I would suggest that nurturing a vice that only takes up one hour of my life per week for roughly 16 weeks can barely be considered harmful in any way.
I am extremely excited about going to Hong Kong and I have travel plans for China and Southeast Asia planned and prepared for. I can't wait to explore Hong Kong and all of its quirks and wonders. I'd kindly ask not to have my sanity questioned when the question was fairly simple.
That being said, thanks for the slingbox suggestion, I had not heard of it, and it will perfectly solve my needs.
And I will be at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and arriving on January 3rd.