalese/ Urdu RTHK http://rthk.hk FM 97.6 kHz, 98.9 kHz RTHK 4 Cantonese/English RTHK http://rthk.hk AM 783 kHz, FM 99.4 kHz RTHK 5 Cantonese RTHK http://rthk.hk AM 675 kHz RTHK 6 (BBC World Service) English RTHK http://rthk.hk AM 621 kHz RTHK Putonghua Mandarin RTHK http://rthk.hk FM 88.1 kHz, 89.5 kHz Supercharged 881 (雷霆881) Cantonese Commercial Radio http://881903.com FM 90.3 kHz, 92.1 kHz Ultimate 903 (叱咤903) Cantonese Commercial Radio http://881903.com AM 864 KHz AM864 English / Nepalese/ Urdu Commercial Radio http://881903.com FM 99.7 kHz, 102.1 kHz Metro Info(新城知訊台) Cantonese Metro Radio http://www.metroradio.com.hk/ FM 102.4 kHz, 106.3 kHz Metro Finance (新城財經台) Cantonese Metro Radio http://www.metroradio.com.hk/ AM 1044 kHz AM1044 Metro Plus (新城采訊台) English /Tagalog/ Indonesian Metro Radio http://www.metroradio.com.hk/ DAB+ 01 DBC Loud (數碼大聲台) Cantonese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/ DAB+ 02 DBC Family (數碼大家台) Cantonese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/ DAB+ 03 DBC Money (數碼大錢台) Cantonese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/ DAB+ 04 DBC Wave (數碼大晒台) Cantonese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/ DAB+ 05 DBC We (數碼大同台) Indonesian/Tagalog/Thai/Hindu/urdu/ Nepalese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/ DAB+ 06 DBC Melody (數碼大歌台) Cantonese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/ DAB+ 07 DBC Opera (數碼大戲台) Cantonese DBC http://www.dbc.hk/

The Wikimania conference has been covered nearly every year by the New York Times, and we anticipate that coverage by these major media from all around the world would increase were the 2013 conference to be held in Hong Kong, because of most of these media have their own correspondent in Hong Kong all the time. Experience from previous Chinese Wikimedia Conference also tell us, such international event will bring local media coverage as well, and a number of them are constantly in touch with the Communication Commission of the Hong Kong Chapter. Keynote speakers of high caliber will also help to bring in additional media interest, and the bid team is prepared to coordinate media engagement throughout the event, as a number of volunteers are actually working within the media sector or under professional journalism training.

Le dollar de Hong Kong (Hong Kong dollar, 港幣 or HKD) est la monnaie de Hong Kong. En chinois, un dollar est connu officiellement comme le yuen (元) et familièrement comme les hommes (蚊) en cantonais. Vous pouvez supposer que le signe «$» utilisé dans le territoire se réfère à HKD que si elle inclut les initiales d'autres (par exemple aux US$ pour se pour le dollar américain). Le HKD est également largement acceptée à Macao en lieu et place de leur monnaie à la maison à un taux de 1:1.

Bureaux de change sont disponibles à l'aéroport, ainsi que la plupart des banques. Dollar australien, Dollar canadien, Renminbi, Euro, Roupie indienne, Yen japonais, Macao Pataca, Ringgit Malaisien, Dollar néo-zélandais, le dollar singapourien, Rand sud-africain, Won Sud-Coréen, Franc suisse, Dollar Taïwanais, le baht thaïlandais, Livre Sterling et aux dollar américain sont tous largement échangé.

Section Devises le 25 Jan 2012 (http://www.xe.com/) Devise pour 1 HKD pour HKD Currency pour 1 HKD pour HKD Dollar australien A$ 0.12242 HK$ 8.16849 Dollar de Singapour S$ 0.163270 HK$ 6.12482 Dollar canadien C$ 0.13028 HK$ 7.67552 Rand sud africain R 1.02268 HK$ 0.97782 Renminbi ¥ 0.815998 HK$ 1.22549 Won sud-coréen ₩ 145.006 HK$ 0.00689626 Euro € 0.09879 HK$ 10.1224 Franc suisse S₣ 0.119658 HK$ 8.35715 Roupie indienne ₹ 6.44689 HK$ 0.15511 Nouveau dollar de Taïwan NT$ 3.85064 HK$ 0.259697 Yen japonais ¥ 10.0553 HK$ 0.09945 Baht ฿ 4.06593 HK$ 0.245946 Pataca de Macao MOP$ 1.03000 HK$ 0.970874 Livre sterling £ 0.08280 HK$ 12.0779 Ringgit RM 0.396655 HK$ 2.52108 Dollar américain US$ 0.12885 HK$ 7.76106 Dollar néo-zélandais NZ$ 0.15888 HK$ 6.29408

Automated Teller Machines (ATM's) are common in urban areas. They usually accept VISA, MasterCard, and to certain degree UnionPay. Maestro and Cirrus cards are widely accepted also. They dispense $100, $500 or rarely $1000 notes depending on the request. Credit card use is common in most shops for major purchases. Most retailers accept VISA and MasterCard, and some accept American Express as well. Maestro debit cards however are not widely accepted by retailers. Signs with the logo of different credit cards are usually displayed at the door to indicate which cards are accepted.

La carte Octopus (八達通, "bat dat tung" en cantonais) est une carte à puce rechargeable sans contact utilisée par un système de paiement électronique à Hong Kong. Lors de son lancement en 1997, elle est adoptée comme moyen de paiement dans les transports en commun. Et puis, des épiceries, des supermarchés, des magasins de restauration rapide(i.e. McDonald's), des parkings et des distributeurs automatiques ont commencé à l’accepter. La Carte Octopus est un des systèmes de poche électroniques qui ont eu le plus de succès dans le monde, avec plus de 10 millions de cartes sur le marché. Elle remplace les billets magnétiques d’autrefois.

There is variety of dining from the budget to the gastronomic, from McDonalds to Joel Robuchon, from Mak's Noodle to the reknowned Yung Kee. As with local-style Tea restaurant, "Yum cha" could be a valuable and exotic dining experience.

Food	HKD	USD	€	£
BigMac Meal	20	2.58	1.98	1.66
3 course meal w/ wine (at high-end restaurant)	1300	167.53	128.46	107.71
3 course meal w/o wine (at high-end restaurant)	1000	128.87	98.81	82.85
Vegetable Salad	19	2.45	1.88	1.57
"Pizza Hut" Regular-sized pizza w/ 3 toppings	112	14.43	11.07	9.28
"Pizza Hut" Large pizza w/ 3 toppings	156	20.10	15.42	12.92
Sandwich (1 piece)	19	2.45	1.88	1.57
Sandwich (whole)	36	4.64	3.56	2.98
KFC basket meal for 3 persons	105	13.53	10.38	8.70
KFC basket meal for 4 persons	155	19.97	15.32	12.84
Yum Cha for lunch (per person)	70	9.02	6.92	5.80
Yum Cha as afternoon tea (each person)	50	6.44	4.94	4.14
A set meal in tea restaurant	35	4.51	3.46	2.90
Breakfast (an egg, bread, noodle, hotand cold drinks)	25	3.22	2.47	2.07
club sandwich w/ drink	40	5.15	3.95	3.31
caesar salad, chicken thigh, w/ drink	30	3.87	2.96	2.49

There are many coffee shop and Cafe in Hong Kong, therefore you can enjoy a cup of brew at anywhere. Beside that, there are many take-away beverage store selling Taiwanese flavored tea. No matter where you are, having a drink could never be a problem.

Beverage	HKD	USD	€	£
Mineral Water	7	0.90	0.69	0.58
Sparkling Water	18	2.32	1.78	1.49
Coca Cola	7	0.90	0.69	0.58
Espresso	15	1.93	1.48	1.24
Double Espresso	18	2.32	1.78	1.49
Latte	30	3.87	2.96	2.49
Cappuccino	30	3.87	2.96	2.49
Mocha	33	4.25	3.26	2.73
Chocolate	30	3.87	2.96	2.49
Beer	11	1.42	1.09	0.91

For an access to commercial Wifi hot-spots mainly provided by PCCW and Y5ZONE, with whom one week of unlimited usage costs $9 (Nov 2011). Those companies also have daily, weekly and monthly plan ($20 and $13 per month for PCCW and Y5ZONE, respectively). Some restaurants such as McDonald's and café as Starbucks provide 20 minutes of free WIFI access provided by Y5ZONE.

Most hotels these days, even down market ones, provide Wi-Fi access in their lobbies to their guests. Free wifi may also be available in some shopping malls and the airport. There are also some fixed internet terminals at the airport and in a number of MTR stations. Citybus and NWFB also provide free wifi service on some of their buses, notably the Cityflyer, the service run by Citybus which connects the downtown Hong Kong Island & Kowloon with the Airport. The government also offers a big network of free WIFI [2] hot spots in most government premises and public libraries.

3G-enabled phone users can choose a temporary 3G plan from different operators. Some operators, offer an unlimited 3G access for a week at a reasonable price. Any of the city's [five] mobile operators has branded shops where such SIM cards are sold without requirement for registration.

Network / ISP	minimum pre-stored value HKD	budget for 7 days
USD		€	£
Three (3HK)	98	25.26	19.37	16.24
SmarTone	48	21.65	16.60	13.92
one2free	48	10.05	7.71	6.46
PCCW	68	related the data usage
CMHK	88	4.90	3.75	3.15

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  The Peak Tower
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  Dim Sum
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  Happy Valley Racecourse at night
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  Tai O Market
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  Repulse Bay
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  A sightseeing Sampan of Aberdeen
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  Cantonese Opera
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  Jumbo Kingdom at night
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  The market in Apliu Street
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  Wong Tai Sin Temple
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  Cross Harbour Tunnel
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  Chi Lin Nunnery
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  Symphony of Lights
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  Big Buddha
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  SoHo, a lively dining district
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  Hong Kong Wetland Park
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  Lan Kwai Fong
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  Graffiti of Tsang Tsou Choi aka Emperor of Kowloon
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  Bank of China Tower
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  Mong Kok
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  Statue Square abuts Connaught Road
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  Nathan Road, Jordan section
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  People rush to another line in MTR Admiralty Station
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  Siu Mei/ Cantonese Barbecued food
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  The Peak Tram of Hong Kong
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  Tong sui
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  Buses at the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier Terminus
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  Seafood Cuisine store
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  Temple Street
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  Teahouse
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  Tram
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  Egg Tart
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  Star Ferry
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  Pineapple Bun
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  Ngong Ping 360
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  Rice Roll

Weaknesses of the proposed location ...and how to overcome those weaknesses

1. Weather conditions in August

   The weather in Hong Kong is hot and humid in August. However, the venue is well air-conditioned for participants' comfort. Also, our party is held on the beach so anyone who wanted to cool down oneself can have a dip into the sea.

   For the same reason, the event is held at a unified venue where most of the walkways and passages are indoors, and accommodation is nearby. This will minimize discomfort due to the sub-tropical weather.

   Although typhoons affect Hong Kong, actual damages are usually minor. In the case of adverse weather conditions, special arrangements will be made to maintain the programme of the event within the venue.

2. Cost may be high

   The cost of this event can be high. However, we are a charity and we can utilize such status to gain waivers and better prices. Also, many sponsors are willing to provide in-kind sponsorship which would help us lower the cost.

   Accommodation fee is rather high in the area surrounding the venue. Therefore, once our bid is successful we will reserve a block of rooms in the hotels and hostels which would lower the accommodation cost.

3. Far from Europe and Americas

   Hong Kong is geographically from Europe and the Americas, where many past Wikimania participants come from, and travel costs may therefore be expensive. Fortunately, Hong Kong is also very well-connected to most parts of the world by air travel (see #Getting to Hong Kong), and we are trying to obtain air-fare discounts for Wikimania participants.

   We believe that rotation of location is important to Wikimania, which has not been held in the Asia-Pacific region since 2007. By hosting Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong, we hope to bring in Wikimedians from East and Southeast Asia, and encourage the growth of Wikimedian communities in the region.

4. Air pollution concerns

   Air pollution has been getting notorious year by year in Hong Kong due to economic development in both Hong Kong and mainland China and local vehicular traffic growth. It gets rather bad during winter when northerly winds worsen the air quality in Hong Kong in winter, making the air quality rather hazardous.

   However, Wikimania 2013 is planned to be held in summer, which the prevailing wind is easterly and southerly winds from the South China Sea. Also, most of the conference is held indoors which would be climate controlled so any adverse effects of outdoor air quality will be lessen. Our main party would be held in the countryside by the sea which would also have cleaner air.

Strengths of the proposed location

1. Easy to access

   Hong Kong International Airport can be accessed by direct flights from most major cities. The airport is connected to the downtown, as well as the venue, by reliable public transport including buses and the MTR. Also, visitors from most countries can come to Hong Kong visa-free.

   The venue, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is located near the Tsim Sha Tsui area, which is the transportation hub in Kowloon downtown, and has many sightseeing spots.

   We also hope to attract Wikipedians in China. Although it is difficult for mainland Chinese to get the visas for foreign countries, an entry permit to Hong Kong is more easily obtained. Therefore, having Wikimania in Hong Kong makes a good opportunity for Chinese Wikipedians to attend.

2. Safety

   Hong Kong is believed to be one of the safest cities in the world. According to the figures from the Hong Kong Police, the crime rate is much less than other major cities. The chance for Hong Kong being threatened by terrorism is low compared to many other world cities.

3. Freedom of press and no Internet censorship

   The freedom of press in Hong Kong is one of the highest in Asia. As there is no internet censorship, information can be accessed and published freely in Hong Kong.

4. Mobile Internet

   Internet can be easily accessed anywhere with blanket 3G coverage and unlimited wifi services available. Wifi is available in the Wikimania venue, and free unlimited wifi services are available in many other places in Hong Kong. Other wifi services are also provided with a very low cost as illustrated above.

5. Huge Sponsorship Opportunities in Asia-Pacific

   Asia-Pacific headquarters of many multinational companies are located in Hong Kong. Many local companies have developed from Hong Kong to Asia-Pacific and even the whole world. Having Wikimania in Hong Kong will develop links between the Wikimedia movement and these companies, and providing more opportunities for cooperation, bringing sponsorship to the Wikimania itself.

6. Cost

   Compared to other countries with similar economic standards, cost of items such as transport and food is relatively affordable. Hong Kong is good for shopping as most of items are tax-free, even wine and cosmetics.

7. Basic need available 24/7

   The majority of the accommodation will be arranged in the area of Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan and Hung Hom, where there are plenty of 24-hour restaurants and convenience stores. Buses and mini-buses provide overnight services so visitors can always regain their hotels at all hours.

8. Variety of travel opportunity

   As a regional transportation hub in China, as well as in Asia, visitors can easily transfer to nearby destinations such as Macau, mainland China, Taiwan and the rest of South East Asia – a short ride on land, by ferry or a short flight.

9. Energetic local community

   Hong Kong has a long-standing and energetic Wikipedian community which meets every month. Our experience in organizing the Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006 in Hong Kong and in 2009 in Macau will be a key success factor of the conference if held in this city.

10. Government Vocal Support

    Government has given vocal support (as proved from the letter of support above) and we are discussing with several departments for further collaboration.

Parts of the page was adapted from relevant pages from Wikitravel, which are based on work by Claus Hansen, Martin Cox, Samuel Chan, Edison Chua and Bill Ellett, Wikitravel user(s) Globe-trotter, Timeo and Sumone10154, and anonymous editors, released under cc-by-sa 3.0 licence.