Charming attractions of Hong Kong

Whether you arrive by night or by day, your very first glimpse of Hong Kong will create a vivid and unforgettable impression.

After dark, you will be met by a dazzling display of city lights, spread in a glittering carpet on both sides of the harbour.

Should you arrive by day, you won't see a city skyline at all. You'11 see islands-there are 236 of them-some rocky and weatherworn, others lush and green.

As your aircraft approaches Hong Kong International Airport, you'll see the New Territories to the north- miles of open countryside, patch worked with rice fields and neat terraced farms, a scene as old as China itself. , Then the famous harbour comes into view, ringed by mountains; Kowloon on the north shore, Hong Kong Island on the south, with Victoria Peak towering above it.

This is the heart of Hong Kong, and this is where you will be staying. Perhaps in Central, on Hong Kong-side, the dynamic focus of one of the world's great financial centres. Maybe in Wanchai or Causeway Bay, with its colourful neon nightlife. Or perhaps you'll stay in Tsimshatsui, just across the harbour, where magnificent hotels line the harbour-front and the streets are crowded with shops offering all the treasures and temptations of Wherever you choose to stay, remember that what you see at first is only one face of Hong Kong. There is more, far more to explore. Plan to stay long enough to discover it all.