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Practical information for people either to Hong Kong

This section will post the necessary information with which to anyone traveling to Hong Kong should be consulted. You will find information such as of Asian cuisine, customs regulations, safety, mandatory vaccinations, and much more. We also encourage you to read a separate article on Hong Kong, which provides basic information on population, culture, or characteristic of Hong Kong architecture.

Kitchen

Chinese Cuisine is one of many tourist attractions in Hong Kong. In his area you will find thousands of restaurants serving cuisine from around the world, but also the traditional dishes of the region.
Generally, Chinese cuisine is divided into four categories. The breakdown by category is closely associated with regions of China.

• Sichuan cuisine
• Peking Kitchen
• Cantonese cuisine
• Shanghai Cuisine

By setting the Chinese cuisine we have to expect that going to a restaurant we could see the huge fish tanks filled to the brim with crabs, lobsters, eels, ośmiornicami and many other fish and shellfish, which do not serve as an ornament, but as a component of future meals. In Hong Kong, characteristic of almost every restaurant is set on the table, pots of boiling water, to which the chef cooked crustaceans and throws them all at once before our eyes for several minutes. These dishes are prepared here immediately ready for consumption. While in Hong Kong is to be expected of such or similar food that is usually served on our plate in its entirety (all shellfish, all the dove, etc.).
Chinese food is not only almost live crustaceans served on a plate - it is also a wealth of spices, vegetables and rice given to hundreds of different ways. Mention, therefore, the most typical dishes, which will meet while in Hong Kong:

• Smoked duck with chilli
• shrimp with garlic
• gongbao jiding, or chicken served with chilli and peanuts
• 1,000-year-old eggs (duck eggs coated in a mixture prepared from the ash, lime, dried tea and salt, which are buried in the ground for a period of 3-5 months)
• snake soup
• stew dog
• dim sum, or snacks such as dumplings

Customs regulations, passports, visas

All Polish citizens with valid passport (minimum 6 months) may reside in the territory of Hong Kong for 90 days without having to pay fees or visa.
If you choose to Hong Kong for business purposes and otherwise treat the provisions of possession of a visa is a necessary requirement to undertake legal work. Application consists of a free visa in Hong Kong and the waiting time does not normally exceed 3 days. More impatient can get it immediately for a fee of HKD 100 China Travel Service office.
With regard to export and import of money has no restrictions, although it is prohibited to both deportation and the Bringing of weapons, ammunition, ivory, medicines, meat, plants and animals.

Security

Although the Hong Kong crime threat is low, it is never too much caution. Finally, we choose to entirely different cultural country, where different traditions prevail, and sometimes incomprehensible to us views. In particularly congested areas such as restaurants, museums, or other major tourist attractions of Hong Kong, let us be alert and pilnujmy their portfolios.

Health

Although planning a trip to the Hong Kong are not required vaccinations, it is better in every travel agent or by information received from a doctor, you will be informed of the recommended vaccinations despite the fact that they are carried out prophylactically can protect us from many serious diseases. Consider vaccinating against:

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Diphtheria
• Tetanus
• Polio
• Rabies

Remember that a sudden change not only the climate, but the diet may lead to food poisoning (półsurowe eating raw seafood, etc.). Deng is also known, a blood disease caused by the local mosquitoes or seasonal flu.
Medical care in Hong Kong is very good and is publicly available. For example, a medical appointment and pay $ 100 for outpatient $ 1,000.
It is also important to buy and provide the insurance (including medical).

What to know before you go

• Attempts to transport drugs into Hong Kong is illegal and even threatened punishment to life imprisonment (in the carriage of large quantities of drugs)
• No obligation meldunkowego
• Valid traffic drives on the left and the Polish driver's license are not recognized by the Hong Kong authorities
• Electric sockets 220V / 50 Hz
• Because of the time difference occurring should add 8 hours
• The official currency is 1 Hong Kong dollar (HK $) which is divided into 100 cents