5k HKD a Month in Hongkong

[jimbo]

I live in that area.
Lots of cheap food places etc. I'm more than happy to show you where etc. also the local wet market too.

[flameproof]

Sham Shui Po is nearby. It's a rather low price area. Feels VERY international when you walk around Hai Tan St., a bit like in Ghana.

[Gruntfuttock]

I'll be checking with them whether hkid will be provided.

If by "them" you mean the company giving you the training then they have no input at all on HKIDs! If you are granted a visa with a duration longer than 180 days then YOU must apply for a HKID at the Immigration Department with 28 days of your arrival.

[noslez]

I live in that area.
Lots of cheap food places etc. I'm more than happy to show you where etc. also the local wet market too.

Thanks! That'll be great! I'll be heading there on mid march though.

[bibbju]

Sham Shui Po is nearby. It's a rather low price area. Feels VERY international when you walk around Hai Tan St., a bit like in Ghana.

Do you mean that there are lots of Ghanaians living there? Can you get Ghanaian food? Jollof rice? Kenkey?

[HK_Katherine]

Eventhough it is only a small amount everytime, I do find buying drinks relatively expensive. It'll be getting warmer soon, and one needs to replenish their fluids a lot. I find constantly popping into a 7-11 to buy a drink can mount up. When I was small, my mother used to boil the kettle, let it cool down before bottling it to put in the fridge or making other drinks, I found it bothersome and didn't understand the reason behind it. I guess that's one way of saving a few cents.

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Or just turn the tap on and fill up a bottle. The boiling is completely unnecessary .

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[jimbo]

Do you mean that there are lots of Ghanaians living there? Can you get Ghanaian food? Jollof rice? Kenkey?

Haven't seen any.
A lot of the Ghanaians there are doing business etc

[Proplus]

Or just turn the tap on and fill up a bottle. The boiling is completely unnecessary .

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Not 30 years ago in an old building.

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[Elegiaque]

Eventhough it is only a small amount everytime, I do find buying drinks relatively expensive. It'll be getting warmer soon, and one needs to replenish their fluids a lot. I find constantly popping into a 7-11 to buy a drink can mount up. When I was small, my mother used to boil the kettle, let it cool down before bottling it to put in the fridge or making other drinks, I found it bothersome and didn't understand the reason behind it. I guess that's one way of saving a few cents.

There's something called a water bottle. The great thing about this invention is that you can reuse it, so you don't have to 1. waste money at 7-11 buying drinks, 2. create plastic waste that will sit in a landfill for 500+ years just so you can have a little thirst quencher. Usually, all kinds of offices or what not will have access to filtered water. Keep the bottle on hand during the day so you always have something to drink. If you like things like Pocari Sweat, then you can buy Nunn tablets and add them to your water.

To the OP -- really, HK is already quite polluted, and people are crammed together. Please consider this a good opportunity to try to quit smoking -- HK doesn't need anymore smoke!

[Fiona in HKG]

And you can now easily get portable bottles with in-built filter devices so you can fill from a tap and go