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When not logged in, searching on my pc r/hongkong doesn’t even make the list. Using a VPN to the UK through NordVPN and again r/hongkong doesn’t make the list.

When logged in through the app on my phone r/hongkong it at the top of the list.

When logged in on my pc r/hongkong is first in the list and via VPN also first in the list. I think this is only because I have joined this subreddit already though.

So there is a real possibility that it is being filtered out the search items when not logged in.

Sorry my bad I totally agree

only 15 loonies

https://www.windy.com/22.279/114.163?21.698,114.163,8

it probably wont be as bad, from the forecast on windy it will be T3 at most and a cooler weekend

Edit: guess I was wrong T8 in the morning

Gweilo is amazing: author Martin Booth came to HK as a seven-year-old in 1953. His father was with the Royal Navy and didn't much care for the place, but Booth and his mother loved it. As an inquisitive boy with (lucky! lucky!) golden hair, he got into places where others wouldn't be able to: including the Walled City.

He settled in HK and was a successful fiction and non-fiction author. Unfortunately he developed cancer and when it was clear he was on his way out, his adult children asked him to write up the early experiences he used to tell as stories. <em>Gweilo</em> is the result and is a hell of a read. HK in the 50s from the perspective of a precocious seven-year-old.

You're welcome! Consider reading it. It's new, not well known, and up there with The Count of Monte Cristo in my opinion.

The english translation came out in 2017, and the Chinese version was published shortly before Xu's death in 2008.

Here it is on Amazon if anyone's interested. I read the kindle version.

Great sign ,wrong symbol.

That's the Hong Kong / China union flag.

3x5 Colonial Hong Kong Flag Old Great Britain New F540 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S9N2Y8G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Spy2Db746Z6RD is a true Hong Kong flag

Guys, please use a VPN for your own protection, I've used justvpn, it's free and it's fast enough. The protestors will be targeted and the justvpn support has promised that they won't give out any user information to government agencies. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=free.vpn.unblock.proxy.unlimited.justvpn

The government should not be able to just block all their IP addresses.

Alternatively I've had good experiences with vpnify from the Google AppStore.

is this what you are looking for?

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=1QpK8iB5I-1iwxgSKykue5EAWNLykB2KoJiR1x9i70MkIyRzfsUil-_ZK1E7J&amp;hl=en&amp;authkey=CNntyfcK

First thing you should do is get a VPN (such as NordVPN for example) so you can stream the games at home in case you are not going out, then you have plenty of options, the obvious one is Wan Chai with a ton of (sleazy) sport bars, i would say you are better of in Central / Soho, where there are many sports bars and even LKF you will find the occasional sports bar

Important

People of Hong Kong and Occupy Central can surpass internet restrictions with the chrome extension Zenmate. Internet freedom = democracy.

Please retweet & spread the word.

Thank you.

you can view Pandas from afar in an enclosure at Ocean Park.

i'm not sure how serious you are about your dream of petting/hugging a panda, and I began to worry that you might go to China and seek out zoos that have cages where you can actually get close, or worse yet some shady operation that might illegally allow you to touch them when they're unrestrained.

Pandas are mean, ok? they'll completely ruin your day. it's a serious risk.

Please stick to hugging domesticated animals or a stuffed Panda doll.

You might be able to play with baby pandas at a wildlife sanctuary, but since panda cubs easily get sick and it's an endangered species, I doubt you'd be allowed to unless you're a zookeeper/veterinarian.

edit- well hey, TIL. you can hold baby pandas in Chengdu

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g297463-d457089-r42340041-Giant_Panda_Breeding_Research_Base_Xiongmao_Jidi-Chengdu_Sichuan.html

you'll have to go to China though. definitely not possible to touch them in HK.

Dp you know that SCMP publish books, for example Rebel City - Hong Kong's Year of Water and Fire which are biased against the protesters?

Do you know a youtube channel Goldthread, videos with millions of views on Hong Kong street food and other topics, is operated by SCMP?

I don't doubt HK01 has more clout for the locals and Chinese (language) media landscape, but SCMP still has international influence.

Tips:

1. Always message the host, ask details like if there's wifi, if the flat is a walk-up without elevator, if you see from the pictures the flat has more than 1 room ask if your price includes all or if host is going to lock a room with his/her shit (it happens often, not a big deal, but is better to know before)

2. If a host is not replying to your request of booking within 24h, don't bother waiting, cancel the booking amd book another place. Places in HK usually are booked weeks if not months ahead and you don't want to be stuck waiting for nothing.

3. Especially for long stays or if you decide to stay after, hosts will try to hook you up directly. Don't do that. I had one host named Percy Yung (aka Pui Suen Yung) who made me even make a deposit and never returned it. Lost HK$11,500. This here is her listing https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4190862. Avoid at all costs

Just FYI, her site has an invalid HTTPS certificate (it expired on Sep 22, 2013), which is a big issue since she seems to accept online orders. You guys can easily fix it for free if you're somewhat versed as a webmaster: https://letsencrypt.org/. Or just pay Go Daddy to update it.

> ...the great fear in Hong Kong is not taxation without representation, but ‘representation without taxation’ in which the non-taxpaying majority would dictate [terms] to the taxpayers.”.

Donald Tsang via Wikileaks

Short article at Daai Tou Laam Diary

No, the thing is that your connections pass through their servers, and most VPN companies have opaque processes, so you're taking a risk, and especially if you know nothing about the company offering the service.

One way to offset this risk is to use trusted companies with a history of protecting its users; for example, Telegram's end-to-end encryption stands well in this regard. One way to see that Telegram values this is that it has at times been banned in repressive regimes like Iran and Russia and in the mainland.

Another way would be to trust independent auditors; for example, NordVPN had auditors come and evaluate it on its policies

Astrill. Ignore the Internet trolls who claim "omg its liek the werst vpn ever." It costs a fair amount each month, but I've found that their customer support is stellar, there are a bunch of different servers to connect to, and you don't usually lose too much speed.

Depends on your dates of course, but take a look at this

https://slickdeals.net/f/11631723-san-francisco-or-los-angeles-to-hong-kong-380-420-rt-nonstop-on-united-cathay-pacific-or-hong-kong-airlines-travel-aug-dec

1. Possibly Eslite in causeway bay's Hysan Place? They certainly have regular Japanese translated fiction (aka "normal books"), not sure about the Manga and light novels.

2. For manga, I think I've seen a couple of English ones at Asahiya Bookstore at Sogo (Causeway Bay) - but they are pretty rare, I think most of their stuff is Japanese.

3. Or you can try calling Page One, they have a teeny weeny English manga selection in Harbour City's revamped store - and their shopkeepers pick up the phone pretty fast and should be able to address your query without you having to visit the store.

4. You possibly enjoy browsing around physical bookstores, but if you are looking for a specific title, save yourself the trouble and buy it off BookDepository. Here's Attack on Titan for just HKD$69. Free shipping is included, you'll get the book in 7 to 10 days. They have a graphic novel/manga section if you want to browse their selection, but since they're pretty big, I'd expect them to carry the English translated works as long as they've been published.

I liked Executive Mandarin, though I haven't been there in several years now. It seems that they no longer publish schedules or prices on their website... If you wind up there, feel free to use the vocabulary list I added to Memrise- it matches their textbook (or did, when I was there).

Don't really know about the disappearance, but 1.5 hours seems about right since he's taking public transport.

There is no special timezone for Kowloon city haha

>When should he actually get up and run for the bus?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nwfb&amp;hl=en ^ You can use that app to check real-time bus arrival times It's not too accurate so he should arrive a bit earlier to the bus stop

A friend's girlfriend is an English tutor at one of these cram schools, you'll spot her on some ads at MTR stations. She has two fancy Mercedes Benz, and owns a nice apartment in Bel-Air. Oh, she has only been working for 3 years.

Kind of off-topic, but semi-related to the education sector in Hong Kong. I emailed a booklist on award-winning children's fiction and great illustration books to my cousin earlier this year - I used to read to her kids but recently relocated to Beijing.

Unbeknownst to me, she posted the booklist to BabyKingdom, a HUGE local parenting forum. I had affiliate links in those because I used to run a sociology website and had a plugin that automatically creates affiliate links - which I forgot to turn off.

Last month when I checked, there was £199.30 in the account - all referral links from that forum --> http://i.imgur.com/HsPSDfI.png

TL;DR- Moms and Dads in Hong Kong are really crazy about getting their kids to conform to whatever other kids are doing. And also, if you are buying from BookDepository, use my affiliate link. :D http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=ppc1125

EDIT: I don't teach English by the way. I am mainly into illustration books, and many of them happen to be kids books.

The Kowloon Walled City

Its basically a massive triad and gangster neighbourhood that is linked in a massive linked-building-structure.

Favourite book: This is Hong Kong

Its always refreshing to see what "foreigners" think about Hong Kong. And the illustrator did it in a great way. This book is such a timeless classic!

Try here. There's a bunch of small toy stores here selling Tomica and whatnot, and it's a bit cheaper than TrS.

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-14085317-stock-footage-macau-sept-timelapse-view-of-the-modern-casino-district-of-macau-peninsula-a.html?src=rel/14085248:1/gg

Not exact the same as the photo, but tiles in a similar pattern.

• SCMP coverage: 113 arrested after anti-budget protesters clash with police
• Ming Pao coverage: 萬人上街反財案 (Chinese)

If you have kindle then it might be worth getting this book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YJELQS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_H8CX12BZ7XK28D928AB9

It goes over much of Hong Kong's small aspects of day to day culture and might help you get a bit of an instinctive feel for the Hong Kong character.

It's literally all bullet points and written in a funny way so it's not a hard read.

Other than that, handing business cards (name cards as they're often called locally) is perhaps the most formal part of meeting culture. People hand them with two hands so that you receive them with two hands the right way up.

Receive it with both hands and read it (or pretend to). And then hand your own card back to them in the same way.

This can be awkward juggling all the cards if there's a lot of people you're meeting.

There's no need to start handing out your own card, but if you receive them, it's appropriate to respond in kind, so have plenty on hand if you're going somewhere that you meet new businesses contacts.

recommend to not come on weekend when you have kids. because police have previously prevented tourist to return to her hotel. arrested tourist. tear gas near residence area.

avoid weekend. week day is fine. and there is no queue on Disney land rides. welcome to come on weekday.

weekend the protest is not the problem, but the crazy cops.

aware of police location via this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=live.hkmap.app apple have remove the app because they love money.

This is an old article. IIRC, the game has been reinstated. Be wary of downloading apks from unknown sources!

play store link

Hulu,,, StrongVPN. Don't use the free ones they are over saturated. I haven't tried netflix but I have heard it works better the hulu. My experience is varied sometimes it works fines other times I have to go away and buffer a bit. Commercials SUCK because they cause issues with the buffers. For some reasons Commercials always play, I think they cache them locally on my computer.

I have heard that people experienced better results with PPTP but I haven't tried. I usually use an openvpn gateway.

Part of the issue is there is a bottleneck to the states. I get about an average 1.5Mb via speedtests regardless of in a VPN or various locations around the states. Yes it can pick up to a 5Mb briefly. I think they are QOSing the international links at PCCW because I usually drop down to a 400-500Kbs stream But I can run multiple streams. It also depends on the time of day.

Part of the issue is that you will need to use Google DNS over the VPN. This way you will get a returned IP to the local servers in the US. But these same servers are over saturated since many people internationally and in the States use google DNS and get returned to the main servers not a local ISP cache.

Netflix was going to go international so we could get a local server here in Hong Kong, But this has been rumored by them for now 2 years and they have been fighting the Media companies the whole way.

EDIT: thinking back curios now. PPTP has been reported to give fewer lag problems wondering if PPTP is not QOSed as high as an SSL traffic. 1.5Mb should be enough for HULU or netflix or what ever video streaming as long as it's not HD.

Ask these guys, they would know: https://maps.google.com/?ll=22.278891,114.18609&amp;spn=0.008488,0.016512&amp;t=m&amp;z=17&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=22.278783,114.186086&amp;panoid=TnS-Q70FqLqncRFN6FkB8Q&amp;cbp=12,307.91,,1,3.35

Where are you coming from? I would recommend you swap your Monday for Saturday and don't bother with Disney at all.

Add go to Fernandos in Macau.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g664891-d1064618-Reviews-Fernando_s_Restaurant-Macau.html

That will be around Monday, 14 September 2015, 08.30 AM in Hong Kong (assuming that the game is in Dallas). I know that Eastside Tavern is open that early on Sundays, but am not certain about Mondays. You can message them via Facebook closer to the date to ask them; the manager is always quick to respond.

Champs will not be open at that time (IIRC they open at 11 AM). Dickens Bar also does not seem to be open then, but you may wish to message them closer to that time to ask.

lol, yeah there is.

If it's in the sense of establish or originate (an organisation or institution), then: "The university was founded in 1665" or "The company was founded by two partners."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/founded

this question gets asked a lot. honestly tripadvisor is probably your best friend when it comes to planning a holiday. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g294217-Hong_Kong-Vacations.html

If you're only here for 4-5 days you'll wanna try and do the big stuff and maybe skip things like hiking and going to the outlying islands.

Honestly though as a short stay tourist, I can't offer you any advice that a decent guidebook couldn't give you already. Hong Kong is an amazing city and no matter what you do you'll probably have a good time.

Crown might have some idea what the second-hand market is like http://www.crown-motors.com/eng/toyota/detail.aspx?id=265

Or here: http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/used-toyota-coaster-buses-for-sale.html

Must it be a cafe? How about the HK Central Library?

Free entrance, free wifi, and a Delifrance on the ground floor. If it's too quiet, bring a pair of earphones and listen to Rainy Mood.

> Tailoring - Hong Kong was once famous for offering first-rate fully bespoke shirts and suits at unbelievably low prices. It's not quite the bargain it once was, but you can still get suits for perhaps 1/4 of the cost of similar quality in the west. The tailor shop commonly mentioned in travel guides and magazines is Sam's Tailor, mainly because he is famous for selling to celebrities like Bill Clinton, but a tourist will not get the same level of quality or service (he has a separate fitting room on the second floor for VIPs). Expect to pay about 12,000 HKD for a suit from a first-class tailor who does the work in Hong Kong (e.g., Ascot Chang or A Man Hing Cheong) and expect to go in for at least three fittings before delivery of the suit. A tailor like New Super Fit Fashions (at the Tsim Sha Tsui Mansion) does excellent work for a much lower price, but produces the final product after only one fitting which leaves fewer opportunities to tweak the result.
> -- Wikitravel

Thanks I came across just an hour ago and while they do offer insurance post departure, apparently they are a terrible insurance company. I also found work-and-travel and true traveller that offer after departure insurance, but neither fills me with confidence. Work-and-travel actually has two websites (red flag?).

I guess what I'm looking for is someone with personal experience with after departure insurance to chime in?

Here are the tripadvisor reviews I found on worldnomad: http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293974-i368-k5446738-World_Nomads_travel_insurance-Istanbul.html

There is a Slack channel where new events are being posted, you can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/a/woutr.me/forms/d/1vgd1UsnmQ-6uBmoGDVvH_mgL-LaV-0pWaxEKQ4fmdCI/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1

And a Trello board with all events: https://trello.com/b/tgQ1zReg/hk-tech-events

> That's how it's meant to be felt.

Exactly, his works are meant to be a random invasion of the cities' public space. CNN had an article when Invader had a show in Hong Kong's PMQ during 2015. And there is a map of his works around Hong Kong that has the approximate locations. But a number of them were gone, like the Pac Man in Tin Hau.

off topic i know but i read something recently that said that the Stanford prison experiments were problematic not only for ethics but also methodology, and are often held today as a way not to do an experiment. There's an essay here but its behind a paywall.

Almost all of the cities you can do a short trip to, but many are so much better with more than 2 days. Personally, I use Google Flights (https://www.google.com/flights/) to find flights. Whatever is cheap on the weekend I want to leave HK I book!

As to Xiaomi earbuds you are better off buying them here. There is a CSL/Xiaomi (Mobile carrier here in HK) store in Telford Gardens (Kowloon Bay MTR station) that I believe is the "flagship" Xiaomi store for HK. I got a pair of Piston 3s there for HKD 124, have been really happy with them.

Just to piggy back on this comment; Citymapper works really great here in HK. I'd say it's even better than google maps.

It has all the info you need for public transport, down to which MTR car is the most convenient

Used this in London over the summer. All my friends there recommended it over Google Maps. Good to see its launched in HK as well. Haven't tried it out in HK yet, but will be giving it a go.

https://citymapper.com/hong-kong

I was surprised to see this ranked so highly on TripAdvisor. I may check it out one of these days, myself.

I'd vote for the trail around the Peak. Barker &amp; Plantation Roads are good spots that would avoid most of the crowds, but still afford a view (in good weather).

I use Let's Mahjong....it's the legit kind with Cantonese speaking sounds. You play with real people around the world. the illustration's are supposed to be 70's HK style too which is cool. There is also an option where you can play in real time against your friends.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gdapp.mjlafree

Here's the Amazon link to Louisa Lim's well researched and highly insightful book, "The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited":

https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Republic-Amnesia-Tiananmen-Revisited/dp/0190227915

A book I'm currently in the process of reading for anyone interested

Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots / Gary Ka-wai Cheung

六七暴動: 香港戰後歷史的分水嶺 / 張家偉

amazon

Just used NordVPN on my phone with both an Estonian and Hong Kong IP. Nothing changed. I also logged into the “anonymous” account (no account) and it still shows the exact same thing. What the hell is going on here?

I also use NordVPN and it’s fine.

I also use it when I go to China, on both my phone (mobile app) and laptop. It does not have a 100% success rate of working in China but works well enough that I get by when I’m there.

I use ExpressVPN which happens to be the most expensive. It would be overkill for what you're trying to accomplish. I'd suggest looking at NordVPN (which is also priced pretty high unless you get a 3 year plan) as well as StrongVPN and PureVPN (which happens to be HK based). The last two are still pricey for watching TV - around $10 a month unless you sign a yearly plan.

I haven't checked recently, but I think all of them have a 30-day free trial and I'd take advantage of that to determine which is the best. I think all the ones I suggested also support Android, but double-check.

And my sympathies that you'll have to watch the Rockets until the finals when they bring the trophy home.

Edit: They also typically allow 4-8 simultaneous connections, so if you have some friends or family that are interested in watching HK TV you can split the cost.

I use the VPN service 'Private Internet Access'. It costs about $50 AUD for 12 months. Switch the to the HK server and you can view tvb channels through the tvb website or using their app. PPStream will also work fast/well through a HK vpn server.

I use a Highwinds reseller (Newshosting) as my main provider, simply because I got a good rate during Black Friday. I have previously used Thundernews as well (another Highwinds reseller).

I have fill accounts with Blocknews, Astraweb and a European provider (forget the name though). Fills are pretty much needed these days due to DCMA takedowns.

Everything is automated via SabNzbd+ and Nzbzone (TV shows) and Couchpotato (movies).

I reckon I would get faster speeds with Giga (because of the HK server), but I'm only paying US$5 a month for my service, whilst Giga is MUCH more expensive.

HK Cinema App on iOS and Android. It has a fully comprehensive list of movies currently playing everywhere in Hong Kong, as well as theaters that play them. Also has film festival schedules and arthouse films.

iOS https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/hong-kong-movie-xiang-gang/id303206353?mt=8

android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gt.farm.hkmovies&amp;hl=en

Can switch between English and Chinese.

For pinyin, you can use Google Pinyin Input. (Supports both Simplified & Traditional)

For Jyutping/Yale, You can use Google Cantonese Input.

For Chrome on Desktop: https://youtu.be/6ONopmzGTB0 For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.inputmethod.cantonese&amp;hl=en

Sometimes I open a text box in Chrome just so I can copy-and-paste into some other Windows app.

For Android users, Hangping Dictionary and Camera are a good offline substitute for Google Translate. Costs money tho.

There is an app for this

Google phones

Fruity phones

Submission statement:

I know it would be better to source original NordVPN article but this news site's title is easier to understand.

According to this survey, Hong Kong people share a LOT of their information online (including day of birth, address and even bank details) and has the longest time online per week.

The premium pass is also free for PC and Xbox too.

• HKU University Hall on Oct 28 (since that's where I live). There's obviously an annual event here, something like a ghost tour. The guys told me it's quite popular since UHall is a freaking 19th century colonial castle and everything else in HK isn't. Non-HKU'ers are welcome; check this FB event for details and msg me if interested.
• Ocean Park on Oct 29 with friends.
• No plans for actual Halloween... yet.

engineers you say: https://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/29/this-terrifying-diy-laser-bazooka-can-melt-through-steel/

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bring

> bring someone/thing to mind - Cause one to remember or think of someone or something: all that marble brought to mind a mausoleum

Not exactly your unconventional definition is it?

Up in the air.

> So, today, while most of Hong Kong was distracted with the bickering and bitching of the Chief Executive's spasmodic bipolar daughter, the Executive Council gave the official go ahead to the third airport runway, which hasn't even had a proper social or environmental assessment and will run up a price tag close to $200 billion HKD.

> Shot is of our recently discovered abandoned toy plane. > Idea from - https://instagram.com/vnthota

i didn’t paint them all as that. the ones that are literally state run media that i’m literally responding to. it’s so amazing to engage with people who strawman you out of sheer unwillingness to read and think about what is being said. hmmm seems topical. like why have “balanced” and “unbiased” media (whatever that means really) when people don’t even think critically about the arguments they’re picking with people on a daily basis on the internet. they approach their own news media in the same way.

just to start, if you’re not only wanting to argue with me, i suggest that everyone read/watch MANUFACTURING CONSENT

it’s a good analysis on media, the state, conflict and “bias”.

have a good night/day (whatever it is out where you are)!

That's because you're using Mirriam-Webster with American pronunciation which I am sure you know is quite different to British pronunciation. Words with Latin or Greek roots are also pronounced differently depending on whether the speaker is British or American. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cum

Here I cum again :P ROFL!!!

It's not really grammatically incorrect -- the definition for beautiful does indicate that it can be used as a noun. It's less-used, sure, and sounds a little awkward, but it's not incorrect.

Edited to add:

Think about another example, like "wonderful". It's normally an adjective (e.g. "I had a wonderful day"), but you could also say something like "Wonderful is the best feeling in the world". That basically means "Feeling wonderful is the best feeling you can feel in the world" (or thereabouts). That's essentially what they are doing here with "beautiful" -- they are just turning it into a concept that can be spoken of like it's an actual thing.

Hey there, I'm an American who has been living here around 3 years. It's a really amazing city and I've absolutely loved living here. The people are great, super easy to get around, wonderful culture.

VPN: Of all the major websites I think only Hulu and tiktok don't work here. Social media, Netflix etc all work fine. I used NordVPN and it works well here.

Cell service: Compared to the US, cell plans here are super cheap. I tried for the first year to keep my US number under an international plan, and honestly I wouldn't recommend it. For many services here you will need a HK phone number. I just went to a China Mobile store and got a HK number with 30gb a month data plan, and it's like $20 USD a month. Prepaid would be fine also, but you will definitely need a local number.

Social Media: Just don't post anything super openly anti China and you'll be fine.

Banking: Nothing specific, but for a local bank account HSBC seems to be the favorite. I use a bank called Standard Chartered and it's fine.

As for other things, masks are mandatory in public except for bars and restaurants. I would recommend getting a comfortable reusable mask because you might have it on for longer periods if you're shopping.

The other big thing to know if you plan to go out to bars/restaurants is you need an app called LeaveHomeSafe. You will have to import your up to date vaccine info to the app as well. When you go to the restaurant, you will scan a QR code with the app, and then they will need to scan a QR code from the app to verify your vaccine info.

If you have any questions feel free to message me as well, I'm happy to help out.

Seriously are you asking for a single answer from across one and a half century?

Literal books have been written about Hong Kong, so here are some starter recommendations in no particular order and no particular endorsement of the authors' views:

• A Modern History of Hong Kong: 1841-1997 by Steve Tsang

• A concise history of Hong Kong by John Mark Carroll (note: Don't buy the Chinese version as they are censored)

There are also numerous papers about, unfortunately I can't attest to their quality and/or biases.

Yea. Internet censorship wouldn't make sense if they're trying to keep up the facade that HK still retains autonomy. At the same time I wouldn't be surprised if the Great Firewall of China™ is extended to HK. ExpressVPN and NordVPN about to make absolute bank

If by 'international city', your friend means Hong Kong being a port of trade for selective foreigners then sure, otherwise no.

Hong Kong was once called a borrowed place on borrowed time. I take it to mean that how Hong Kong came to be was the cumulation of circumstances. If China close up again then it will just go back to being a random coastal city; if China open up again then Hong Kong doesn't really have much of an advantage anymore.

A comment in the Facebook post points out it could be a electromagnetic interference (EMI) device, providing this link as supplemental reading: https://www.slideshare.net/kamran_hassan/emi-and-emp-protection-and-shielding

They also claim warping the device in tin foil is adequate enough for shielding. Wire Faraday cage is also viable.

I am shite at physics and cannot verify these informations. Any electrical engineer or expert who can provide their expertise on this subject is greatly appreciated.

You can buy on amazon, with free delivery and shipping in 1-2 days or BHP
price.com.hk has no listing foravailability in HK

You can buy on amazon, with free delivery
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There are multiple issues with VPNs.

1. Who are the true owners? For example, many of us here know ExpressVPN have their HQ in Hong Kong, yet they deny this and pretend they have zero Hong Kong presence. So with VPNs you often don't really know who you're dealing with.

2. Do they really log nothing? Guess you just gotta trust them...

You can make your own VPN (I run my own wireguard server) which is probably your best bet. Just choose a server in a country which is not friendly with China.

These two venues in Mongkok: http://micgadget.com/2153/shopping-for-gadgets-in-hong-kong/ and the retro tech gadgets market around Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/04/hong-kong-gadget-flea-market-a-blast-from-the-past/

You want me to read a 1997 book (not available as an e-book) called “Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft” to learn why Elon Musk and Jimmy Lai are immoral?

You can’t just name one location where Musk has fucked up the transit or a time when Lai did something naughty?

OK, I’ll get to it right after you watch this highly relevant video explaining why you’re wrong, and read this book (go get the print version) explaining the video.

Don’t skip any of it!

U.S is a one of the larger nations in the world , it also seems testing is a fairly common thing at least according to this webpage: https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions?origin=US

This exit in TST never gets used. If you enter it and turn the corner, your ears start ringing from the quiet.

I always stand on the steps for a few minutes basking in the silnce before the teeth chattering elbow bashing MTR users bring me back to reality.

You can have this one for free :-)

Even being there for 2 years, the food was exotic for me all the time... and I loved it all but the fish balls. I've tried pork fried intestines on a skew

For cables, you need a cable finder. You probe it over the wall and it generates a tone whenever it comes across a cable.

Other than that, I'm not really sure, but I came across this article while googling and hope it helps you get started.

All these things should be available at WECL, Sham Shui Po, or they will at least know where to buy these if they don't have them in stock. Good luck!

Statistics can be used to make arguments for both sides. The UK for instance has one of the lowest accident rates of developed counties.

I think it's also a cultural thing. Expectations of both drivers and pedestrians are different. Like I said, road safety is something which needs to be taught from a young age.

I definitely don't think repealing the law tomorrow would be a good idea as that would almost certainly result in more deaths/injuries. However, many cities across America are re-assessing how they want their roads to be shared so they can best be used by everybody.

As a side note, to counter your point about personal injury. I don't advocate random instantly administered death penalties to those unfortunate enough to be absent minded enough to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know how important making money is to everybody in Hong Kong and therefore everyone must rush to where they need to be as soon as possible. But perhaps the drivers shouldn't be driving so recklessly that they couldn't stop if a child or animal fell into the road?

Hahah High five fellow Lolita girl!

I think your best bet is leave a FB post about interesting in buying these items, and at least if there is any fans that frequent that page, you can hope someone replies.

I managed to find some info on the HK 2014 Exhibit, you can perhaps message the publisher? HERE

Worth a shot is maybe contacting the lady who ran the Toronto Exhibit, maybe she has some information about it? HERE

Sorry can't help you much more, but good luck! If I knew there was an exhibit back then I would have gone with my mom too!

I don't know anything about fashion myself, but I followed my best-dressed friend to a tailor that wound up being quite reasonable. I've been happy with the fit, for what that's worth.

Sounds like a good idea. Fellow Canadians let's write letters to our MPs

Please do not buy NordVPN, it started the trend of misleading Ads on YouTube.

If you really need a VPN just either buy 1. ProtonVPN (They also made ProtonMail which is really trustworthy) 2. Mullvad (Aka the must private VPN) 3. Host your own VPN on a VPS using OpenVPN

VPN is about privacy, and I must say that the advertising of NordVPN is very questionable and the product itself is nothing special, and the company itself isn't particularly trustworthy.

I only flew with them a few times many years ago for work due to the project being at a place where the nearest airport Ryanair flys to and none of the major carriers serve. I heard the cabin staff discuss their training on one of these flights and the thought that my life probably depended on those teenagers in a emergency situation amused me to no end for the rest of the flight.

Regarding the BA situation in the UK, here is a recentish article you might find informative.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/06/gatwick-ba-cabin-crew-face-big-pay-cuts-or-redundancy

it depends what you'll be doing, your budget, your own preferences when it comes to hotel amenities - like wifi, gym or swimming pool.

One could say the Ritz-Carlton looks nice with good reviews.

Try the reviews and hotel order of TripAdvisor or for ones in Central. It's not usually wrong. But I've had friends stay at the Butterfly on x hotels and they liked them.

I'm going to be writing e-mails, tweets and letters to UK MPs until I receive correspondence or the government is obliged to give a national response to our stance on this issue. If anyone in the UK concerned with this issue could please reply with or message me with links to groups and or platforms who wish to push this to be a national issue. This is an email I've sent out to some MPS:

https://hastebin.com/kubumevuvi.sql

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-most-people-fear-what-they-dont-understand

r/buttcoin is that way....

Also, don't you think there's SOMETHING you might have missed in this technology when the largest financial institutions, tech companies and VCs have invested more than a billion dollars in it and tinkering internally with it?

Or hey, the fuck do I know, you might be an advanced AI smarter than everyone involved with Bitcoin, combined and are just trying to warn us from the future. Or maybe not?

Stand News is still accessible if you change your default DNS. This is yet again evidence of the soft intro of a filtered web to the city.

You can use Quad9 (https://www.quad9.net/) as your DNS on your phone and your home router to bypass whatever the local ISPs decide is okay to show you. Plenty of quick instructions on how to change this setting.

There are definitely better ways to fund the protestors using cryptocurrency

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I'd suggest using Brave Browser and BAT tokens. It's an Open Source Chromium based browser with integrated adblock and high privacy standards. You can easily withdraw and deposit BAT tokens. Also you can earn BAT tokens viewing integrated ad, if you want, for which they don't use any of your browsing informations, and donate the BAT tokens to a verified producer (in this case maybe reddit admin or something). over 8 million browser users so far. i started using it yesterday and its fast af.

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I'd suggest using Brave Browser and BAT tokens. It's an Open Source Chromium based browser with integrated adblock and high privacy standards. You can easily withdraw and deposit BAT tokens. Also you can earn BAT tokens viewing integrated ad, if you want, for which they don't use any of your browsing informations, and donate the BAT tokens to a verified producer (in this case maybe reddit admin or something). over 8 million browser users so far. i started using it yesterday and its fast af.

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If you like the idea get more info here: https://brave.com/dir732 (referral)

https://ipfs.swedneck.xyz/ipfs/QmP7zVsXZfvPfMB1C8fKwkQgtAM4W3R7ZvnDdodTZw9Spp/4dc8077dddaff3223856c90a0eb7d4683fd52ceb.mp4

I went ahead and mirrored the video to IPFS, feel free to pin it so it's harder to censor.

No, it's a restive frontier province that will be slowly crushed over the next few generations. All social unity and group remembrance of the past will be outlawed. There will be no unapproved history.

If you haven't read it, Louisa Lim's "People's Republic of Amnesia" is a fascinating look at how the CCP controls the public memory.

https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Republic-Amnesia-Tiananmen-Revisited-ebook/dp/B00JMCZL56/ref=tmm\_kin\_swatch\_0?\_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=

Above Nam Wan Tunnel looking south east.

That's the Stonecutter's Bridge in the middle, to the left is the Port of Hong Kong, straight ahead on the skyline is Kowloon, to the right is the harbor and Hong Kong Island.

> Governments are moreso needed for stopping organized crime

I think they are more likely needed for stopping disorganized crime.

When it comes to true organized crime, they often have a pretty good set of ethics/rules that they follow and take care of their own neighborhoods. This often led to less general crime in neighborhoods that were under the control of these groups.

When it comes to organized crime, when you remove those that were in power you leave a power vacuum that others attempt to fill. The problem is that this is often done by people who do not have the generations of following a code of ethics that the mob has.

Remove organized crime from neighborhoods and they often end up more dangerous.

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Defended-Neighborhoods-And-Organized-Crime%3A-Does-Marshall/111c73399b3dac13616aaad7e61c2f3200f5085d

I don't use nord, but they say they have 80 active Servers here: ALso not sure why the guys name is a=Archie, but the autofill option is hi Steven

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https://nordvpn.com/servers/hong-kong/

That's BRILLIANT!!!! What a great way to bring the injustice of HK to the world. Notepad++ is my go to text editor, now I'm replacing my standard edition with the Hong Kong edition.

Thank you so much!!