I've received a few replies to this thread, so I'll post it here.
Our book club is still new and certainly
open to anyone, alas, the current make-up of the members are female-late 20s to early 40s- nonmothers- single to newlyweds- mostly less than a year in HK(we have one rogue Lifer!)- exPats from all four major English speaking countries. And the industry fields run the gammot, so not worth specifying.
We are currently meeting the first Thursday of the month. Rooftop of the Fringe Club in Lan Kwai Fong (cash only). The September book was 'The World of Suzie Wong', a treasured read to reminisce about HK. The upcoming October book is Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions".
We met via another exPat website, so we communicate via Facebook, though not a group yet. hhmmm... maybe I'll do that today.
Anyway...
All newcomers should know about Meetup.com. I found a great hiking group, capoeira group, and volunteer groups via that. Apparently it exists for a lot of countries to find groups to join.
{Shri, I hope my info above isn't taking away from GeoExpat's features or that it breaks any rules. If it does, just tell the folks to PM me.}