Culture Shock!: Hong Kong

by Wei, Betty; Li, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781558686489
• ISBN10: 1558686487
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure. Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(1)
Introduction	8	(3)
First Impressions	11	(17)
The need to rush	12	(2)
A place of diversity, which is not China	14	(3)
Beautiful mountains and water	17	(1)
A place of extremes	18	(3)
Architects and architecture	21	(1)
Languages and signs	22	(1)
Crowds	23	(1)
Moving opulence	24	(1)
Smell	25	(1)
Noise	26	(2)
Hong Kong -- It's Past and Future	28	(25)
The Canton system and the Opium War	29	(1)
The choice of Hong Kong	30	(4)
Hong Kong in the nineteenth century	34	(6)
Hong Kong before World War II	40	(1)
Administration of colonial Hong Kong	41	(1)
World War II and Hong Kong	42	(2)
Hong Kong after 1945	44	(3)
Return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule	47	(6)
The People of Hong Kong	53	(26)
The Hong Kong identity	54	(1)
Commercial and urban from the start	55	(6)
How do the Chinese see themselves?	61	(4)
The triads	65	(1)
Importance of education	65	(2)
Emigration	67	(12)
Traditions, Religions and Superstitions	79	(28)
Fungshui	79	(5)
Confucianism	84	(1)
Taoism and Buddhism in Hong Kong	84	(5)
Goddess of the Sea or Queen of Heaven	89	(1)
Christians	90	(3)
Chinese festivals	93	(7)
Hong Kong weddings	100	(2)
Hong Kong funerals	102	(2)
Lucky symbols and numbers	104	(3)
Information, Communication and Travel	107	(22)
Telecommunication and fax	107	(3)
Publishing and printing	110	(5)
Radio and television	115	(3)
Transport	118	(11)
Work and leisure	129	(31)
The office hierachy	129	(2)
The job description	131	(1)
Office etiquette	131	(8)
Duties, taxes and sundry fees	139	(1)
Money	139	(3)
Give us Hong Kong's daily bread	142	(1)
Manufacturing	143	(1)
Trade	143	(2)
Hospitals and health care	145	(3)
Institutions of higher education	148	(2)
The Royal Asiatic Society	150	(1)
Museums and galleries	151	(1)
Music	151	(2)
Theatre and dance	153	(1)
The Hong Kong Arts Festival	154	(1)
Ordering tickets by telephone or Internet	155	(1)
Gambling	156	(1)
Sports	157	(3)
Two Major Hong Kong Institutions -- Eating Out and Shopping	160	(22)
Eating out	161	(3)
Eating with chopsticks	164	(7)
The Great Chefs of Hong Kong	171	(2)
Shopping in Hong Kong	173	(8)
Cash, credit cards and discounts	181	(1)
Getting Ready for life in Hong Kong	182	(17)
Hong Kong values and beliefs	186	(2)
Chinese social relationships	188	(4)
Establish your guanxi before dealing	192	(2)
Willingness to take risks	194	(2)
A masculine and competitive society	196	(3)
Cultural Quiz	199	(20)
Glossary	219	(2)
Calendar of Festivals and Holidays	221	(1)
Hong Kong Fact File	222	(11)
Resource Guide	233	(16)
Further Reading	249	(10)
The Authors	259	(1)
Index	260