Fun Facts:
  • High Life Expediencies: 80.6 years for men and 86.3 years for women. 
  • Personal income tax or salary tax starts at 2% and goes up to 17% for income above HKD 120,000.The longest bi-cable aerial ride in Asia is Ngong Ping 360. This 25-minute ride from Tung Chung offers stunning views of Lantau Island including the Ngong Ping Village, Giant Buddha, Po Lin Monastery and Wisdom Path.
  • Hong Kong has more Rolls Royce’s per person than any other city in the world.
  • The Transport System: 90 percent of all trips in Hong Kong are taken on public transport, which carries five million passengers daily. We guess that’s impressive.
  • Our Tai O dragon boat water parade, Tai Hang fire dragon dance, Cheung Chau Jiao Festival (Bun Festival) and Yu Lan Ghost Festival of the Hong Kong Chiu Chow Community are inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
  • Most skyscrapers in the world, with 8,000 buildings having more than 14 floors, almost double that of New York.
  • Hong Kong is Asia's premier wine hub and among the top three wine auction centres in the world, noted for the trade in deluxe wines. According to the International wine and Spirit Research Hong Kong has become the wine drinking capital of Asia, with a typical adult Hong Kong person downing 5.3 litres of wine every year. 
  • Its 5,000 hectare Hong Kong Global Geopark of China is listed as part of UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network and lauded as a unique "geopark in the city" as it is location just an hour bus or car ride away from the city centre.
  • Home to Kung Fu and movie legends like Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan and Donnie Yen 
  • Held in March, the Hong Kong Sevens is the world's biggest and the city's best known annual rugby event, attracting up to 28 teams vying for USD150,000 of prize money in front of 40,000 spectators and fans from around the world.
  •  The Tsing Ma Bridge, with a main span of 1,377 metres, is the longest suspension bridge with both rail and road traffic in the world, 100m longer than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. It received its name from the areas at both of its ends, Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. This famous landmark and scenic spot has a visitor centre and viewing platform located next to the Bridge's Tsing Yi end.
  • Our Tramways operates the world's largest fleet of double-deck tramcars, carrying an average of 230,000 passengers every day.
  • Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) one of the world's top 10 busiest international passenger airports. In 2011, it received more than 53.9 million passengers, about 3.9 million tonnes of cargo, 1,000 aircraft movements and over 100 airlines link HKIA with about 170 destinations worldwide every day.