HOME
TRANSPORT
SIGHTS
- TOURS
- CNY TOURS
- EXPLORE
GALLERY
- ALBUM 1
- ALBUM 2
- VIDEOS
INFO
- HKG
  - GEN INFO
- MACAU
- CHINA
- HOTELS
- TIPS
SITEMAP
LINKS
- LINKS P1
- LINKS P2
CONTACT

General information on Hong Kong

HONG KONG PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

GEOGRAPHY

CURRENCY

USEFUL NUMBERS

HKG VISA REQUIREMENTS

CLIMATE

Remarks: The information is provided for reference purposes only

HONG KONG PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

GEOGRAPHY

Hong Kong is situated on the southeast coast of China at the mouth of the Pearl River facing the South China Sea. Covering an area of 1,104 square kilometres (425 square miles), the territory is made up of Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. At the core is Victoria Harbour, which separates Hong Kong Island from Kowloon and beyond that, the New Territories that runs up to the boundary with Mainland China. As well as making up the bulk of Hong Kong's land mass, the New Territories also incorporates 262 outlying islands, including Lantau where the HK Airport is located.

Despite its dense urban environment, more than 70% of Hong Kong's total area is rural, including about 40% designated as protected country parks and nature reserves that are all easily accessible.

CURRENCY

The legal tender is the Hong Kong dollar (HK$), which is linked to the US dollar at a rate of about 7.80 HKD to 1 USD, although exchange rates may fluctuate slightly. Interestingly, Hong Kong banknotes are issued by three banks (HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of China), and vary in design and colour for each denomination.

USEFUL NUMBERS

Weather Forecast

1878 200

Consumer Council (complaints against merchants)

2929 2222

Police

999

HKG VISA REQUIREMENTS

Nationality of foreign country (Territory)/ Type of Travel Document	Visa free period for visit not exceeding	*Always require VISA, except* in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area**
AFGHANISTAN	-	Visa Required
ALBANIA	-	Visa Required
ALGERIA	14 Days	-
ANDORRA	90 Days	-
ANGOLA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
ANGOLA Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
ANGUILLA	90 Days	-
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	90 Days	-
ARGENTINA	90 Days	-
ARMENIA	-	Visa Required
AUSTRALIA	90 Days	-
AUSTRIA	90 Days	-
AZERBAIJAN	-	Visa Required
BAHAMAS	90 Days	-
BAHRAIN	30 Days	-
BANGLADESH	-	Visa Required^
BANGLADESH Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
BARBADOS	90 Days	-
BELARUS	-	Visa Required
BELGIUM	90 Days	-
BELIZE	90 Days	-
BENIN	14 Days	-
BERMUDA	90 Days	-
BHUTAN	14 Days	-
BOLIVIA	30 Days	-
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	14 Days	-
BOTSWANA	90 Days	-
BRAZIL	90 Days	-
BRITAIN (British citizens)	180 Days	-
BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)	90 Days	-
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY	90 Days	-
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	90 Days	-
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	90 Days	-
BRUNEI	90 Days	-
BULGARIA	90 Days	-
BURKINA FASO	14 Days	-
BURUNDI (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required^
BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
CAMBODIA	-	Visa Required
CAMEROON (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required^
CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
CANADA	90 Days	-
CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF)	30 Days	-
CAYMAN ISLANDS	90 Days	-
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	14 Days	-
CHAD	14 Days	-
CHILE	90 Days	-
COLOMBIA	90 Days	-
COMOROS	14 Days	-
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire)	-	Visa Required*
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required^
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
COSTA RICA	30 Days	-
Costa Rican Provisional passports	-	Visa Required
"Documento de Identidad Y Viaje" issued by Costa Rican Government	-	Visa Required
COTE D'IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required*
CROATIA	14 Days	-
CUBA	-	Visa Required
CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
CZECH REPUBLIC	90 Days	-
DENMARK	90 Days	-
DJIBOUTI	14 Days	-
DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF)	90 Days	-
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	30 Days	-
ECUADOR	90 Days	-
EGYPT	90 Days	-
EL SALVADOR	30 Days	-
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	14 Days	-
ERITREA (please see remarks)		Visa Required
ESTONIA	90 Days	-
ETHIOPIA	-	Visa Required^
ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES	90 Days	-
FAROE ISLANDS	90 Days	-
FIJI	90 Days	-
FINLAND	90 Days	-
FRANCE	90 Days	-
GABON	14 Days	-
GAMBIA	90 Days	-
GEORGIA	-	Visa Required
GERMANY	90 Days	-
GHANA	-	Visa Required^
GHANA Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
GIBRALTAR	90 Days	-
GREECE	90 Days	-
GREENLAND	90 Days	-
GRENADA	90 Days	-
GUATEMALA	30 Days	-
GUINEA	14 Days	-
GUINEA-BISSAU	14 Days	-
GUYANA	90 Days	-
HAITI	14 Days	-
HONDURAS	30 Days	-
HUNGARY	90 Days	-
ICELAND	90 Days	-
INDIA	14 Days	-
INDONESIA	30 Days	-
IRAN	-	Visa Required
IRAQ (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
ISRAEL	90 Days	-
ITALY	90 Days	-
JAMAICA	90 Days	-
JAPAN	90 Days	-
JORDAN	30 Days	-
KAZAKHSTAN	-	Visa Required
KENYA	90 Days	-
KIRIBATI	90 Days	-
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
KUWAIT	30 Days	-
KYRGYSTAN	-	Visa Required
LAOS	-	Visa Required
LATVIA	90 Days	-
LEBANON	-	Visa Required
LESOTHO	14 Days	-
LIBERIA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
LIBYA	-	Visa Required
LIECHTENSTEIN	90 Days	-
LITHUANIA	90 Days	-
LUXEMBOURG	90 Days	-
MACEDONIA	14 Days	-
MADAGASCAR	14 Days	-
MALAWI	90 Days	-
MALAYSIA	90 Days	-
MALDIVES	90 Days	-
MALI	14 Days	-
MALTA	90 Days	-
MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF)	14 Days	-
MAURITANIA	14 Days	-
MAURITIUS	90 Days	-
MEXICO	90 Days	-
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)	14 Days	-
MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required
MONACO	90 Days	-
MONGOLIA	14 Days	-
MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF )	-	Visa Required
MONTSERRAT	90 Days	-
MOROCCO	30 Days	-
MOZAMBIQUE	14 Days	-
MYANMAR	-	Visa Required
NAMIBIA	90 Days	-
NAURU	90 Days	-
NEPAL	-	Visa Required*
NETHERLANDS	90 Days	-
NEW ZEALAND	90 Days	-
NICARAGUA	-	Visa Required
NIGER	14 Days	-
NIGERIA	-	Visa Required
NORWAY	90 Days	-
OMAN	30 Days	-
PAKISTAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
PALAU	14 Days	-
PALESTINE (STATES OF)	-	Visa Required
PANAMA	-	Visa Required
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	90 Days	-
PARAGUAY	30 Days	-
PERU	30 Days	-
Special Peruvian passports	-	Visa Required
PHILIPPINES	14 Days	-
PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS	90 Days	-
POLAND	90 Days	-
PORTUGAL	90 Days	-
QATAR	30 Days	-
ROMANIA	90 Days	-
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	14 Days	-
RWANDA	14 Days	-
SAMOA (WESTERN)	30 Days	-
SAN MARINO	90 Days	-
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	14 Days	-
SAUDI ARABIA	30 Days	-
SENEGAL	-	Visa Required
SERBIA (Republic of)	-	Visa Required
SEYCHELLES	90 Days	-
SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
SINGAPORE	90 Days	-
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	90 Days	-
SLOVENIA	90 Days	-
SOLOMON ISLANDS	-	Visa Required
SOMALIA	-	Visa Required*
SOUTH AFRICA	30 Days	-
SPAIN	90 Days	-
SRI LANKA	-	Visa Required^
SRI LANKA DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL PASSPORT	14 Days	-
ST. HELENA	90 Days	-
ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)	90 Days	-
ST. KITTS - NEVIS ANGUILLA	90 Days	-
ST. LUCIA	90 Days	-
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	90 Days	-
SUDAN	-	Visa Required
SURINAME	14 Days	-
SWAZILAND	90 Days	-
SWEDEN	90 Days	-
SWITZERLAND	90 Days	-
SYRIA	-	Visa Required
TAJIKISTAN	-	Visa Required
TANZANIA	90 Days	-
THAILAND	30 Days	-
THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	90 Days	-
THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA	90 Days	-
TOGO	-	Visa Required^
TOGO Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
TONGA	90 Days	-
Tongan National passports	-	Visa Required
Tongan Protected Persons passports	-	Visa Required
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	90 Days	-
TUNISIA	30 Days	-
TURKEY	90 Days	-
TURKMENISTAN	-	Visa Required
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	90 Days	-
TUVALU	90 Days	-
TUVALU (with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU')	-	Visa Required
UGANDA	30 Days	-
UKRAINE	14 Days	-
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	30 Days	-
URUGUAY	90 Days	-
Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90	-	Visa Required
U.S.A.	90 Days	-
US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)	14 Days	-
UZBEKISTAN	-	Visa Required
VANUATU	90 Days	-
VATICAN CITY	14 Days	-
Vatican Service passports	-	Visa Required
VENEZUELA	90 Days	-
VIETNAM	-	Visa Required
YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF)	30 Days	-
ZAMBIA	90 Days	-
ZIMBABWE	90 Days	-
All 'stateless' travel document holders	-	Visa Required
Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit	7 Days	-

Remarks :

* All nationals are required to hold a valid visa for the HKSAR for whatever purpose (including those who are in transit and remain on the airside).

^ All nationals (except holders of Diplomatic and Official passports) are required to hold a valid visa for the HKSAR for whatever purpose (including those who are in transit and remain on the airside).

The information in this chapter on visa or entry permit requirements for visitors to the HKSAR is updated in November 2010. There may be subsequent changes from time to time, as deemed by the Hong Kong Immigration Department.

Important: The information above is provided for reference only and MJ Travel Hong Kong does not guarantee the accuracy of the information represented within and can not be held liable arising from any inaccuries within.

CLIMATE

Hong Kong has a subtropical climate with distinct seasons. Typhoon season (our version of a hurricane) is traditionally May to November. When a typhoon is approaching, warnings are broadcast on TV and radio, and signals indicate its significance, the latest position and expected movement of the centre of the tropical cyclone, information on the wind strength, rainfall and sea level in the territory. When typhoon signal 8 is hoisted, businesses and shops close down and flights may be cancelled. There is a separate warning for heavy rain.

Spring - March to May
Temperature and humidity is rising and evenings can be cool

Summer - June to August
Hot, humid and sunny, with occassional showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures can exceed 31°C

Autumn - September to November
There are pleasant breezes, plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures. Many people regard these as the best months of the year to visit Hong Kong, and thus the 'peak season'.

Winter - December to February
Cool, dry and cloudy, with occassional cold fronts. Temperature can drop below and humidity is rising and evenings can be cool 10°C in urban areas.
The buildings across the waterfront are adorned with colorful lighting, making it a very magical and festive time to be in Hong Kong.

Custom Search

WOW Host Unlimited Domains !

	Host Unlimited domains with 1000 GB of Storage, 10,000 GB of bandwidth for ONLY $4.95/mo Click here for more info!

NEWS
Chinese New Year is around the corner and being the year of the Dragon, celebrations are expected to be bigger and better to welcome this auspicious year. Special festive tours makes it easy to experience the highlight events during the Chinese New Year of the Dragon! 23rd January, 2012