Cantonese Basics

First of all, I want everyone to know that China is a huge country. It's large enough to have different spoken language (written language is similar) within China. Mandarin is the most popular one among all. However, in Hong Kong, people usually speak in Cantonese which is usually used in southern China.

Although, Hong Kong was one of the colonies of England for almost a hundred years. Hong Kong people's English is still not very good (like me =P). Therefore I am going to talk about some basics Cantonese that can be used in daily life.

Chinese English Cantonese

Greetings
你好 Hi/Hello lay hoe
你好嗎? How are you? lay hoe ma?
早晨 Good Morning jow sun
再見 Good Bye joy geen
唔該 Excuse me/Thank you hmm goy

Restaurants and Shopping
幾錢 How much is it? ching mun, gay daw cheen?
埋單 Check please hmm goy, mai dan
太貴了 too expensive Tai Gwei le
洗手間在哪? Where is the washroom? Chee saw hai been doe ah?

Emergency
救命 Help Gau mang
警察 Police Ging chart

New Territories

New Territories is the largest area in Hong Kong. It is a more rural area compare to Kowloon and Hong Kong. However, there are still many places worth to visit as a tourist. For example, the Giant Buddha is one of the must-go place. The Giant Buddha is the world largest outdoor bronze buddha.
No trip to Hong Kong would be complete without a visit to the world's tallest, outdoor, seated bronze Buddha.
Another place tourist should go is Sai Kung (where I live =]). Sai Kung is a fishing harbor located west of New territories. You can taste the best seafood in Hong Kong. There are hundreds of seafood restaurants in Sai Kung. All of them are equipped with glass tanks, fresh and alive fishes, crabs, lobster and many other seafood you never seen before are in those tanks for you to choose from.

Kowloon

Kowloon is on the other side of the Victoria Harbor. Kowloon means "nine dragons" in Chinese. Temple Street is located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is well known for its night market and the busiest flea market. You kind find fashionable apparel in here at a very low price. The temple street market open 2 pm everyday.
If you like to go clubbing, Tsim Sha Tsui is a place you need to go. There are over 100 clubs you can choose from in Tsim Sha Tsui. Tsim Sha tsui is also the heart of Kowloon. You can find major shopping malls within well-known brands stores in there.

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the souther part of Hong Kong. It gives the name of the SAR.Hong Kong Island is the heart of Hong Kong, the urban development is densely packed on the northern side along Victoria Harbor. Hong Kong Island is also known as its beautiful night view. "The Peak" is a must see place for tourists. The Peak offers the view of Hong Kong and Kowloon skylines. You can also find the most popular shopping mall in Hong Kong Island. Many shopping malls are located in Causeway Bay, Central ,and Admiralty. If you are looking for a place you want to spend a whole weekend under the sunshine, next to the shoreline, Stanley is a must go place for you.There's also a traditional Chinese restaurant that tourists should go. Lin Heung Tea House (蓮香樓) is a 70-years-old Chinese restaurant, one of the oldest Chinese restaurant exists in Hong Kong. You can expereince the traditional way of how people spend their whole weekend at the same time enjoying excellent "dim sum" (a wide range of light dishes served alonside Chinese Tea).

Address: 160-163 Wellington St., Central, Hong Kong

General Background

Hong Kong is located in East Asia, where Guangzhou, China is at north of Hong Kong separated by the Shenzhen River. Hong Kong was under United Kingdom's control from 1842 to 1997 as a colony. Therefore, Hong Kong's culture and lifestyle is totally different from China, which makes Hong Kong a place that have both western and traditional Chinese culture. Despite the fact that Hong Kong is only the size of New York City, it is one of the most densely populated city in the world with 7,008,900. In 1997, Hong Kong become a special administrative region, which means nominally Hong Kong is under China's control, but under the "One country, two systems." Hong Kong enjoys high degree of autonomy except defense and foreign affairs.

Getting Started

Hi there! I am Chun Wai Leung, in this blog I will be introducing Hong Kong (my home country) to all of you. Hope you guys will like it! I really Hong Kong and would like to share with all of you. The purpose of this blog is to let everyone have a general idea of Hong Kong and Asian culture is like and consider Hong Kong as a future vacation choice. =] I don't like putting a lot of text, it's hard to read and not every is patient enough, therefore I will use some visual aids for each post. Enjoy!