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pup
17 yrs ago
I will move to Hong kong in August but without a job. I have wanted to live in HK for a long time and now prepare to do it. Doing the planing now, sending out resumes and looking for cheap accommodations. I have a degree and work experience and will be looking for teaching job.
I'd just like to know of other who have done this. I would like to know your stories, how long it took you, costs etc..
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ldavy
17 yrs ago
pup, cara has painted a pretty depressing picture but unfortunately it's all true. In fact I think $5,000 for housing is an incredibly low figure - you're lucky to get a spare bedroom in someone else's flat for that money. You can't come to Hong Kong without a job unless you have quite a bit of money behind you. I did it, but that was back in 1985! I came with $10,000 which was quite a lot then. And I had friends to stay with for a couple of months.
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Hi Pup, yes try a share flat for a bit it's cheap without all the obligations and you can get your bearings. You will most likely be able to find work here in your profession, what do you teach? Let's hear how it goes and Good Luck. PS: Chung King Mansions is a great place to experience the real HK
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" PS: Chung King Mansions is a great place to experience the real HK"
"Seriously, real HK??
Average Hongkonger has nothing to do with Chunking Mansions.
No doubt, that is a quite unique place in and interesting in that sense, but no way "real HK"."
I'd beg to differ, Chung King mansions is part of Hong Kong and is as real Hong Kong as Nathan Road, Mong Kok LKF or Cheung Kong centre. The fact that it functions as a ghetto for budget travellers visa over stayers Indian restaurants and perhaps even criminals and is not dominated by Hong Kong Chinese doesn't make it any less real, its been around since the early sixties, and if anything is the closest thing we have remaining to the walled city. It is quintessential Hong Kong
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pup
17 yrs ago
I think I found a cheaper place to stay at in "Rent-a-room" for 3,000 hkd a month. I think that's a little cheaper than Chung King mansions. I have 25,000 USD so money should not be a problem, although I want to spend as little as possible. I figure 3,000 for housing, taking my cell phone and getting a pre-paid plan, buying a used bicycle for transport, and eating cheaply should cost me less than 10,000 hkd per month.
If I can't find a job I might consider moving to mainland China. I hear it is much easier to find a job there.
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Do get a bike and help make a statement to the gov't here and there are places in HK quite commutable by a bike, weather permitting >
http://www.designinghongkong.com/cms/index2.php?option=com_yanc&act=archive&task=view&cid=155&Itemid=&no_html=1
Look up Critical Mass for their rides when you get here
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pup
17 yrs ago
I find it very surprising that bikes are such a big no no according to cara. I have been in HK before, just last year. I guess I am so used to life in Shanghai and Japan. Lived in both. But if I can and if it is safe, I will get one.
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i think you can find a decent (hk standard) studio apartment in kennedy town for 5-6k.
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