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    How small of an apartment can you live in? Square feet wise.

    Keep in mind, you need 3.5 months rent up front, and many landlords require a HKID card (which will take you some time to get), but not all, so you should stay in a serviced apartment until you decide where is good to live. It takes time to see what you like.

    Ask your employer to provide a serviced flat for a month until you can find a flat. It costs a bit so better if its free for you.

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    I will get a serviced flat for one month and somebody who helps me to find a flat.

    Hmm how many square feets? Currently our flat is 800 square feets. But I think we could go down to 700.


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    Also, you say you like asian food but local food here really is greesy. It isnt like food back home. Very fatty and oily so be careful. I gained a lot of weight myself. And also need to run to the toilet a lot.

    It is fun, your budget is fine, enjoy and good luck!

    Look for flats when you arrive, the real square feet is about 60-70% of the advertised, so keep that in mind.

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    I hope Randy is alright. Page 5 on a thread which could tenuously be linked to his Park Island and not a peep. I don't recall reading about anyone being crushed to death under a giant pile of gold bullion that they were counting in their flats but still I am a little worried.

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    Probably on a Viagra fueled marathon humping the Park Island supporting pillars.


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    Just to chime in, I find food in the UK VERY cheap, and I'm basing this on London standards. It is the one thing that REALLY surprised me about London when I moved here. I work in Oxford Circus which is as central as you get, and I spend <£10 for lunch (<£100hkd) and that can get me anything from Vietnese Pho with a spring roll and coffee, pulled pork sandwhiches with chips and slaw and a drink, roast duck beijing/hk style with rice and veggies, etc. There are many ~£5-£6 options, as well.

    If I go to the market, food just generally is f'all cheap. When I have been on extended business in HK, I did not find supermarkets terribly cheap at all and found it was usually cheaper to actually eat out at hawker stalls (<$40-$50 for duck and rice). Wetmarkets will yield better deals. That said, you have to be mindful of food quality in HK, too, as much comes from the mainland and is rather questionable.

    All said, you can probably have a food budget that would mirror London if you tried (though again, you wouldn't have the diversity in HK for that same budget that you would for London). I suspect CH food prices, though, are higher than London and more inline with what I had when I lived in Holland (Holla
    nd was more than London or HK). So you may be alright. The best way to compare is to see what you enjoy eating, how much you pay, and what you'd have to pay when you move (with a bit of flexibility for localisation, but not completely local b/c you probably, assumedly, you aren't Canto).


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