Victoria Park
Large public park beside the Causeway Bay shopping area, with lawns, a swimming complex and tai chi practised at dawn. It hosts the Lunar New Year flower fair and Mid-Autumn lantern displays.
Causeway Bay
Busy streets, malls and department stores fill Hong Kong Island's major area for shopping and dining.
Attractive locations
Happy Valley Racecourse
Famous horse-racing track in the middle of the city, ringed by tall buildings. Evening race meetings in season draw a lively crowd.
Noonday Gun
Small cannon beside the harbour fired every day at noon, a tradition linked to an old trading company. It sits behind a short tunnel from the waterfront road.
Hong Kong Central Library
Large modern public library opposite Victoria Park, with many floors of reading rooms, shelves and exhibition spaces that anyone can walk into.
Hong Kong Racing Museum
Small museum at Happy Valley Racecourse covering the history of horse racing in Hong Kong, with trophies, film and displays on famous horses.
Golden Bauhinia Square
Harbourfront square in Wan Chai with a large golden bauhinia statue marking the 1997 handover. A flag-raising ceremony takes place here each morning.
Airports
Hong Kong International Airport HKG
It is about 28 km in a straight line from Causeway Bay.
Scams and safe taxis
Taxi and scam advice for this country is on the Hong Kong page
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan16.0 °C36 mm
- Feb17.8 °C29 mm
- Mar20.2 °C72 mm
- Apr23.3 °C104 mm
- May26.3 °C210 mm
- Jun27.9 °C282 mm
- Jul28.5 °C185 mm
- Aug28.4 °C218 mm
- Sep27.6 °C161 mm
- Oct25.1 °C49 mm
- Nov21.6 °C30 mm
- Dec17.1 °C25 mm
Driest months: Feb, Nov, Dec. Wettest months: May, Jun, Aug.
Costs
Prices here are about 71% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
999 for police, fire and ambulance (112 also works from a mobile phone).
local government
Hong Kong Police Force: emergency number 999 and visitor guidance
Helps with: Hong Kong Police page for visitors. It says to call 999 in an emergency and gives duty officer lines for the airport and Tsim Sha Tsui.
Who qualifies: Visitors to Hong Kong who need police help or want to report a crime.
Phone: 999
Email: crimeinformation@police.gov.hk
local government
Tourism Commission (Hong Kong Government)
Helps with: Hong Kong government's tourism policy office. It accepts comments, enquiries and complaints about tourism by phone, email or post during office hours.
Who qualifies: Anyone with a tourism enquiry or complaint about Hong Kong.
Phone: (852) 3848 4122
Email: tcenq@cstb.gov.hk
Address: 11/F, Hong Kong Li-Ning Building, 218 Electric Road, Fortress Hill, Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Red Cross
Helps with: The Red Cross in Hong Kong. Its website describes emergency relief and disaster preparedness, community health services and education, and blood donation.
Who qualifies: People in Hong Kong who need its emergency relief, health or blood services.
embassy
Consulates in Hong Kong (official list, Protocol Division)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's consulate. The Hong Kong Government's Protocol Division publishes the list of consulates-general, honorary consulates and officially recognised bodies.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own country's consulate.