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Plus an extra little treat - the Star Ferry I decided to upgrade my cell phone, and that Hong Kong was the place to do it. Hong Kong phones provide access to the Google services, which phones purchased in China do not. I had rooted my previous phone, but was still unable to access Google, unless I was willing to burn it into the ROM (I was not). While I was there, I decided to upgrade my camera. So without a whole lot of shopping around, this is what I found. Prices listed are from the Ocean Center Harbor City mall in Hong Kong, Taobao in China (which I expect to be similar to prices here in Yulin), and Amazon and B&H Photo in the U.S. Amazon seems to be a good point of comparison for just about everything, while B&H Photo seemed to come up often with Google searches. Prices in the left three columns are in the local currency. Prices in the right columns are converted to USD for comparison. The prices I actually paid are in green. China and Hong Kong do not charge sales taxes, which you may have to pay in the U.S. Merchants on Taobao often do not charge shipping. The Hong Kong merchants were extremely pleasant, helpful, and knowledgeable. One even referred me to another shop across the harbor when he didn't have the phone I wanted - Samsung Galaxy S8. Sony A5100 and Samsung S8 The Hong Kong merchants threw in a LOT of little extras, including an external battery pack, carrying pouch, 32 GB SD card, protector filter, and UV filter computer glasses. AND . . . when we left the shopping center, we decided to take the ferry across to Central. I was surprised to see that the ferry was the Star Ferry, which not very long ago was the primary means of crossing between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula at Tsim Sha Tsui http://www.starferry.com.hk/sites/default/files/topbanner.jpg StarFerry.hk The Star Ferry was one of the first scenes in a Hollywood film filmed in Hong Kong in 1960, starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan, and played a key role in their meeting. CFL topic - the World of Suzie Wong See Gwulo: Old Hong Kong for some interesting comparisons between the filming locations and present day Hong Kong. All in all, I think I would just as soon do my shopping in China. Buying the cell phone in Hong Kong was a necessity for this Westerner, however, because of the local (Chinese) regulations in effect. Many English language websites are affected by the restrictions of the Great Firewall. This includes some of the Communist Party's own English-language websites, include the People's Daily, Xinhua, and many others which use Google, Facebook, and/or YouTube functionalities. Cameras do not seem to be affected by Chinese regulation. You can simply choose English or Chinese within the camera's setup.
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from the SCMP When Hong Kong expats were found ‘suitable’ wives by bosses and their spousesRight up to the 1950s, men arriving in Hong Kong to join companies were not expected - and in some cases were forbidden - to marry for the first 10 years, whereupon their employers would choose a mate for them, Jason Wordie writes http://cdn3.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/620x356/public/2015/11/12/b858290e578d153341b67c646711fe92.jpg?itok=tSG5qyGq "Newlyweds Ho Lai-sheung and Alan Pickford, the first British soldier granted permission to marry a local woman, in the 1950s." http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/486w/public/2015/11/12/fe305cb66459699ced8c113896f36157.jpg?itok=3X8OsovI "Pickford and his wife celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in Hong Kong, in 2002. Photo: Dickson Lee"
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from the South China Morning Post - you may need to provide your email address in order to read the article and view the pictures British soldier’s unseen photos of Hong Kong 60 years ago revealed ... but can you tell where they were all taken? http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/980x660/public/2015/01/09/landscape-combined.jpg?itok=XeObdwZe
