Benny Blog
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Discovery Bay
Address Lantau Transport Discovery Bay Phone 2987 7749 Lying on the northeastern coast of Lantau, what locals have dubbed ‘DB’ is very much a world of its own (with not a little similarity to the cult ’60s TV series The Prisoner ). A dormitory community for professionals who commute to Central, Discovery Bay (Yue Ging Wan in [...]
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Lantau Link Visitors Centre
Address Tsing Yi Transport green minibus 308M Tsing Yi Phone 2495 5825 2495 7583 Hours 10:00-17:00 Mon-Fri, 10:00-18:30 Sat & Sun The Lantau Link Visitors Centre and its viewing platform (admission free; 7am-10.30pm Sun-Fri, 7am-1.30am Sat) is where you can take in the enormity of Tsing Yi Bridge and the Lantau Link, the combined road and rail [...]
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Hong Kong Film Archive
Address 50 Lei King Rd Transport Sai Wan Ho Website www.filmarchive.gov.hk Phone 2739 2139 2119 7383 bookings: 2734 9009 Price admission free Hours main foyer 10am-8pm Mon-Wed & Fri-Sun, box office noon-8pm daily, resource centre 10am-7pm Mon-Wed & Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 1-5pm Sun The archive is well worth a visit, even if you know nothing about Hong Kong [...]
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Tian Tan Buddha
Address Hours 10am-6pm On a hill above the Po Lin Monastery sits the Tian Tan Buddha, a seated representation of Lord Gautama some 23m high (or 26.4m with the lotus), or just under 34m if you include the podium. There are bigger Buddha statues elsewhere – notably the 71m-high Grand Buddha at Leshan in China’s Sichuan [...]
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One & Two International Finance Centre
Address 1 Harbour View St Central Hong Kong Island Transport Hong Kong (exit F) These two tapering, pearl-coloured colossi sit atop the International Finance Centre (IFC) Mall and Hong Kong station, terminus of the Airport Express and the Tung Chung lines. Both were partly designed by Cesar Pelli, the man responsible for Canary Wharf in London. One [...]
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Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
Address 175 Tung Hei Rd Transport Shau Kei Wan Website http://hk.coastaldefence.museum Phone 2569 1500 Price adult/concession $10/5, admission free Wed Hours 10am-5pm Fri-Wed This museum doesn’t exactly sound like a crowd pleaser, but its displays are as much about peace as war. It also occupies a knockout location in the Lei Yue Mun Fort (1887), which took quite a beating [...]
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Trappist Monastery
Address Lantau Tai Shui Hang Transport kaido from Peng Chau Phone 2987 6292 Northeast of Mui Wo and south of Discovery Bay at Tai Shui Hang is the Roman Catholic Lady of Joy Abbey – better known as the Trappist Monastery. The monastery is known throughout Hong Kong for its cream-rich milk, sold in half-pint bottles everywhere, [...]
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Lantau Link Viewing Platform
Address Price admission free Hours 7am-10.30pm Sun-Fri, 7am-1.30am Sat The Lantau Link Visitors Centre and its viewing platform is where you can take in the enormity of Tsing Yi Bridge and the Lantau Link, the combined road and rail transport connection between the New Territories and Lantau. The centre contains models, photographs and videos of the construction [...]
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Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
Address 41 Tonkin St Transport 2 from the Star Ferry or 2A from Nathan Rd in Mong Kok, alight in front of the museum Cheung Sha Wan (exit A3) Website www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/History/en/lcuht.php Phone 2386 2863 Price admission free Hours 10am-6pm Mon-Wed & Fri-Sat, 1-6pm Sun & public holidays First, a warning: this is a bit of a journey for what is [...]
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Ping Kong
Address Sheng Shui New Territories Transport 77K This sleepy walled village in the hills south of Sheung Shui is seldom visited by outsiders. Like other walled villages still inhabited in Hong Kong, it is a mix of old and new, and has a lovely little Tin Hau temple in the centre. You can also go exploring around [...]