Hong Kong is acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and bright cosmopolitan city that welcomes foreigners with open heart. Its exceptional schools, healthcare facilities and fascinating culture make this city, worth living and working.
Hong Kong has been compelling the people to set up their businesses and to explore varied opportunities from around the globe for the past 150 years. Till today the city is host to diversity of business communities. Being the most cosmopolitan city in the world, Hong Kong offers a realm of services and it gives a homely feeling to the international residents but it still maintains its own peculiar culture and identity. That is a reason it is referred to as ‘Asia’s World City’. Due to its compact size, dazzling night life, breath taking scenery, safety, security and hospitality of its international community, it offers one of the outstanding expat living in continent of Asia.
Some Distinctive Features of Hong Kong
Some of the distinctive features of Hong Kong are;
- The official language of Hong Kong is English, beside many other different spoken languages.
- Companies feel at home due to the hospitality and positive attitude of National Chamber of Commerce.
- Families are welcomed with warmth by Friendly national associations.
- There are different international schools for the convenience of more than 20 national groups.
Bilingual English City of Asia
One of the distinctive features of Hong Kong is its official bilingualism. Its official languages are English and Chinese. English is a language of business community while almost 97 % of population converse in Cantonese. The information on official level and on business related websites is provided in both English and Chinese.
Easy Homing in Hong Kong
The city offers varied accommodation options from apartments in urban city to the traditional country houses in country side. The foreigners can easily choose location for accommodation and residence according to their own style and taste. There is also an abundance of rented residence facilities. The real estate agents can be extremely helpful in providing with the residence needs of the expatriates. For the shorter stay, one can choose service apartments.
International Level Educational Facilities
There is extensive range of international schooling options available in Hong Kong. This includes almost 50 international schools which range from kindergarten to primary schools and from secondary school to university levels education. These schools together offer almost 10 different kinds of educational curriculums which includes curriculums of UK, US, Australia, French, Germany, Japan, Canada, Korea, Singapore and the International Baccalaureate.
Studying in Hong Kong provides a multicultural environment to the students as students get an opportunity to mix up and grow with international students. They also get an opportunity to be exposed to different languages such as Mandarin.
Exceptional Health Care System
Hong Kong is a proud owner of one of the best and outstanding public and private health care system. There are numerous government health care hospitals and clinic which offer low cost and superior quality health care facilities to the people. Similarly private health care facilities are also exceptional offering both western medicine and Chinese traditional medicine and holistic approaches. One can easily locate an English Speaking doctor.
An Awesome Social Life
Due to wide spread social clubs, private clubs, chambers of commerce, business and other associations, consulates, special interest groups and networking clubs, it’s very easy and convenient to build up social circles and business in Hong Kong. The availability and wide spread use of social media has made it extremely easy for the foreigners to communicate and build up friendships.
Captivating Sight Seeing
Though Hong Kong has been labeled as thoroughly Urban due to its busy streets, fast paced city life and skyline harbor but still one can easily find and enjoy the serenity of its plentiful green places. Country parks, beaches and mountains occupy almost more than 40% of Hong Kong. People often enjoy the hiking trails or beaches of Hong Kong on weekends. An additional and attractive option is to enjoy the breathtaking journey of the coast line through one day cruise.