On 30 October 1971, a big fire accident happened on Jumbo Floating Restaurant Jumbo Floating Restaurant at Aberdeen Hong Kong was destroyed by a big fire accident on 30 October 1971. Although the video is in Chinese, you can see how serious the situation was… Luckily Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho built a new…
Macau celebrates the 15th anniversary of the inscription of the “Historic Centre of Macau” on the World Heritage List in 2020 In 2005, the UNESCO acknowledged 22 buildings and 8 squares in Macau to be world heritage buildings. 2020 is the 15th anniversary for this big event for Macau. This is Macau SAR Government promotion video….
New stamp after new funding shows hope for the poverty-stricken Ocean Park Hong Kong Hong Kong Post issues the new special stamps for the Hong Kong Ocean Park. The stamps with six different kinds of cute animals in Ocean Park show hope for this famous and popular tourist spot in Hong Kong. After…
From brigade to travel, from big group tour to private car tour Chinese character “旅” (pronounces as “leoi” in Cantonese Dialect) has a military background. It shows a 500 soldiers brigade following the army flag to have the expedition. This looks like an old style sightseeing tour, which the regimented tourist group follows…
Western Halloween and Chinese Ghost Festival are not just different in their names Halloween is coming. Frank the tour guide reads posts about decoration ideas for Halloween and compares the Western Halloween with Chinese Ghost Festival. Actually their duration, aim, ceremony, customs and decoration are very different. Frank is going to share the differences between…
NO! Hong Kong is still in the warm autumn time… 23 October 2020 is the 18th of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, Frost’s Descent. It means the late autumn has come. The weather in the northern part of China becomes cold enough to make the trees frosty especially in the early…
TIY the Reopened HSBC Lion Statues and have private tour for other Hong Kong great statues The two lion statues of Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) just reopen on 22 October 2020 after finishing the first phrase of maintenance. The British-owned “the World’s local bank” finds a local fund shui master to host the…
Enjoy Hong Kong’s beautiful sunset in autumn easily Hong Kong’s autumn mostly has a vast clear and cloudless sky with high visibility (You may browse this post about Hong Kong’s pleasant weather in autumn.). Travelers can TIY (tour it yourself) to see the pretty sunset of Hong Kong at Star Ferry Pier, Tsuen Wan Waterfront…
Pleasant weather is the main reason for you to visit Hong Kong in autumn You should travel to the sub-tropical Hong Kong in the autumn time (October to November). It is because Hong Kong has a pleasant weather, i.e. comfortable temperature, suitable humidity and high visibility, in the fall. Travelers can enjoy good…
Hong Kong Story permanent exhibition will undergo a two-year renovation The popular Hong Kong Story permanent exhibition of the Hong Kong Museum of History has closed for renovation on 18 Oct 2020. The museum of history is going to write a better Hong Kong Story in the coming two years by enhancing the old and adding…
