Hong Kong travel

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cinemas & bookshops in Hong Kong

If you are an ESL teacher living and working abroad, finding reading material in English or a cinema showing films in English can sometimes be difficult. To help you, we are compiling a directory of English language bookshops and cinemas worldwide.

English language bookshops in Hong Kong
English language cinemas in Hong Kong

travel guides & language books for Hong Kong

Culture Shock! Hong Kong: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Whether you plan to stay for a week or for a year, you'll benefit from such topics as understanding the rules of driving and monetary systems, religious practices and making friends. There are tips on political traditions, building business relationships, and the particular intricacies of setting up a home or office. Great for the business traveler, the foreign exchange student, or the tourist who makes a sincere attempt to cross the bridge into a new and exciting culture.
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Hong Kong: Front Door/Back Door
This is a surprising and at times shocking visual journey through the narrow streets and urban wastelands of one of the most densely populated corners of the world. Hong Kong resident and World Press Photo Award-winning photographer Michael Wolf captures the lives and living conditions of his neighbours through the traces they leave on the city's dense architecture and dark back alleys.
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map & facts

National Day, 1 October (1949)
International dialing code: 852
Population: 6,855,125
Language: Cantonese, English
Government: special administrative region of China
Religion: eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
Climate: tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall
Map of Hong Kong

The CIA World Factbook

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