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Areas to live in HK advice please?

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    There's even an artificial beach at Discovery Bay so your little one can enjoy the sand and sea.

    A bit Stepford wives-ish...


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    + 1 for Kowloon Station or even Olympic. We have two young children and love it here!


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    If you are out in town for a meal or what ever and miss your boat after midnight you could end up waiting from 30 mins to 90 mins for the next boat. its not like you can just get a cab home. Just something else to consider.


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    Others have answered your main question, so out of curiosity: your husband had no difficulty getting a visa for a "work from home" job?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gruntfuttock:
    Others have answered your main question, so out of curiosity: your husband had no difficulty getting a visa for a "work from home" job?
    Not sure why this would even be an issue - I work from home frequently and if I upgraded the IT side of things I could do it almost exclusively.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bibbju:
    +1 for Discovery Bay. It sounds like it's exactly what the OP is looking for.

    Just to add that's its a 25 min ferry ride to Central (not 35 min as stated earlier). Ferries run 24 hours a day.
    If you live in DB and work in Central, please allow for 1 hour or even more door to door. The time it takes the ferry point to point is meaningless....
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBrit:
    Not sure why this would even be an issue - I work from home frequently and if I upgraded the IT side of things I could do it almost exclusively.
    I guess I phrased it badly. Getting a visa to work from home where the company doesn't have an office in HK could be tricky.

    I also wonder if ImmD ever asks "if you can work exclusively from home why do you need to move to Hong Kong?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by INXS:
    If you live in DB and work in Central, please allow for 1 hour or even more door to door. The time it takes the ferry point to point is meaningless....
    It's been a while INXS but I'm going to pop up again and say I do it in 40-45 mins door to door Depends where you live/work. I live not too far from the ferry and work in core Central (near the Landmark)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fiona in HKG:
    It's been a while INXS but I'm going to pop up again and say I do it in 40-45 mins door to door Depends where you live/work. I live not too far from the ferry and work in core Central (near the Landmark)
    Yes, exactly the same for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gruntfuttock:
    I guess I phrased it badly. Getting a visa to work from home where the company doesn't have an office in HK could be tricky.
    That is your assumption, not the OP's assertion.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gruntfuttock:
    I also wonder if ImmD ever asks "if you can work exclusively from home why do you need to move to Hong Kong?"
    Why do you wonder that? What difference would it make to Immigration? Or you, for that matter!

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