Hong Kong, Asia (Point of interest)

In addition to training the stars of the future, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts hosts regular dance, drama and music performances. The complex in the Wanchai district has three theatres, a recital hall and an open-air amphitheatre.... Continue reading →

The well laid-out Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin has exhibitions on local history, clan culture, and Tibetan Buddhism. A popular highlight includes applying computer-generated virtual make-up for Cantonese opera. Recent temporary exhibitions ... Continue reading →

The vast brick Hong Kong Museum of Art on Tsim Sha Tsui's waterfront is a serene collection of Chinese calligraphy and delicate landscapes. Highlights include 17th-century flowing calligraphic poems, huge Qing dynasty statues and temporary collecti... Continue reading →

A serene oasis in noisy Central, Hong Kong Park & Aviary is spectacularly surrounded by skyscrapers. Inside its gardens is an artificial lake inhabited by turtles and fish, a tai chi garden and walk-through aviary with 150 species of bird life.... Continue reading →

One of the oldest, cheapest and most charming journeys, the Hong Kong Tram Ride runs the length of the island from traditional Kennedy Town to Shau Kei Wan. For the best view of crowded streets, take a top deck seat. The tram has been running sinc... Continue reading →

The wooden Chi Lin Nunnery in Diamond Hill, built in Tang Dynasty style, has lotus-covered pools in the courtyard and golden statues in the four halls of Celestial Kings. The adjacent Nan Lian Garden, also Tang-inspired, opened in 2006. A gem of C... Continue reading →

In skyscraper-filled Hong Kong, Central's HSBC Building is iconic. Costing billions of dollars, with Feng Shui consultation, the criss-cross steel and glass is guarded by lions Stitt and Stephens. Ride the escalator to the tiny exhibition of the bu... Continue reading →

Inspired by the original in London, Madame Tussauds in Hong Kong's Peak Tower gives celebrity enthusiasts a chance to hang out with the stars (well, their wax counterparts anyway). From sporting stars to Hollywood VIPs, anyone who's anyone is on di... Continue reading →

On a Lantau Island hilltop sits Po Lin Monastery & Big Buddha in serene lotus position, 26 metres high and weighing 202 tonnes. Walk up the long staircase and around the base, then inside the small museum. Avoid overcrowded Sundays. The monks at t... Continue reading →

The Sam Tung Uk Museum is a reconstructed walled village, providing visitors with a living re-enactment of the agricultural, pre-commercial Hong Kong of the 18th century. Rustic and simple, the museum is an island of peace amongst the modern urban ... Continue reading →

In Kowloon, the red-and-gold Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple demonstrates spiritual Hong Kong, albeit crowded. A noisy gathering of incense smoke, prayers and offerings, hoards of locals come to learn their future by shaking the fortune sticks. A... Continue reading →

Tai O's aluminium stilt houses on Lantau seem an antitheses to Hong Kong's innovation. Most residents of this traditional fishing village prefer these tiny boxes perched above the water, boats moored outside. Take a motorboat to look for pink dolph... Continue reading →

The uphill hike to Sha Tin's Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is lined with golden Buddha statues, with different postures and expressions. At the summit is another huge Buddha atop an elephant, several temples, and the corpse of the monastery's foun... Continue reading →