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Hong Kong Island:
Things to do:
-Victoria Peak (tram),
-Ngong Ping 360 Glass bottom cable car (big Buddha),
-Downtown area
-Pink dolphin watching
-Ozone  Bar
-Tailors (Jantzen, tai panin admiraltyi cntr)
-Big Bus Tour
-Star ferry to Kowloon

Kosher Grocery Stores:
KosherMart On Hong Kong Island in the JCC
Kosher Original in Kowloon

Where to eat:
JCC Sunday night buffet can't be missed.
JCC Pizza - (Not open in the Summer)
Seven Zero - Dairy Resturant in the JCC
JCC Chinese
Shalom grill restaurant reported permanently closed by Mech
Shalom grill kosher market

Places to stay:
Grand Hyatt hotel
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Four Seasons

Kowloon:
Things to do:
-8:00pm Laser show
-Ladies market
-Ave. of stars- pier
-Museums (science, space)
-Diamond hill- nan lian garden/chi Lin nunnery
-Big Bus Tour
-Star ferry to Hong Kong Island
-Drinks at Felix (Peninsula Hotel)
-Drinks in the Lobby (Intercontinental Hotel)


Only place to eat:
Mul Hayam Restaurant at Kehilat Zion (Breakfast is now $100 HKD)

Places to stay:
The W Hotel - Great Hotel but far from Synagogues
Grand Stamford Intercontinental Hotel - next to Chabad (for Shabbos),
Intercontinental Hong Kong, Sheraton, Shangri la , Peninsula, Hyatt regency. (All these hotels are in great locations if you would like to be near KZ. You can also walk through the TST subway station to KZ from all these except IC Grand Stamford and Shangri La which is next door) 

Shuls
Kehilat Zion -Location: Unit 105, 1/F Wing On Plaza 62 Mody Road East Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon kzionhk@yahoo.com, or call: (852) 2366 6364 (office) or (852) 2368 0061
Chabad - Location:  67-71 Chatham Road, Oriental Centre 1/F Unit D, Tsim Sha Tsui  Telephone:  (852) 2366 5770  Mobile Tel.: (852) 9674 4450  Email: kowloon@chabadhk.org

Macau: (Ferry from hkg)
-Casinos (las Vegas style hotels),
-Curque like water show
-aj hachet tower (bungi)

-Disney

Lhasa:
Lake, pilgrims , culture

Airline Checkin Counters: Kowloon Station (below the W Hotel) to check your bags in. You then take the MRT straight to the airport (with just a couple of stops). It's super convenient and quick. You don't have to stay at the W to check in at Kowloon station though (and FWIW you can check in at Hong Kong station on HKI, too).


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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2120 on: July 23, 2018, 10:59:26 PM »
Anyone know if the MGM in Macau lets you use MGM comps that you earned in a US based casino ?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2121 on: July 24, 2018, 12:51:44 AM »
Anyone know if the MGM in Macau lets you use MGM comps that you earned in a US based casino ?
Good question. I'd ask them to confirm unless someone here has been very recently.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2122 on: July 24, 2018, 12:53:13 AM »
Can't.

They have their own system

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2123 on: July 24, 2018, 12:55:50 AM »
Can't.

They have their own system
I know that in America when u want to use comps in a casino part of MGM u can’t do it automatically or online, but you can do it by going into the casino itself. You sure you can’t do the same in Macau ?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2124 on: July 24, 2018, 12:56:32 AM »
I know that in America when u want to use comps in a casino part of MGM u can’t do it automatically or online, but you can do it by going into the casino itself. You sure you can’t do the same in Macau ?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2125 on: July 24, 2018, 01:53:02 AM »

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Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2126 on: July 24, 2018, 03:36:15 AM »
You can call the SL and ask for the KZ rate, probably a better deal than the portal

KZ doesn't do shabbos res typically, you just show up
I tried calling shangri la and they said that they can’t give out the kz corporate rate over the phone. They wanted to send it to me via email, but I needed a corporate email for them to send it to me which I don’t have. Was the rep mistaking ? Any way to get the corporate rate ?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2127 on: July 24, 2018, 03:43:39 AM »
I tried calling shangri la and they said that they can’t give out the kz corporate rate over the phone. They wanted to send it to me via email, but I needed a corporate email for them to send it to me which I don’t have. Was the rep mistaking ? Any way to get the corporate rate ?
Try emailing SL Reservations or calling KZ for the current procedure
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2128 on: July 24, 2018, 09:31:15 AM »
How much cheaper is the the KZ corporate rate?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2129 on: July 24, 2018, 06:14:21 PM »
I'm thinking of booking the W Kowloon for Thursday and Shangri-la or Sheraton for Fri-Sat. I'll need a hotel for a couple more nights after so I was thinking to stay on HKI, what hotel/s should I book?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2130 on: July 24, 2018, 07:11:06 PM »
I'm thinking of booking the W Kowloon for Thursday and Shangri-la or Sheraton for Fri-Sat. I'll need a hotel for a couple more nights after so I was thinking to stay on HKI, what hotel/s should I book?
points or cash?
No budget?


Any options?
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« Reply #2131 on: July 24, 2018, 09:20:41 PM »
points or cash?
No budget?


Any options?
Points but I have CSR so I can book anything that's reasonable.
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2132 on: July 25, 2018, 11:16:37 PM »
Any reccomended place to go to at the Jade market? Is it a metziah place? Or rippoff/Fake?

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2133 on: July 26, 2018, 04:26:57 AM »
How much cheaper is the the KZ corporate rate?
About 15 percent off.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2134 on: July 26, 2018, 10:31:16 AM »
Any reccomended place to go to at the Jade market? Is it a metziah place? Or rippoff/Fake?
All the markets there are fun to go, & exciting to bargain down to a fraction of the asking price, but whatever we bought wasn't wort a penny more then what we paid. it's all garbage stuff.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2135 on: July 26, 2018, 05:54:03 PM »
Im still looking for a good market in HKG

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2136 on: July 27, 2018, 06:43:39 PM »
If you have a visa to enter mainland China it’s a 45 minute subway ride from KZ in Hong Hong to the Luohu shopping mall in Shenzhen which has bargains on many different items; but you must always bargain down the price.

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2137 on: July 28, 2018, 11:14:48 PM »
Or if you don’t have a visa ladies market is good

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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2138 on: July 29, 2018, 01:29:14 AM »
If I was going to book either the W or the Ritz for one night, which would you recommend? I know the W is in Kowloon and the Ritz is on HKI but assuming I'm spending some time on each anyway and I'm only going to book one or the other, which would you book?
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Re: Hong Kong Master Thread
« Reply #2139 on: July 29, 2018, 02:08:03 AM »
If I was going to book either the W or the Ritz for one night, which would you recommend? I know the W is in Kowloon and the Ritz is on HKI but assuming I'm spending some time on each anyway and I'm only going to book one or the other, which would you book?
The Ritz is in Kowloon along with the W.

Did you mean the JW which is on HKI?