LIVING IN HONG KONG

A mysterious exotic city that has one foot planted in the west and the other in the orient, Hong Kong is a captivating place that pulsates with energy and promises to stir your senses. Since the day China regained sovereignty and Britannia departed from the waters of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong has continued to evolve and developed at breakneck speed. It has embraced the modern world while at the same time continuing to ooze traditional Chinese character and historical charm.
Today Hong Kong is home to one of the world’s biggest international trading posts, a powerful manufacturing base and a thriving financial center. It attracts expats from all over the world and the city has become a melting pot of cultures and landscapes, a vibrant metropolis where people from all backgrounds live side by side.
Hong Kong is most certainly a city of contradictions. It is a place where aficionados can move from Michelin Star restaurants to dai pai dong street-side food stalls in just a few steps; commuters’ daily journeys involve state-of-the-art underground railways networks, mountain side escalators and rickety old trams and ferries; crumbling tenements of residential buildings sit unassumingly next to ultramodern high-rises and elderly men push their over laden carts up steep hills as Ferraris roar by.
But perhaps most surprisingly of all, Hong Kong presents expatriates with much more than the thriving city life that it is touted as. A little known side of Hong Kong is the surrounding countryside parks and outlying islands where hiking, water sports, camping and barbeque pits can be enjoyed. People are often surprised to hear that less than one quarter of the land in Hong Kong is actually developed, leaving a huge area of natural beauty to be explored and enjoyed. From strolls on the shores of outlying islands to the scenic walks through the far-flung south-eastern villages, Hong Kong offers a range of experinces You will seldom find in any other place in the world.

Language
Chinese (Mandarin) and English are the official languages. Cantonese is widely spoken together with a full array of other asian languages.

Climate
HongKong has a typical tropical climate.

What’s the draw?
•A fascinating interplay between the exotic past and the efficient and technically advanced developments of modern-day life.
•A safe environment with a low crime rate where foreigners are a part of everyday life and expats are an accepted part of the city.
•A place where you can quite literally party all night long in the streets of the city and then rest and recuperate the following day in the natural haven of one of the outlying islands.