[Terry99_99]

Costing in Hong Kong

Coke,
$5 in supermarket, $3.5 in public estate, $20 in dasney

lunch
around $50 at causeway bay, $25 in public estate/fastfood, $10 for chinese noodle
dinner at least $100 at IFC(depends), around $60 at causeway bay, $35 in public estate/fastfood, $10 for chinese noodle

transpot
www.nwfb.com.hk / www.mtr.com.hk / www.kmb.hk

time to central
from chai wan ( 30 min, by mtr)
kennedy town by (15 min, by mini bus), (30 min by bus)
causeway bay (10 min by mtr)
TST (10 min by mtr)
sha tin ( 25 min by kcr > mtr)
tung chung ( 45 min by mtr)

Credit card
HSBC for sure , ipod nano promo right now

haircut
i have no idea
info from Cheap hair cut

I go to a regular one in Wan Chai (small shop run by an old chinese guy). Mostly local, speaks a few words of english but if you give him

a picture, he will replicate it exactly...I will send you the contact. Cost is 75 HKD, never been disappointed
from mat

Causeway Bay, La Mod Salon, next to the PCCW building offering a good haircut service for both men and women. cost around $180, fit ur budget !
from Peep ! Peep !

internet
1st choice HKBN 100MB 238$ fastest
2nd choice NETVIGATOR around $200 most stable
NEVER TRY HGC, I-CALBE

Mobile phone
Monthly Fee $80 $108 $138 $198 $298
Free mins Basic 1000 1200 1400 1700 3100
Intra 400 800 1000 1100 1700
Thereafter charge (min) $1.0 $0.9 $0.9 $0.8 $0.5
Free Services Intra SMS
12-month: voice mail, call forwarding, caller number display and call waiting Intra SMS
12-month: voice mail and caller number display

town gas, water, eletrcity
around 800 per family

stuff
should buy at Pharmacies("Red Cross with R") looking like that http://www.fullsun.coms.ws/
everything is MUCH CHEAPER(50%) than supermarket.

i hope these helps
any thing want to know?

[abhishek desai]

hey terry,
thats a lot of valuable information.. thnks a lot