[snowocean]

we would be moving to Hk in July 2007 and highly likely to choose Sai Kung for residence. For those of you who are livng there, may i know:

1. During the typhoon seasons each year, is Sai Kung harder hit?

2. Any good gym facilities around there?
3. Any education services such as tuition/learning support avilable in Sai Kung, or do we need to go to Shatin?

Thanks alot.

[takamine]

Typhoon? No more so than other areas of HK. You might get more leaves and branches from trees on the roads but they're usually cleared up by the next day.

There is/was a small gym opened up opposite pepperonis.

A lot of ex-pat teachers live in the Sai Kung area, so if you're after English tuition, you wouldn't have a problem finding one.

[jimbo]

The gym in sai kung is tiny and not exactly cheap either for what you get to be honest.

[snowocean]

Thanks.

I woudl be in Sai Kung in May to hopefully secure a place to stay from July.

Our budget is around HK$80000, any leads on good housng there..Thanks

[discobay]

Should be no problem getting a place for $80,000.

[jimbo]

Whoah!!!!!

Thats some budget! You can get yourself a massive place for that amount, Your typical village house is 2100 sq feet excluding rooftop.

[snowocean]

I have seen one of those village house on the waters. Nice. However, does anyone know what villas ( with no soze restriction) are like?

[snowocean]

For those of you who live in Sai Kung, please kindly help - I read in one of the previous poiting that SK is noisy with dog barking at short and long periods. True?

Thanks

[snowocean]

Is it true that the application to broadband in SK would take a long time? Thanks

[ontheroad]

Originally Posted by snowocean

For those of you who live in Sai Kung, please kindly help - I read in one of the previous poiting that SK is noisy with dog barking at short and long periods. True?

Thanks

My friends live there and its true, dogs are always barking, but the upside is they have a huge house for the same budget that I have a tiny appartment in HK... and they have less pollution too.