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Last-modified: Sat Sep 7 08:47:40 EDT 1996
Version: @(#)hk.faq 1.9

F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S

FOR

SOC.CULTURE.HONGKONG

PART I - GENERAL QUESTIONS

If you have any questions regarding addition/deletion/modification
to this FAQ, please contact John Ho at [email protected].

Your comments will be appreciated.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

0) TOPICS: HISTORY OF soc.culture.hongkong
1) What is soc.culture.hongkong?
2-9) (reserved)

10) TOPICS: GENERAL INFORMATION
11) How to access SCHK?
12) How do I get the lastest version of this FAQ?
13) How do I receive the lastest HK news?
14) Are there any other Chinese networks?
15) How do I find a job in HK?
16) Can someone recommend a recruiting company in HK for me?
17) How do I renew my passport?
18) What are the differences between the BNO/BDTC passport?
& what are the deadlines to apply for BNO passports?
19) Do I need a passport to visit UK?
20) Are there any short wave radio station from HK?
21) Is it cheaper to buy a PC in HK?
22) How do I wire money to Hong Kong from the US?
23) Are there any World Wide Web (WWW) and gopher servers about Hong Kong?
24) How do I find out the weather in Hong Kong?
25-349) (reserved)

350) TOPICS: TRAVELLING, DOING BUSINESS AND RETURNING TO HK
351) Where can I find the lowest air fare to HK?
352) Courier service, anyone?
353) Which is a good travel book to read?
354) What can I do in HK?
355) Where can I go in HK?
356) Where can I shop for computers in HK?
357) Where can I shop for cameras in HK?
358) Where can I find more information before I start the trip?
359) Which hotel should I book?
360) Are there any other sources?
361) What is HKTDC?
362) Where is the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office?
363) Where is the American Chamber of Commerce in HK?
364) Can I bring a celluar phone to Hong Kong?
365) Is there any youth hostel in Hong Kong?
366) Where are all the British Counsolate-General?
367) Where can I find foreign publication in Hong Kong?
*368) Which long distance carriers provide service to Hong Kong?
369-399) (reserved)

400) TOPICS: CDs/BOOKs/MAGAZINEs/VIDEOs
401) Where can I buy the lastest CDs/Books/Magazines?
402) How do I subscribe to Chinese newspapaers?
403) Is there any mail order place for these items?
404) Why can't I watch HK video tapes in the US/Canada?
405) What should I do when I receive a PAL tape from HK?
406) Are there any free HK magazines?
407) How do I subscribe to the South China Morning Post?
408) Where do I buy Computer Science books?
409) Where do I purchase publication from the Hong Kong Government?
410-549) (reserved)

550) TOPICS: GATHERINGS/LOCAL GROUPS
551) Anybody out there from XYZ Secondary School?
552) How can I start an e-mail alumni association?
553) Are there any local gathering groups?
554-700) (reserved)

700) TOPICS: LEGENDS
701) Who is Deanna?
702) Who is Jan?
703-999) (reserved)

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0) TOPICS: HISTORY OF soc.culture.hongkong(SCHK)
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1) What is soc.culture.hongkong?

In April, 1989, Wilson Ho, then a graduate student from UC Davis
and a small group of Hong Kong (HK) students studying in the United
States got together and formed an e-mail mailing list called HKNET.
It did not take long before the number of memebrs (more than 800)
outgrown the capability of the mail relay server. Same year,
Fred Ho from University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada
started the newsgroup creation process for soc.culture.hongkong (SCHK)
and the first posting went out on July 28, 1989.

The original intent was to off-load the more serious
topics (such as news, announcements, etc.) from HKnet to SCHK, and
keep the more "light weight" casual conversations in HKnet. As
it turned out, it was exactly the opposite. Today, HKnet carries
almost exclusively news from HK and China, and announcement from
Chinese organizations. SCHK, on the other hand, has evolved to
become an on-line meeting place and discussion forum for netters
with HK background or interests to make friends and to receive
lastest news from HK. There are estimated 50,000 netters in
SCHK worldwide.

In January, 1994, John Ho ([email protected]) came up with the idea
of "soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment". With the help of Wing Ng
([email protected]) in Hawaii, the newsgroup was created in March, 1994.
The primary audiences are music lovers and netters who are interested
in the HK entertainment business. Talks range from famous singers to
entertainment tabloids. Megatons of fun and entertainment. :) :) :)

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2-9) (reserved)
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10) TOPICS: GENERAL INFORMATION
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11) How to access SCHK?

The fact that you are reading this FAQ implies you get
some form of connections to SCHK, either your friend has access
or you just accidentally step into this wonderland. The best way
for you to access SCHK is through USENET, you can ask your friend
or your system administrators and find out if your local site has
news connection. In the US, America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy
all have access to SCHK. Check it out.

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12) How do I get the lastest version of this FAQ?

If you have ftp (File Transport Protocol) access, the latest
version can be retrieved as /pub/usenet/news.answers/hongkong-faq
from rtfm.mit.edu, or, try (but please don't
abuse mail servers, there has been history of mail servers taken down
because of excessive load)---sending an email message to
[email protected] with "help" and "index"
(only, because the daemon reads and responds to your
message) in the body on separate lines for more information.
Other archives are:
ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9 or 192.48.96.9] in /usenet/news.answers/;
ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] in the anonymous ftp directory
/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/.

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13) How do I receive the lastest Hong Kong (HK) news?

The Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the US (AHKCUS) maintains
a mailing list called "[email protected]" which are mainly articles
from major news wires with news clipping primiarily focused in HK,
China and Taiwan. You can add your name to the AHKCUS Hong Kong News
mailing list by sending a request to "[email protected]".

China News Digest (CND) also has news related to Hong
Kong although the main focus is on China. To subcribe CND see
section (14). HKNET also has news articles similar to those in CND
and "[email protected]".

If you can read Chinese text on your terminal and PC, you can use
gopher to access the news service at National Sun Yat-sen University,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C. provided by the China Times News (Chung Kok See Po).
Main focus is on Taiwan but business news also include Hong Kong Hang
Sang Index. The gopher uses Big-5 codes for chinese characters.

[Questions on gopher and set up to read Chinese text on your terminal are
beyond the scope of SCHK FAQ. Reader should consult the FAQ's of
comp.infosystems.gopher and alt.chinese.text.big5 ].

RTHK now has a homepage setup in "www.cuhk.hk" which features
audio files for todays news. Really neat but it takes forever to
download the sound clips. :) :)

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14) Are there any other Chinese networks?

The Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the US (AHKCUS) maintains
a mailing list for its members and people who are insterested in the
democracy and human rights in Hong Kong and China.

Hong Kong Net (HKNet) can be reached by sending mail to
"[email protected]" or "[email protected]". Please mail all
posting to HKnet to "[email protected]".

South East Asia Online is a free mailing list with interests
in Southeastern Asia. It covers areas from Burma/Myanmar to HK, Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. To subscribe, mail to
"[email protected]" or "[email protected]" with a one line message
"SUB SEASIA-L <your real-name>". The service is made possible with
the support of the Center for Asian Studies at Michigan State University.

China News Digest is a regular posting of lastest China news in
an on-line magazine format. To subscribe or get info, mail to:
"[email protected]" or if you want to contribute, you can
send your mail to: "[email protected]".

China Study Forum can be reached at "[email protected]"

China Study Forum - Books review can be reached at
"[email protected]".

HXWZ is a weekly electronic magazine in the Chinese language
published by China News Digest (CND). To subscribe to CND Chinese Magazine:
Send mail to "[email protected]" with a one line message,
"sub CCMAN-L <full name>". To quit from CND Chinese Magazine:
Send mail to "[email protected]" with a one line message "signoff CCMAN-L".
For more information, please contact "[email protected]" and please
include a one line message, "GET CMHELP INDEX". The BITNET node name
UGA.BITNET is equivalent to internet "uga.uga.edu".

There are five other electronic magazines in Chinese
language on the network. They are published mostly by Chinese
students from mainland in US, Canada, and Sweden. Besides
direct subscription and anonymous ftp, these magazines are also
posted to alt.chinese.text and alt.chinese.text.big5

Don't forget to check out soc.culture.china, soc.culture.taiwan,
talk.politics.china, talk.politics.taiwan, alt.chinese.text,
alt.chinese.text.big5, soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment
and alt.asian-movies.

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15) How do I find a job in HK?

There is a brochure "Returning To Hong Kong" published
by the American Chamber of Commerce in HK. It is targeted towards
students studying in the US who are planning to return to HK after
graduation. They also publish books like "Hong Kong Employment
Guide 1991," "Doing Business in Today's HK," "Living in HK," etc.
The publications are available by sending request to AmCham
HK center. Their address is:

1030 Swire House Central, HK.

Ph: +852 5260165/+852 5259215/(fax)+852 8101289

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16) Can someone recommend a recruiting company in HK for me?

[email protected] (Terry Kwan) provided the following
information. SCHK has no connection with these headhunter firms -
it is listed here for your own reference. Use it at your own risk:

Staff Service (HK) Co Ltd.:
USA 1-212-332-8000
Australia 022350800
Hong Kong +852 810-9822, fax +852 845-3427.

Gemini +852 5257283 +852 8106467
Suite 508, Shell House, 24/28 Queens's Rd, Central, HK

AJ +852 3673383 +852 3678765
Rm1004, Far East Consortium Blg, 204 Nathan Rd, kln, HK

Asia Progress +852 5213151 +852 5371583
Rm1642 A, Wire House, 11 Chater Rd, Central, HK

New City +852 5439282 +852 5439861
904 Champion Bldg, 289 Des Voeux Rd, HK

Pak's +852 5261065 +852 8452455
1710 Lane Crawford House, HK

Future Light +852 8504828 +852 8504418
Rm1602, Haleson Blg, 1 Jubilee St, Central, HK

Willowave +852 5411552 +852 5431809
15/F, Wing's Blg, 110 Queen's Rd, HK

Amanda +852 3110916 +852 7244381
Suite B, 10/F, Cameron Plaza, 23-25A Cameron Rd,
TsimShaTsui, HK

Nimble +852 5416113 +852 5414073
605 Won Hing Blg, 74-78 Stanley Street, central, HK

Lindy Williams +852 8456777
702 Double Blg, 22 Stanley St, HK

Sara Beattie +852 5079333 +852 8270426
3/F Sun Hing Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, HK

D&R +852 7822968 +852 7820292
Rm1004, Park In Com Centre, 56 Dundas St, HK

Eternal +852 5265601 +852 5252508
9/F United Chinese Bank Bldg, 31-37 Des Voeux Rd, HK

Prefect Way +852 8155109 +852 8156629
Rm 904, Kai Tak Comm Blg, 66-77 Stanley St, Central, HK

WatNet People +852 8773686 +852 8452185
10/F Sin Hua Bank Blg, 2 Wellington St, Central, HK

Arron & Associate +852 5261128
Smart +852 5761866 +852 5761822
Levin +852 8542228 +852 8504061
HK Employment & Secretarial +852 7219268 +852 3113289
T&C +852 8931168 +852 8916646
Everbright +852 5441863 +852 5449859
Julie's +852 5211166 +852 8452620
Elton Linda +852 5488785 +852 5487797

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17) How do I renew my passport?

In US, you can contact the British Consular Section of
the British Embassy in Washington, DC

19 Observatory Circle, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008-3611

Their voice number is 1-202-986-0205 and the fax number
is 1-202-797-2929. Office in other area will no longer handle
passport renewal. If you want to keep your BDTC passport valid
through 1997 when applying BNO passport, you should state
explicitly in your appliction. Otherwise Your BDTC will be
cancelled though it is not going to expire soon.

* * *

[10 Mar 1994] [email protected] (Gilbert Chan) in schk wrote:

HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS
BRITISH NATION (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT APPLICATION

Hong Kong British Dependent Territories (BDTC) should apply for
British National (Overseas) passports (BN(O)). Those who do not
comply with this according to deadlines specified will NOT be able
to travel on British passports beyond 1997. Only in special
circumstances will an application made after the final date be accepted.

HK BDTCs born in: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966 should comply
with the deadline on or before 31st March 1994.

HK BDTCs born in: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961 should comply
with the deadline on or before 31st August 1994.

Persons already holding BN(O) passports need not apply again.

For information call: (852) 824-1177 (English) and (852) 824-1717
(Cantonese).

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18) What are the differences between the BNO/BDTC passport?

BN(O) BDTC
---------------------------------------------
- Retention BN(O) status can be retained BDTC status cannot be
of British retained for life. retained after
nationality 30 June 1997.

- Validity 10 years from date of issue cannot be made valid
of issue. beyond 30 VI 1997.

- Replacement can be replaced both before cannot be replaced after
before and after 30 VI 1997. 30 June 1997.

- Right of will bear an endorsement with will be an endorsement
abode with reference to the holder's stating the holder's right
Hong Kong permanent ID card of abode in Hong Kong.
stating his rights of abode
in HK.

- Special will bear the following no such endorsement.
endorsement endorsement:
"In accordance with the United
Kingdom Immigration Rules the
holder of this passport does
not require an entry
certificate or visa to visit
the United Kingdom."

>From [email protected] Wed Apr 6 18:29:49 EDT 1994
Subject: INFO. ON BNO APPLICATION

YEAR OF BIRTH APPLICATIONS DEADLINE
============= =====================

1967-1971 OCT. 30, 1993
1962-1966 MAR. 31, 1994
1957-1961 AUG. 31, 1994
1947-1956 FEB. 28, 1995
PRIOR TO 1947 JUN. 30, 1995
1972-1976 OCT. 31, 1995
1977- 1981 MAR. 30, 1996
1982-1986 JUN. 29, 1996
1987-1991 SEP. 30, 1996
1992-1995 DEC. 31, 1996
1996 MAR. 31, 1997
1997(BEFORE JULY 1st) SEP. 30, 1997

If you missed the final date for the application, you still can
submit yours provided that you have a written note which explanining why
the application is made after the deadline.

NOTE:

1. Any Hong Kong British Dependent Territories citizen who does not obtain a
BNO passport and would otherwise become stateless on July 1, 1997 will
automatically become a British Overseas citizen.

2. You must have a Hong Kong permanent identity card(3 STARS) when you are
submitting your BNO application. Otherwise, you will need to apply the
PID along your BNO application as well.

3. The worst case, it will take you 12 weeks to process BNO application if
you don't have PID at the time you submitted your application.

4. Cost:

New passport that < 32 pages 18.00 pounds 38.00CAD

" " with 48 pages 22.5 48.00

Amending holder's name at
holder's request 5.00 11.00

Adding new photo or amending
holder's description (except
when holder is under 21yrs) 5.00 11.00

Transmission of HK PIC 5.00 11.00

5. Address of British High Commission in Ottawa, Canada

80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5K7, Canada

Tel. #: 613-237-1303
Fax. #: 613-237-6537

6. You can obtain BNO and HK PIC application forms by calling the
consulate/embassy.

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19) Do I need a passport to visit UK?

Under the UK Immigration Rules, ONLY visa nationals are
required to obtain entry clearance (visa) to
study in the UK. In other words, holders of both BDTC and BNO passports
are not required to obtain visa to study in the UK (The same rule also
applies holders of Canadian, American, Australian, New Zeland passport
holders) However, those who seek to enter UK as students have to present
supporting documents to the Immigration Officer at the port of entry.
These documents include letter of acceptance, a bank draft/banker's
letter/proof of sufficent funds for his/her courses/living in the UK.
Proof of housing arrangement is also essential.

[Information provided by Jerome Yau <[email protected]>]

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20) Are there any short wave radio station from HK?

No. but if you have a shortwave (Duan3Bo1) radio, you
will hear "the Voice of Free China" (Zi4You2 Zhong1Guo2 zhi1 Sheng1)
broadcasting in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and Taiwanese
(Min3Nan2Yu3), etc. In North America try listening around dinner time
on 5950, 9680, 11860 kilohertz; in Europe: 21720, 17750; in Australia:
9765; in Japan: 15345, 7130, 9730, 11745. There are several other
regions/languages it broadcasts to/in. Write: "The Voice of Free
China, P.O.Box 24-38, Taipei, TAIWAN, R.O.C" for a schedule. (They
don't also tell you the schedule of Zhong1Guang3 Xin1Wen2 Wang3*,
though. But it uses the same frequencies.)

[Information provided by [email protected]]

* * *

China Radio International Cantonese Services. Daily

North and Central America

UT/GMT Frequencies (kHz)
01:00-02:00 9780, 11715, 12055

* * *

Radio Australia Cantonese Services. Daily

UT/GMT Frequencies (kHz)
13:00-14:00 6060, 6080, 6170, 9510
14:00-14:28 6060, 6080, 6170, 9510, 11660, 13605

13:00-14:00 radio drama, Cantonese opera and pop songs
14:00-14:28 news and current affairs programs.

6060 kHz and 11660 kHz are easily picked up in North America. Reception
are generally better in winter than in summer.

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21) Is it cheaper to buy a PC in HK?

A 486-33 system only need around HK$10000 (include 1.2M
& 1.44 floppy, 120M hard-drive, and HI-Color SVGA with monitor). A 386-40
with the above config only need around HK$8000. It's about 20% cheaper
than that in the beginning of this year.

[Information provided by Alan Yim 7/30/92]
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22) How do I wire money to Hong Kong from US?

1. If you intend to go to HK, bring an ATM card from a US bank
which is on the PLUS ATM network. Using a Plus ATM card, you
can withdraw money directly from your US account in HK, at various
ATMs of the Hongkong Bank which display the Plus symbol.
Of course, if you are going yourself, you can also consider
Traveller's Check or even cash if the amount is still reasonable
to do so.

2. You can send the recipient a US Dollar personal check, which they
can deposit with their bank. However, the check will take about
1 month to clear.

3. Go to a branch of a Hong Kong based bank in your area, e.g.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. or Hang Seng Bank in any
major metropolitan area with a significant Chinese population,
and purchase a Bank Draft or Cashier's Check. Enquire if they can
issue drafts in HK$ drawn on their account with their HK parent.
Otherwise, check if they have provisions to clear their checks
quickly (eg. if deposited with a particular HK bank).

4. Of course, you can always tell your bank to initiate a wire transfer,
or get a HK based bank in your area to do it (probably better, since
they are used to doing it).

5. ETC International (similar to 1. above, but subject to transaction fee)
This is actually quite popular in Canada now.

6. Bank Draft. Every bank in HK that issues US$ Bank Draft can draw
on their accounts in the US, so worst case is 7 days to clear.
Add the time to deliver the physical draft to the recipient (2 - 7
days).

7. Cable/Telex/Wire transfer. Yes they are all different (in speed), and
subject to service charge. Hang Seng Bank seems to charge a fixed
fee for amounts up to some large number, and is probably cheapest.
Note that the recipient will ALSO be charged a fee, typically
USD 10 to USD 15, so if you wire $5000, they may only get $4990.
This is caused by the Fed Wire Transfer between the correspondent bank
(ie. the bank that, for example, Hang Seng deals with), and the
receiving bank.

8. Cash. What else. :)

[Information provided by Onward Lam ([email protected])]
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23) Are there any World Wide Web (WWW) and gopher servers about Hong Kong?

World Wide Web (WWW) servers about Hong Kong:

* The Computer Services Centre of the Chinese University of Hong
Kong WWW server:

The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is http://www.cuhk.hk/

* The Department of Building and Real Estate of the Hong Kong
Polytechnic (soon to be renamed the Hong Kong Polytechnic
University in September 1994) WWW server:

The URL is http://bsnt01.bs.hkp.hk/bremain.html

* The Systems Research Group and Network Laboratory at the Department
of Computer Science of the University of Hong Kong WWW server:

The URL is http://srg01.csd.hku.hk:8000/

* BizHK
The URL is http://www.hk.super.net/~rlowe/bizhk/bhhome.html

* Hong Kong home page
The URL is http://www.cuhk.hk/hkwww.html

* Hong Kong Business directory
The URL is http://fareast.com/HongKong/directory.html
Send inquires to "[email protected]"

* Hong Kong Stocks report

http://www.asiawind.com/pub/hksr/

The site provides same-day charting, company news, stock alert,
market watch, complete data, and forum.

This site is referenced in Infoseek Ultra (top ranking)
Yahoo: Regional:Countries:Hong Kong:Business:Financial Services
Magellan three-star rating.

Please write to:
[email protected]

* http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/nckwan/hk/hongkong.html

* http://www.hk.super.net/~johnb/hkmap.html

If you want to know more about the recent Internet raid in HK, visit:
* http://www.hk.linkage.net/~chin/raid/

--
Chin Man
[email protected] Tel: 852 2331 8123 Fax: 852 2795 1262

LinkAGE Online -- Full Service Internet Provider In Hong Kong
Send email to [email protected]

Gopher servers in Hong Kong:

* The Chinese University of Hong Kong gopher server:

gopher.cuhk.hk

* The University of Hong Kong, Department of Computer Science
gopher server:

gopher.csd.hku.hk

* Hong Kong SuperNet gopher server:

gopher.hk.super.net

* Hong Kong Internet & Gateway Services (HKIGS) gopher server:

hk.net

[For questions about WWW and gopher, please refer to the FAQ's of
comp.infosystems.www and comp.infosystems.gopher .]

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25) How do I find out the weather in Hong Kong?

WEATHER UNDERGROUND at the University of Michigan has weather
data on many international cities. To access:

telnet downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000 (most PC's and UNIX computers), or
telnet downwind.sprl.umich.edu/port=3000 (VAX computers).
telnet 141.212.196.177 3000 also works, if your nameserver is not working.

The service is also running on another workstation:

telnet madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000
(Which can also be reached via: telnet 141.212.196.79 3000)

However, for some unknown reasons, the data for Hong Kong is always empty

The gopher server at the National Cancer Center (Tokyo, JAPAN),
gan.ncc.go.jp, has gif files of latest satellite pictures from
Himawari Geostationary Meteorological Satellite. Hong Kong, Taiwan
and most part of mainland China are within the picture. The files are under

Other information/weather information

These files are updated at
0:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40, 12:40, 15:40, 18:40, 21:40 (JST)
JST is one hour ahead of Hong Kong Standard Time.
The convention of the file name is pi.yymmddhh.gif
where yymmddhh is year, month, day and hour.

The URL of the gopher server and the weather information directory is

gopher://gan.ncc.go.jp:70/11/INFO/weather

Note: This is a test service only. Things may change later.

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350) TOPICS: TRAVELLING, DOING BUSINESS AND RETURNING TO HK
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351) Where can I find the lowest air fare to HK?

Try some of the Chinese travel Agency and bring a Chinese friend
with you if you are not Chinese. You get better price that way. :) Also,
check into the FAQ for rec.travel and it has a lot of tips on how to save
your precious dollars on travel expense.

Here is a list of travel agency in New York City:

reliance smas tours (sing shung) 212.966.1919
sandy tours & travel (on wing) 212.966.6868
(wah on) 212.431.0303
travel 2000 (may bo) 212.431.4477
(hong fook) 212.964.3951
c a tours (man lai) 212.219.3943 *
fair town tours (fai tung) 212.226.2007
grand hong kong travel (kong lung) 212.941.8776
sarah's travel (sing wah) 212.925.3366
c l travel (chung wah) 212.925.7731
patrick tours & travel (fai tart) 212.431.6500
jade travel (fai tsui) 212.349.1350 *
(wing on) 212.219.3228
wing on (wing on) 212.233.8383
sampan travel (shun fung) 212.431.3557
judy's travel (tsing may) 212.219.0980
(chun sin may) 212.226.0778
lucky trip & travel (sing kee) 212.925.1677 *
innova travel (lai chuen) 212.925.3393
(fook hong) 212.334.8088
travel w'us (foo wah) 212.431.7909
new asia travel (sun ah) 212.791.3228
yeung shun travel 212.962.3838
transatlantic travel (hong tai) 212.766.8782
prince international tours (sing sung) 212.349.3888
new golden horse tours (tin ma) 212.964.6664
(ho king) 212.941.7790
kuo feng tours (kwok fung) 212.219.8383
sun shine vacation (lai ming) 212.274.0266
amerasia travel (man lai) 212.227.9224

[provided by Wing Keung Au [email protected]]
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352) Courier service, anyone?

IN US, there are at least two express mail service that service HK,
Federal Express and DHL. Federal Express charge ~US$38 to ship a one
pound package and their number is 1-800-247-4747. DHL charges a little
bit more and their number is 1-800-225-5345. They do pick up as well.
It takes approx. 3 business days to get to HK.

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353) Which is a good travel book to read?

One netter recommended the "Lonely Planet Guide" for HK.
ISBN# 0-86442-142-7. Current edition is printed in May, 1992 and
it has extensive coverage of Hongkong, Macao and Canton.
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354) What can I do in HK?

Shopping, shopping and Shopping. And remember "DON'T leave home with
your American Express." :)
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355) Where can I go in HK?

Everywhere in Hong Kong is fun. :)
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356) Where can I shop for computers in HK?

Computer Places recommended by readers:

(1) Admiralty/Hoi Fu Centre, 2/F;
(2) Computer Centre, at Mong Kok, a new shopping centre for computers;
(3) Golden Shopping Centre, at Shum Shui Po;
(4) Silver Cord Centre, basement 2, at Tsim Sha Tsui.

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357) Where can I shop for cameras in HK?

Places recommended by readers:

(1) Broadway - the chain stores that sell basically all the popular
common items;
(2) Stanley Street in Central - there are a number of stores there,
unfortunately, I don't have the names with me...(may be
the HK readers can help me out with those).

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358) Where can I find more information before I start the trip?

You can contact the Hong Kong Tourist Association. They
have offices around the world and if you cannot find one in where
you live, you can contact their head quarter office in HK. The address is:

35/F Jardine House
Central
Hong Kong.
(852)-8017111
Telex 74720 HX
Cable Luyu hongkong
Fax (852)-814877

Other offices:

4/F, 125 Pall Mall Wiesenau 1
London, SW1Y 5EA 6000 Frankfurt am Main 1
UK Germany
(071)-930-4775 (49)-69722841

c/o Sergat Espana S.L. Suite 1220, 10940 Wilshire Bvld
Apdo. Correos 30266 LA, CA 90024
08080 Barcelona USA
Spain (310)-208-4582
(93)-280-58-38

347 Bay St, Suite 909 38 Avenue George V
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R7 (Entree 53 rue Francois ler 1er)
Canada 75008 Paris
(416)-366-2389 France
(331)-4720-3954
(331)-4723-0965 (fax)

c/o Sergat Italia 590 Fifth Ave.
Via Monte Dei Cenci 20 NY, NY 10036-4706
00186 Roma USA
Italy (212)-869-5008
(06)-6869112

333 North Michigan Ave. 4/F, Toho Twin Tower Bldg
Suite 2400 1-5-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku
Chicago, IL 60601-3966 Tokyo 100
USA Japan
(312)-782-3872 (03)-3503-0731

4/F, HK & Shanghai Bank Bldg Level 5, 55 Harrington St.
3-6-1, Awaji-machi, 3-chome The Rocks, Sydney
Chuo-ku, Osaka 541 NSW 2000
Japan Australia
(06)-229-9240 (02)-251-2855

13-08 Ocean Bldg PO Box 2120
10 Collyer Quay Level 1, 5 Averill Ave.
Singapore 0104 kohimarama, Auckland 5
(65)-532-3668 New Zealand
(09)-521-3167

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359) Which hotel should I book?

Hotels in HK price anywhere from US$25 to $300 per night. Please
check with your travel agents. The HK Tourist Association also has brochures
for hotel accomodations in HK.

Also Check out the following hotels:
YWCA Guest House
5 Man Fuk Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852)713-9211, Fax: (852)761-1269

Caritas Lodge
134 Boundary Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852)339-3777, Fax: (852)338-2864

YMCA International House
23 Waterloo Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852)771-9111, Fax: (852)388-5926

YMCA of Hong Kong
41 Salisbury Rd., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852)369-2211, Fax: (852)739-9315

The Salvation Army Booth Lodge
11 Wing Sing Lane, Yaumati, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852)771-9266, Fax: (852)385-1140

Holy Carpenter Guest House (near Whampoa Gardens)
No. 1, Dyer Ave., Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852)362-0301, Fax: (852)362-2193

STB Hostel
2/F Great Eastern Mansion, 255-261 Reclamation St., Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Tel: (852)710-9199, Fax: (852)385-0153

Info provided by Frank Chui ([email protected]).

Chung Ming Travel Service
Room B, 2/F., Newtown Mansion
6 Cleveland St., Causeway Bay, HK
Telephone: 852-8950028 852-8950061
Fax: 852-5765174
Contact Person: Ms. Y.S. Ng
Info provided by Zhou Liping ([email protected]).

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360) Are there any other sources of travel information?

There is a good travel guide called "Lonely Planet Guide" for HK.
The ISBN# is 0-86442-066-8

Another good guidebook is:

"The Insider's Guide to Hongkong"
By: Derek Maitland
Moorland Publishing Co Ltd., UK
ISBN 0-86190-265-3

It has lots of beautiful pictures and includes a "real" map.

[[email protected] (Aad L. Dekker)]

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361) What is Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)?

The primary mission for HKTDC is to promote Hong Kong to other countries.
Below are the addresses for the Councils, as of 7th December 1992.

Rumor has it that they are connected to the Internet. Try "[email protected]".

Head Office:
38th Floor, Convention Plaza,
Office Tower,
1 Harbour Road,
Wanchai,
HONG KONG.
Tel: (852)-584-4333
Fax: (852)-824-0249

New York Office: Panama Office:
219 East 46th Street, Condominio Plaza Int'l
New York, NY 10017 Primer Alto, Oficina #27,
USA Edificio del Banco Nacional
Tel: 1-(212)-838-8688 de Panama
Fax: 1-(212)-838-8941 Via Espana y Calle 55,
Panama,
Chicago Office: Republica de Panama
333 North Michigan Avenue, Tel: 507-69-5894
Suite 2028, Chicato, Fax: 507-69-6183
IL 60601,
USA San Francisco Trade Enquiry
Tel: 1-(312)-726-4515 Counter:
Fax: 1-(312)-726-2441 c/o HK Economic & Trade
Office
Dallas Office: 222 Kearny Street,
Suite 120, World Trade 4th Floor, Suite 402
Center, San Francisco, CA 94108,
2050 Stemmons Freeway, USA
Dallas, TX 75207, Tel: 1-(415)-677-9038
USA Fax: 1-(415)-421-0646
Tel: 1-(214)-748-8162
Fax: 1-(214)-742-6701 Toronto Office:
Suite 1100, National
Los Angeles Office: Building,
Los Angeles world Trade 347 Bay Street,
Center Toronto, Ontario,
350 South Figueroa Street, M5H 2R7,
Suite #282, Canada
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1386 Tel: 1-(416)-366-3594
USA Fax: 1-(416)-366-1569
Tel: 1-(213)-622-3194
Fax: 1-(213)-613-1490

Miami office:
Courvoisier Centre
Suite #402,
501 Brickell Key Drive,
Miami, FL 33131 USA
Tel: 1-(305)-577-0414
Fax: 1-(305)-372-9142

Mexico Office:
Manuel E. Izaguirre #13,
3er piso, Ciudad Satelite,
Estado de Mexico 53310,
Mexico
Tel: 52-(5)-572-41-13
Fax: 52-(5)-393-59-40

Vancouver Office:
Suite 700
1550 Alberni Street,
Vancouver, BC,
Canada
Tel: 1-(604)-685-0883
Fax: 1-(604)-681-00933
V6G 1A3,

Amsterdam Office: Spain Office:
Prinsengracht 771 Balmes, 184, Atico 3,
Ground Floor 08006 Barcelona
1017 JZ Amsterdam, Spain
The Netherlands Tel: 34-(3)-415-8382
Tel: 31-(020)-6277101 Fax: 34-(3)-416-0148
Fax: 31-(020)-6228529
Stockholm Office:
Frankfurt Office: Fungsgatan 6
Kreuzerhohl 5-7 S-111 43 Stockholm
W-6000 Frankfurt/Main 50, Sweden
Germany Tel: 46-(08)-115690
Tel: 49-(069)-586011 Fax: 46-(08)-7231630
Fax: 49-(069)-5890752
Turkey Office:
Greece Office: Piyalepasa Bulvari
48 Aegialias Street Kastel Is Merkezi
2nd Floor D.Blok Kat:5
Paradissos 80370 Piyalepasa,
GR 151 25 Amaroussion Istanbul,
Greece Turkey
Tel: 30-(1)-685-0830 Tel: 90-(1)-237-02-25
Fax: 30-(1)-685-0832 Fax: 90-(1)-254-98-67

London Office: Vienna Office:
Ground Floor, Swire House Rotenturmstrasse 1-3/8/24
59 Buckingham Gate, A-1010 Vienna,
London SW1E 6AJ, Austria
England Tel: 43-(01)-533-98-18
Tel: 44-(071)-828-1661 Fax: 43-(01)-535-31-56
Fax: 44-(071)-828-9976
Zurich Office:
Milan Office: Seestrasse 135
2 Piazzetta Pattari PO Box
20122 Milan CH-8027 Zurich
Italy Switzerland
Tel: 39-(02)-865405 Tel: 41-(01)-281-31-55
Fax: 39-(02)-865715 Fax: 41-(01)-281-31-91

Paris Office:
18, rue d'Aguesseau
75008 Paris,
France
Tel: 33-(01)-47-42-41-50
Fax: 33-(01)-47-42-77-44

Beijing Office: Shanghai Office:
Room 901, 9th Floor, Room 1004, 10th Floor,
CITIC Building Shanghai Union Bldg,
19 Jianguomenwai Dajie 100 Yanan Dong Lu,
Beijing, Shanghai 200002,
People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
100004 Tel: 86-(21)-3264196
Tel: 86-(01)-500-2255 Fax: 86-(21)-3287478
Ext. 3910
Fax: 86-(01)-500-3285 Singapore Office:
20 Kallang Avenue
Guangzhou Office: 2/F, Pico Creative Centre,
Unit A, 26th Floor, Singapore 1233
Guangdong Int'l Building Tel: 65-2937977
Annex A, Fax: 65-2927577
339 Huanshi Dong Lu,
Guangzhou, Sydney Office:
People's Republic of China 71 York Street,
Tel: 86-(20)-331-2889 Sydney
Fax: 86-(20)-331-1081 NSW 2000
Australia
Korea Office: Tel: 61-(02)-299-8343
No. 720/721 KFSB Building Fax: 61-(02)-290-1889
16-2 Yoidodong
Youngdeungpoku Taiwan Office:
Seoul 7th Floor,
Korea 315 Sung Chiang Road,
Tel: 82-(02)-782-6115/7 Taipei,
Fax: 82-(02)-782-6118 Taiwan
Tel: 886-(2)-516-6085
Middle East Office: Fax: 886-(2)-502-2115
New Juma Al-Majid Building,
Dubai Sharjah Road, Thailand Office:
Dubai, 20/F TST Tower
UAE 21 Vibhavad

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362) Where is the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office?

British Embassy, 1233 20th Street British Consulate General
N.W. Suite 504 680 Fifth Avenue, 22nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036 New York, NY 10019
(202)-331-8947 (212)-265-8888

British Consulate General British High Commission
180 Sutter Street, 4/F Consular Section
San Francisco, CA 94104 80 Elgin Street
(415)-397-2215 Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5K7

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363) Where is the American Chamber of Commerce in HK?

Chamber of Commerce of US 1030 Swire House
International Division Central, HK
1615 H Street NW (852)-526-0165 or 525-9215
Washington, DC 20062 Fax 810-1289

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364) Can I bring a celluar phone to Hong Kong?

Yes, but AT&T Hutchinson makes it very difficult for you to take a
foriegn mobile phone to Hong Kong. If you really want to do it, you can
follow some direction from C.W. Chung ([email protected]):

1. You need to bring your passport in person, the invoice of the
sale of the phone, and the phone itself to the Hutchison branch
in HungHum. The invoice should spell out the date and the name
of the purchaser so that Hutchison is satisfied that the purchaser
did buy the phone personally outside of Hong Kong.

2. Hutchison will cost you HKD$1000 to reprogram your phone, and another
$1000 to activate your phone.

3. It'll take about 3 months(!) to process your request. When it
is approved, you'll have to go to the HungHum office to sign the
paperwork *in person*.

4. Thereafter, the phone could be used and transferred just like any
other Motorola phones sold by Hutchison in HK.

5. You could however set up a roaming service right away. There is a
daily charge something like HKD$50 a day in addition to the usual
charge based on time of usage (I think it is HKD $2 per min).

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365) Is there any youth hostel in Hong Kong?

Check out IYAC, it is a private dorm style hostel at 21A
Lock Rd, TsimShaTsui, Kowloon. The rate is about HK$40/US$5 per night.

[[email protected] (Stewart Lindsay)]
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366) Where are all the British Counsolate-General?

Here are the addresses:

British Consulate-General (Atlanta) 404-524-5856 (FAX)404-524-3153
Suite 2700, Marquis One Tower
245 Peachtree Center Avenue,
Atlanta, GA, 30303

British Consulate-General (Boston) Federal Reserve Plaza
600 Atlantic Avenue,
25th Floor,
Boston, MA 02210

British Consulate-General (Chicago) 312-346-1810 (FAX)312-346-7021
33 North Dearborn Street 312-346-1810
Chicago, Il, 60602

British Consulate-General (Cleveland) 216-621-7675 (FAX)216-621-2615
55 Public Square, Suite 1650,
Cleveland, OH 44113-1963

British Consulate-General (LA) 310-477-3322 (FAX)310-575-1450
11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400,
Los Angeles, CA 90025-6538

British Consulate-General (SF) 415-981-3030 (FAX)415-434-2018
1 Sansome Street (Sansome/Sutter@Market)
Suite 850
San Francisco, CA 94104

British Consulate-General (Seattle) 206-622-9255 (FAX)206-622-4728
820 First Interstate Center
999 Third Avenue,
Seattle, WA 98104

British Consulate-General (NY) 845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

British Embassy, Passport Office (Washington, D.C.) 202-986-0205

British Embassy (Washington, D.C.) 202-462-1340 (FAX)202-898-4224
3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, D.C. 20008

[[email protected] (Michael Yip)]
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367) Where can I find foriegn publications in Hong Kong?

Books:

Swindon's (general, foreign languages, etc)
Best overall English language bookstore in HK.
Kowloon side, Tsim Sha Tsui, Lock Road
Take MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui Station,
exit MTR station at Kowloon Mosque,
proceed 1 block west along Haiphong Road,
turn south (left) on Lock Road. Store
is on the right about halfway to Peking Road.
Open sunday afternoons in the summer, closed on Sunday
other times.

Other branches of Swindon's located in Ocean Terminal,
Ocean Centre, and Star Ferry (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Ocean Centre: 2
Ocean Terminal and Star Ferry: 1 each.

HK Book Centre (Central, general interest, some technical)
Hong Kong side, near Central MTR Station
Take MTR to Central MTR Station. Take
exit to World Wide House on De Voeux Road Central.
Proceed East (right) along the north side of
the street a very short distance to entrance
of store below street level.

Times Book Centre (Central)
In HK Club Building, diagonally across from the
Legislative Council Building

YMCA, Kowloon, Salisbury Road, just West of the Peninsula Hotel
Enter from Salisbury road, at front of building.
Small but pleasant tourist-oriented bookshop.

Times Book Centre (Tsim Sha Tsui) just east of the SE corner of
Nathan Road at Cameron, near the Opal Mine (see any tourist
map for Opal Mine locations)
Mostly Chinese, but a reasonalbe selection of English
language magazines and a few English pocket boks.
Cross street on Nathan uncertain. Consult tourist map.

South China Morning Post Bookshop
Star Ferry, Central (HK side)

Cave's Books (technical)
There are two stores on the West side of Ferry street,
one door apart close to the NE corner of Jordan Road and
Ferry/Canton Road.
Both Jordan and Canton Road have pedestrian tunnels.
The north store (only 1 door away) is computer-oriented store,
while the other store has other types of technical books.
You may receive a discount if you show a local business card.

Infosources (technical)
VicWood plaza, near Sheung Wan MTR station.

Commercial Press (learning materials for Chinese language)
Main store: North Point
Branch: Sha Tin Town Centre (near Yaohan's)

Academic and Professional Books (address unknown)
Bookstores of the Universities and Polytechnics (information wanted)

Pacific Place also has a few smaller stores.

In Tsuen Wan:
Joint Publishing (above the Pizza Hut in the Fou Wah
building) has some English language books (but
not many)

For magazines:
American Magazines and Books
Mong Kok
Proceed E from Mong Kok MTR station in the direction
of the Mong Kok KCR station 5 blocks. This will
bring you one block short of the KCR station. Turn
right. Store is on left hand side of street. Hours
are restricted.

[Most of the section was contributed by Bruce Balden ([email protected]).]
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368) Which long distance carrier provides service to Hong Kong?

AT&T (800-523-world) / (800-pick-att)
MCI (800 672 8054)
Sprint (800-877-4040)
Cyberlink (800 661 0393)

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400) TOPICS: CDs/BOOKs/MAGAZINEs/VIDEOs
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401) Where can I buy the lastest CDs/Books/Magazines?

CDs:

Kim Chen
P.O. Box 14736
Minneapolis, MN 55414-0736
email: [email protected]

New Wave Culture Plaza Inc.
3453 Notre Dame Dr
Santa Clara, CA 95051
phone: 408.247.5702
fax : 408.247.5703
email: [email protected]

Both provide mail order services for the latest CDs and also LDs
for the latter. Kim has sending CDs to netters for some time now,
and New Wave recently started advertising on SCHKE.

Books:

Millenium Cultural Enterprises
685 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pomona, CA 91767

Tel: 1-800-840-4172
WWW URL http://www.he.tdl.com/~mce
ftp: he.tdl.com /pub/mce
E-mail:[email protected]
[email protected]

Millenium has mail order catalogs for Chinese Books, CDs, and
magazines by anonymous ftp in .hz, .gb, and JPEG. FTP directory
is /pub/mce. If you send them your mailing address, they will
send you a copy of their catalog.

Chinese Music CDs, Books, Magazines Mail-order/Subscription Service

Magazines:

Upcoming FAQs will have subscription addresses for AsiaWeek,
and other publications for which we can obtain addresses.

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402) How do I subscribe to Chinese newspapers?

(a) You can subscribe Sing Tao Daily by contacting:

Sing Tao Limited
185 Canal St. Basement 246 Harrison Ave
New York, NY 10013 Boston, MA 02111

234 W. Cermak Rd. 2/F 126 N. 10th St.
Chicago, IL 60616 Philadephia, PA 19107

(b) The American edition of Sing Po, Tai Kung Pao, Wen Wei Pao
TV Daily, and Shun Po (Overseas Chinese Economic Journal)
are distributed by the Chinese Newspapers Consolidated Sales, Inc.

546 Kearny Street 434 Dundas Street West
San Francisco, CA 94108 3rd floor
(415) 421-5729 Toronto, Ontario
M?? ???
420 Ord Street, 102B (415) 421-5729
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 680-1832 611 Main Street
Room 168
395 South End Avenue, 21-A Vancouver, B.C.
New York, NY 10280 V6A 2V6
(212) 321-9149 (604) 688-4133

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403) Is there any mail order place for these items?

see 401).

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404) Why can't I watch HK video tapes in the US/Canada?

It is because the tape from HK are recorded in the PAL format
and you probably have a NTSC system. They are not compatible.

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405) What should I do when I receive a PAL tape from HK?

You can convert the tape from PAL <=> NTSC by contacting some
service company. In US, There are two that are recommended by the
SCHK netters:

DAKE International SOMI International
3208 Foxboro Dr. 50 Summer St.
Richardson, TX 75082 Edison, NJ 08820
(214)-234-8518 (908)-548-3065

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CONVERSION
520 Harvest Lane
Raleigh, NC 27606-2217
(919) 233-8689

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407) How do I subscribe to the South China Morning Post?

Check out theri web site at "http://www.scmp.com/summary".

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408) Where do I buy Computer Science books?

Here is a list of book stores in Hong Kong which carries computer
science books. Go check it out. Info provided by Leo So ([email protected])

Hon Wing Book Co., Ltd.
63A, Tung Choi Street, Kowloon
391-0585

World Book Co., Ltd.
Argyle Street (Near Sincere), Mongkok
394-1025

USTHK University Bookstore
Level 123, Entrance Piazza, Hong Kong University of Science & Tech.
358-6400

HKU Swindon Book Co., Ltd.
University of Hong Kong
546-8412

CUHK Swindon Book Co., Ltd.
Fulton Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong
603-6760

Swindon Book Co., Ltd.
13-15 Locke Road, Tsimsatsui, Kowloon
366-8001

Caves Books Co,. Ltd.
4B Ferry Street, G/F., Yaumati, Kowloon
780-0987, 771-2298
Shop M124, Jackson Rd,. MTR Central Station, HK
524-8857

Academic & Professional (A&P) Book Center
1H Cheung Ming Building, 80-86 Argyle Street, Mongkok
398-2191

Man Yuen Books Co., Ltd.
Parkers Street, Jordon, Kowloon
730-0594

(*) means rich in CS books.
(!) means rather expensive.
($) means cheap.

In addition to the list of Book Shops in the FAQ, please go and
look for UNI-HALL LEED & WOOD LTD. Uni-Hall has three retail
shops across the harbour. One in Upper Basement of Silvercord in
Canton Road, Tsimshatsui. Another one in Computer 88, Star House,
Tsimshatsui. The last one is in Far East Financian Tower,
Admiralty. Uni-Hall is specialized on Computer Books on all
platforms as well as Software retailling for the PC and Mac.
Discounts is offered to members of the Uni-Hall Readers Club on
books and software. Enrolment fee for Readers Club is around
HKD100.00 which is redeemable upon termination of memberhsip.

Last but not least, those chain book stores like Chung Wah
and Commercial Press had been having a corner for Computer
books for a few years. Although the prices are slightly being
marked up, it's worth a look if you are around.
[Thomas Ngan <[email protected]>]
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409) Where do I purchase publication from the Hong Kong Government?

You can purchase governmen publication from the Government Publications
Centre located in the Ground Floor, Lower Block of Queensway Government
Building. In fact, it is just next to the Queensway entrance of Pacific Plcae.

I understand there is a seperate address for mail order. As of 1 Aug 93,
the address is Publications (Sales) Office, Information Services Dept
G/F, 1 Battery Path, Central, HK. Phone number: 842-8801 (If remaine
unchanged, then 2842-8801).

[Information provided by Jerome Yau <[email protected]>]

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550) TOPICS: GATHERINGS/LOCAL GROUPS
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551) Anybody out there from XYZ Secondary School?

We often see posting from SCHK netters looking for lost
classmates. Michael Yip from Sybase Corporation had
spent considerable amount of time and effort to compile a
high school list which he post very regularly. If you have missed the
last issue, you can contact him at "[email protected]".

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552) How can I start an e-mail alumni association?

Check with the High School List below before you start. There
is a chance that such a mailing list already exist.

a) Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School (CSWCSS)
Please send mail to "[email protected]" with
subject "get: info". For other inquiries, contact
Henry Yeung at "[email protected]". Or get in touch
with John Ho at "[email protected]".

b) Choi Hung Est. Catholic Secondary School, contact Dominic Ng at
"[email protected]".

c) Ho Lap College, contact Johnny Chow at "[email protected]".

d) Lutheran Middle School, cotact Johnny Chow at
"[email protected]".

e) Maryknoll Convent School, contact Olivia Siu at "[email protected]".

f) Queen's College - contact "[email protected]" for details.

g) St. Francis Xavier School, TW - contact Thomas Kwan at
"[email protected]".

* NEW: h) St.Mary's Canossian College - contact Wendy Cheng at
"[email protected]".

i) SPCC 88 (cert year) - contact "[email protected]".

j) Tin Kwong Road Government Secondary School - contact
Edward S.N.Chiu at "[email protected]".

k) WYCHK - contact "[email protected]" for details.

l) WYK - contact John Chiu "[email protected]".

m) Diocesan Boys' School - contact "[email protected]".

n) Queen Elizabeth School - contact "[email protected]".

o) DGS - contact Connie Li at "[email protected]".

p) HKTA Student Ambassador - contact Albert Pang at
"[email protected]".

q) Good Hope School - contact Peggy Lee at "[email protected]".

r) St. Joseph - contact Eddie Chan at "[email protected]".

s) SPSS - contact Alice Tsang at "[email protected]".

t) St Paul's Convent School - contact Grace NG at
"[email protected]".

u) La Salle College (LSC) - contact EDMUND CHUI at:
"[email protected]"
"[email protected]"
for details about <LSC Old Boys E-mail Network>

v) King's College - contact Jason Ho at "[email protected]".

w) Pui Ching Middle School
Send e-mail to Douglas Wong "[email protected]"
with subject line "PCMS-help" for more informatiion.

x) St. Paul's College (Bonham Road) Class of 91
Send mail at "[email protected]" or contact Patrick
Yeung at "[email protected]" for details.
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553) Are there any local gathering groups?

In Dallas, Texas, you can get in touch with John Ho at
"[email protected]". The SCHK Texans get together for Dim Sum, Karaoke,
badminton, BBQ, eat and plain BS. Lots of laughters and tons of fun.
Everyone welcome.

In San Jose, California, you can contact the Club
Bauhinia (CB) - "Care Hong Kong" group in the San Jose area. They are
an associate member of AHKCUS. In the past they printed booklets about
Hong Kong and worked with HK students from the University of California
at Berkeley in publishing booklets, staging Hong Kong Week and other
conferences and seminars. They have also created a multimedia slide shows
about HK. For further information, please contact Dennis Lee
at "[email protected]".

In Bay area, you can contact the BAGers - (Bay Area Gethering)
They hold semi-regular gatherings for fun in the Bay Area e.g. BBQ,
Bowling, fishing, rafting etc. And they have a regular soccer game
every other week. There are usally 20 to 30 players. For more
information, please contact Nelson Chan at "[email protected]"
or Lawrence Chow "[email protected]".

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700) TOPICS: LEGENDS
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701) Who is Deanna?

During (what month?) 1991, in response to all those
usual "looks + intelligence = constant" silly talks, a student
called Deanna from University of Pittsburgh posted a message
claiming "I am pretty and witty." This bold assertion stunned
the hitherto male-dominated schk and Deanna became the Marilyn
Monroe of schk overnight. More than 100 articles were posted
in a few days and a See_Deanna_Club was eventually formed.
Deanna had left Univ of Pittsburgh since but she left with us
a very fond memory of hi-tech romance. Thank you Deanna.

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702) Who is Jan?

Jan was a Yale student with unknown gender. In May, 1992,
After series of claims of a lonesome male from HK who has the voice
of Jackey Cheung, the look of Andy Lau, and the smile of Leon Lai.
Jan suddenly identifies HIMSELF as a HERSELF. Days later, Jan
announced this whole event was indeed HER on going experiment
conducted by the Department of Psychology in Yale University.
Netters were mad and a few send e-mail to the Dept. chair to
complain about the so-called experiment as unethical. Later, Jan
turned into a HIM and he (should it be she ???) tried to defend HIS
and HER position. Today, Jan's gender and identity remains a mystery.

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