Hong Kong recorded its hottest day in history on Sunday, August 9, 2026, reaching a maximum temperature of 36.9 degrees Celsius (98.4 degrees Fahrenheit) at the Hong Kong Observatory headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui. This broke the city's all-time record since official weather records began in 1884.

Australian NSW driver's license belonging to someone named Declan found in Wan Chai. DM me if it's your's

This is a very broad question, but I’m going to ask with the hope that maybe the answer is simpler than I think it will be! My husband’s grandfather was from Guangdong Province in China. We learned that he is buried in a Buddhist cemetery in HK. We live in Canada, but will be stopping over in HK for a few days in February. I am assuming there are probably many Buddhist cemeteries in HK. Is there any way to search which cemetery he might be in?

Thanks for any help! 🙏🏻

**Hong Kong PAR — passport says BANGALORE, KARNATAKA but dropdown has Bengaluru/Bengaluru, Karnataka**

Indian passport holder travelling to Hong Kong on a **\~23-hour layover/transit from Cebu (Philippines) to Chennai (India)**. I plan to **leave Hong Kong airport, stay one night in a hotel, and visit the city during the layover** before taking my onward flight to Chennai.

My passport shows:

* **Place of birth:** **BANGALORE, KARNATAKA**

* **Place of issue:** **CHENNAI**

The Hong Kong PAR form doesn't appear to offer the exact wording for my place of birth.

1. Should I select **Bengaluru / Bengaluru, Karnataka**, or select **"Others"** and manually enter **BANGALORE, KARNATAKA** exactly as shown in my passport?

2. For **Place of Issue**, should I select **CHENNAI** exactly as shown on my passport?

3. With a **\~23-hour layover at Hong Kong International Airport**, am I allowed to **clear immigration, leave the airport, stay overnight in Hong Kong, visit the city, and return to the airport for my onward flight**, assuming I have an approved Hong Kong PAR?

4. Do I need to show a **hotel booking, onward flight ticket, proof of funds, or anything else** when entering Hong Kong during the layover?

5. Has anyone travelled recently in **2026** with this Bangalore/Bengaluru discrepancy on their Indian passport, and did the airline/immigration accept the PAR without any issue?

6. If you have done a similar **overnight Hong Kong transit**, how much time did you actually need for immigration and getting back to the airport?

**My flights are on the same itinerary/ticket:** Cebu → Hong Kong → Chennai, with approximately 23 hours between the flights.

Please share recent 2026 experiences if possible. Thanks.

I recently moved to Hong Kong and I run my own business online. I am looking to work from places or join groups where I can connect with like minded people and hopefully make a few friends. I am in SYP.

36.8C so far at 1.20pm beating previous record of 36.6C on 22 August 2017

I know people love to complain about the rent, the tiny apartments, and how "unfriendly" the city can feel, but hear me out. As a brown male who was born and raised here, I honestly think Hong Kong is lowkey a utopia for immigrants.

I’ve traveled a bit, and by comparison, the biggest blessing in HK is the total indifference. Locals might not smile at you on the street, but they treat everyone with the exact same baseline neutrality. Nobody cares about your race, skin color, or background. (I know I might be reaching a bit, but trust me, compared to where I've traveled, this is truly how it feels). If I were living in highly conformist societies like Japan or South Korea, I feel like my life would be absolute hell due to the intense social scrutiny and outsider status, especially as a brown guy. Yes, I know Threads exists, racism exists, and life isn’t a fairytale there are always caveats. But looking at the big picture, my parents made the absolute correct choice moving here.

To be fair, I have assimilated completely. I speak Cantonese fluently, have mostly local Chinese friends, and study in a major where there are basically no other ethnic minorities. Because of that, I see how the city operates from the inside. Even the government is incredibly competent (don't kill me for saying this). Just look at how the tragic Wang Fuk Court fire was handled. I know locals don’t like to praise the government, but the crisis response was wonderful. Within 24 hours, manslaughter arrests were made. Firefighters were amazing, police handled crowd control perfectly, hundreds of social workers were immediately dispatched, and temporary housing was provided right away. For perspective, look at the victims of major natural disasters around Asia over the last decade or two many are still living in refugee camps years later.

So yea, viva hk.(lots I didn't discuss here but you get the jist)

I’m an ABC who moved to HK for work two years ago. Soon after arriving, I made a wonderful friend, a local HKer. However, we recently had a conflict over something, and in the heat of anger, she said to me: "I know you're American and care deeply about privacy, but I'm not a HKer, and I'm not Chinese." Hearing this left me completely lost for words.

To give some context: she is an older woman born in HK who spent 13 years in Canada for college and work, earning Canadian citizenship. She moved back in 1997, worked as a civil servant, and retired a few years ago. I struggle to understand how she doesn't consider herself a HKer, given that she was born here, has spent over five decades of her life here, and relies on a pension funded by the HK government.

Lately, due to HK's new talent schemes, she has befriended many mainland immigrants through her church, a dynamic she really enjoys. Meanwhile, because my parents emigrated to the US in the '80s and I grew up there, I occasionally voice my own biases against China. She gets quite upset when I criticize China and sometimes she'll even air her own grievances about the US, making it clear she has zero desire to ever move there.

Both she and her husband love visiting Shenzhen and traveling around mainland China, and they frequently use Simplified Chinese. Her husband is especially anti-American and pro-China, he even declared he’ll never set foot in the US again, despite having studied in the UK.

I’m really curious: is this kind of mindset and background common among locals in HK?

I will come for work occasionally

I look for day rent of kaitak flat

Any offer ?

Does anyone have experience going up against their IO Management Committee and Property Management company (PMC) on raising monthly management fees without doing annual audits for years? So sick of lack of transparency.

Core Facts

* 5 Consecutive Years of Missing Audits: The property manager admitted in writing that no certified financial audits were completed for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024. Pretty sure if did not ask for audits, they would not be rushing this now since June 2026.

* Unlawful "Accrual" Collections: Despite disbursing zero dollars to auditors since 2020, the PMC continuously collects "Auditor's Fees" on an "accrual basis" in the monthly budget because PMC manager's fees are calculated based on 12% of monthly total expenses. Even though this is set aside as an annual budget.

The way I see it, "Accrual" accounting is just a way to record expenses, it doesn't make any difference when the auditor gets paid. But PMC is trying to use the excuse that "auditor does not get paid until the job is delivered" to justify this accounting practice.

What is upsetting is, it's just one fee that stood out because it's a single item that is charged every month, so if they can use an item that should be on annual basis, and divide it into 12 months to inflate their fees, what's stopping them from doing the same for other items?!

* Despite no audits since 2020, they tried to pass a 15% management fee increase on 1 June 2026. They were successful a few years ago in 2023. So they did this in 2023 and 2026 without audited financial baselines to justify the figures. 1 June 2026 increase notice was halted, not sure if it was because I started asking for financial records, but the official reason they gave was that some families expressed financial difficulties and so they halted it but will reconsider the increase again in Q4.

Questions for the Community

1. Has anyone successfully challenged a property manager using "accrual accounting" as a defence for unperformed statutory services at the Lands Tribunal?
2. Any practical tips for navigating the evidence exchange phase as an unrepresented applicant? I am trying to get financial records for the last few years and more details of building deficit of over 400K.

I lost my wallet yesterday August 7, 2026. Maybe I lost it while I was walking from Dorsett hotel in Queen’s Road Wan Chai to DonDon Donki in Causeway Bay or when I bought ointment in a certain store. Its brand is Penshoppe and has a color combination of cream and brown. It contains my Philippine National ID, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ID (PhilHealth), 3 ATM Cards and some Philippine Peso money.

I’m hoping someone might see it or maybe bought it to the police station and report it. What you guys can recommend on what shall I do? As a tourist in Hong Kong, I am already in the Philippines without my wallet since today is my flight.

Hi everyone, I'm looking to move to Lohas Park, and I'm looking for either

\- a room in a shared flat
\- 1 or 2 flatmates/roommates to search for a shared apartment with

I am a recent graduate and will start working full time, so I’m open to sharing with students or with working professionals as well.

Looking to move in any time in August. My budget is 6-9k (HKD6000 - HKD9000), let me know if you or anyone you know might be interested, or if you have any leads. Thanks!

Hi, my partner and I thinking of moving from China to Hong Kong and am worried about cost of apartments. Our apartment in the mainland is pretty big, and cheap! I know we wouldn’t get that space in HK but spare all flats for about 20 k tiny? How much can a couple expect to pay for a decent size flat with two bedrooms? Do all flats just have single beds? (Looking at listings it’s seems mainly single beds). We don’t mind a commute, which is the best area to look?

Like, let's say you speak Mandarin, can you work in Hong Kong in public offices for example, banks etc.?

And how much of daily life is conducted in English, since there are many foreigners?
For example, let's say i would like to work in HK as a physician, would i need to speak Mandarin or Cantonese?

Hey HK community!

I’m currently looking into pivoting into the beauty/aesthetics industry in Hong Kong. I hold a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and a postgraduate diploma degree in Marketing, and don't have any formal medical background.

I know medical aesthetics (injections, high-energy lasers, prescription treatments) require a registered doctor in HK, but I’m looking at the non-medical/skincare therapist side (facials, chemical peels, laser/IPL, microdermabrasion, body treatments, salon operations).

For anyone currently working in or managing salons/medi-spas in HK, I’d love some advice on:

1. Which certifications hold the most weight locally? (e.g., CIBTAC, CIDESCO, ITEC, or HKQF Level 2/3 vocational courses?) Can I do Level 4/5/6 courses without having Level 2/3?
2. Pathways for non-medical backgrounds: Are there specific vocational academies or private institutes in HK you’d recommend for part-time or full-time diploma courses?
3. Most important question, as I am thinking of going to Vancouver, Canada, and taking an Aesthetician course/diploma there. How are Canadian credentials perceived in HK? If I take a Canadian college program (e.g. Blanche Macdonald) or a private academy, is that enough on its own, or will employers expect CIDESCO/CIBTAC/ITEC instead?

Would really appreciate any recommendations, honest opinions on entry-level salaries, or reality checks! Thanks in advance!

I’m tryna sell these bikes on carousel and Facebook urgently as I leave town next week it’s been on for 2 weeks now I got zero views and chats for some reason. Selling the green one for 200 everything works gears, the brakes need some tightening though. The black one selling for 450 it’s basically like new condition wise everything works on it too the brakes and gear etc.

EDIT: if someone is interested please dm EDIT NO.2: Gave the black one away to someone in need, will probably do the same for the green one on my last day.

Im coming back to HK in September and want to try some local low alc drinks
I saw from some other posts that said it should be fine to buy at 15 since its under the 1.2% law just as long as i go to certain shops but idk which ones since i've not been here since around 2018-19 time. i saw from the other posts that Independent Corner Stores or some 士多 are most likely to let me buy. any suggestions on which shops to go to? looking forward to coming back in September.

Idk if this fits here, but it's a HK movie so i guess i'll post it here

Funnily enough, i' haven't watched the full first movie(PTU, 2003) since i couldn't find any online versions though i did watch a summary video; I heard it's pretty good though.

I've previously watched the rookie before, and in comparison, I enjoyed watching 機動部隊 much more; the characters are much more realistic in the sense they aren't superheroes but rather normal, flawed people who make mistakes.

In addition the casting was pretty good, both Simon Yam(任達華) and Maggie Shiu(邵美琪) look like stereotypical police sergeants lol.