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tional red-sailed junk, has harbour cruises every hour in the evenings and some
weekday afternoons. Lamma Island's Rainbow Restaurant, Sok Kwu Wan
(
www.rainbowrest.com.hk
)
, offers a free evening shuttle for patrons from Central
Pier 9.
Causeway Bay is packed with restaurants and bars to visit after late-night shopping.
ToTTs in the Excelsior Hotel is a more sophisticated restaurant with music and an outdoor
terrace, while the small bars in the streets around Times Square attract a younger crowd.
SPORTS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Beaches.
In subtropical Hong Kong you can swim from April to early November, but water
quality depends on tidal and climatic problems. Aside from concerns about pollution, rub-
bish in the water is all too common. There are more than 40 government-managed beaches
with lifeguards, shark nets, changing rooms, showers, toilets and water testing (Apr-Oct).
On Hong Kong Island, Repulse Bay is the most popular; others are Shek O on the east coast,
and Stanley and Deep Water Bay on the south coast. They are very crowded, especially at
summer weekends. On the outlying islands, Cheung Sha is on Lantau, Tung Wan is on
Cheung Chau and Hung Shing Ye and Lo So Shing are on Lamma.
Golf.
The Hong Kong Golf Club (tel: 2670 1211;
www.hkgolfclub.org
)
has three 18-hole
courses at Fanling in the New Territories. The Discovery Bay Golf Club on Lantau island
(tel: 2987 7273;
www.dbgc.hk
)
has three nine-hole courses. Both are open to the public on
weekdays. Kau Sai Chau (tel: 2791 3388;
www.kscgolf.org.hk
) run by the Jockey Club is
the only public golf course in Hong Kong and enjoys a spectacular island location in the
New Territories (for more information,
click here
). Many Hong Kong residents and visitors
cross the border to play at the less expensive world-class courses in Guangdong: the Guang-
zhou Luhu Golf and Country Club (
www.luhugolf.com
)
, or Mission Hills Resort
