For Free - Hong Kong - page 84

Be seated by 11am and brunch on hearty dim sum - many Chinese restaurants offer dis-
counted prices on either side of the noon-2pm lunch hours. For a taste of grassroots auster-
ity, don't miss the mid-afternoon tea sets (HK$20 to HK$30) at the city's cha chaan tang
(tea cafes) and fast-food chains.
At sundown and most of Sunday, generous happy hours are a feature of many bars. On
Tuesdays, a movie ticket generally costs HK$10 to HK$25 less than usual. For only HK$10,
you can experience a night at the races - pick the right horse(s) and you could recoup all of
your travel expenses.
Museum Hopping
Wednesday is 'free admission' day at seven Hong Kong museums: Museum of Art , Mu-
seum of History , Heritage Museum , Science Museum , Space Museum , excluding Space
Theatre, Museum of Coastal Defence and Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum . The Museum of Tea
Ware and the Railway Museum are free of charge on all days of the week. And depending
on your interest, there's also the Hong Kong International Hobby & Toy Museum and the
even smaller Bruce Lee Club .
Street Concerts
Don't miss the excellent concerts held every third Saturday of the month outside the Arts
Centre , and every second Thursday outside the Blue House in Wan Chai. Gigs by some of
the best local musicians from classical through jazz to indie.
Liberal Views
Enjoy panoramic island views from the 43rd-floor viewing platform in the Bank of China
building ; or bring your own booze to the public terrace at International Finance Centre and
watch sunset over Victoria Harbour. Suffer from vertigo? Head up to Signal Hill Garden or
Middle Road Children's Playground in Tsim Sha Tsui , and gaze at the harbour.
Thrill Rides
White-knuckle bus rides can make a good poor man's alternative for the cable-car and thrill
rides at Ocean Park. The following routes are scenic, if not hair-raising: 314 (Sunday only)
from Siu Sai Wan via Tai Tam reservoir to Stanley; 14 (weekdays only) from Sai Wan Ho