r/HongKong

Hi, I'm 25F and I plan on moving to HK for my master's. I was wondering similar to China or Japan, are we expected to have Chinese names?

Thanks

Looking for any kind of help here, am at my wits end with this kid who has basically lost direction in life and hasn’t promoted to secondary 3 in the past 2 years and chances are he might not, what are some future pathways he can consider, he is considering VTC but his mom would obviously prefer him going back to secondary school. He’s given up on studying and he’s only 14.

Does anyone here have similar experience? Would anyone have more information on what courses in VTC are useful ?

Would anyone know other secondary schools which might accept kids like that ?

Any advice in general would be useful too.

Been using this bank for years and never really had any problem until now. This is the first time they rejected my request waiving credit card fee for my EveryMile card which I totally forgot about as I didn't meet the spending requirement. They wouldn't even waive it this one time. Never had an issue with my other cards.

Anyone encountered this issue? Man they're pretty persistent in not waiving my credit card fee. As a Premier customer I'm kinda pissed at this service lol.

EDIT: Ah I just called the hotline late at night (didn't wait long). Lady was super nice to waive my annual fee and cut my card at the same time. Wondered why they were so harsh via email, but willing to waive my annual card fee when I called.

I have seen Hong Kong mentioned quite a bit over the years as a major hub for luxury watches, especially when it comes to availability and variety compared to other markets.
I am curious how true that still is today. Has the market changed much recently in terms of pricing, inventory, or overall experience?
For someone visiting, does it actually make sense to explore the watch scene there, or is it not as strong as it used to be?
Would be interesting to hear from people who are local or have been there recently.

Did anyone get any tickets for The Weeknd? I don't know anyone from my social circle who got a single one.

Also on the HK Ticketing website it just says "Not available now" instead of "sold out". Does this mean there's still a chance that they'll have tickets available?

Also f*ck ticket scalpers.

Hey everyone!

Just looking for some advice on clearing out some of my camera gear. I’m trying to downsize my collection, and the first thing to go is a vintage CCD camera. I have a few that I rotate through, but this one just doesn't get used anymore. It works perfectly, though there's a tiny bit of debris in the viewfinder. Pretty standard for a camera that's been sitting in a closet for decades.

I’m looking to slowly sell things off to simplify my setup and eventually upgrade to something a bit more modern for my main kit. I'm moving away from the vintage, aesthetic phase and trying to get back into a semi-professional workflow.

I need recommendations for two types of places:

1. All-in-one shops:Somewhere I can just walk in and sell a whole bundle of gear at once. Camera bodies, lenses, cages, small lights, and random accessories (whether they care about having the original boxes or not).

2. Vintage/Trend-focused shops: Stores that specifically buy up older CCD-style cameras. I know they were super trendy a while back, but I'm ready to move on from mine.

If anyone knows of any good spots (especially places where I can just do an in-person cash trade-in), please let me know.

Location doesn’t really matter to me. I live in New Territories, but I’m willing to travel anywhere.

Thanks in advance for the help Reddit!

Hi, anyone move from the US to HK and want to share their experience? I have a job offer but in the fence about the move.

Do people HK still believe that 八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包 is a true story? I remember growing up, that movie was a major hit. Because of that, people believed the cannibalism story even though there was no evidence to support that. On top of that, people kept saying it happened in HK even though the actual case happened in Macau.

Hey could anybody recommend any good sports bar that will be showing the UFC with commentary on? I will be making my first visit to HK next month! I’ll be solo traveling if anyone would like a drink!

I am looking for private investigator recommendations from people who have had a positive experience with them. My reason is infidelity. My husband has kicked me out of the house and I need some clarity for myself to move on. Please DM if you can’t comment publicly.

So recently there’s been more Mainland MTV (meiktv, 星聚會）brands that are coming into Hong Kong and they are insanely expensive and feels extortionate.

Naturally you’d think they’d at least match their relative prices in mainland, or undercut the HK peers like what JD and keeta does. But they decided to go the other way and charge 500-1000 per person with a COVER charge. FYI that’s like 2x the price of RedMr/Neway, and the service and quality isn’t any different from RedMr or Neway, maybe just slightly newer furniture.

I just find it ridiculous because it’s becoming an eyesore in Central/LKF. And it makes no sense bc the influx of new immigrants are working class and won’t be able to afford that?

Hi all,

Was anyone able to register with eMPF without having iAMSmart recently?

iAMSmart app requires me to enable fingerprint authentication on the very first screen, which I refuse to do for various reasons. Their support told me that it is impossible to use this app without biometrics enabled.

I made an appointment to visit eMPF center in a couple of days to ask them to register my account without iAMSmart, and I am trying to understand if it is even possible in theory and how much pushback should I expect.

Side question regarding iAMSmart: does it require fingerprints enabled every time the app is in use or just for the first time? I use Android, Samsung S21 if that is important.

Cheers!