2011 COMPETITION - ANSWERS AND WINNERS
Hong Kong Extras 2011 "How Well Do You Know Hong Kong?" Competition closed on 2nd August 2011, after the first three fully correct entries had been received. Congratulations to the winning entrants;
Edward Dypico, Rosario, Pasig City, Philippines
Maria Jellicoe, Brisbane, Australia
Russell Smith, Bedminster, New Jersey
Each winning entrant will receive a copy of the latest edition of Insight Guides “Hong Kong City Guide” The seventh edition of Insight Guides “Hong Kong City Guide”, published February 2011, is a superb comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use, lavishly illustrated guide for visitors to Hong Kong. Written by local experts it includes detailed information on all Hong Kong’s top sights and attractions, transportation, shopping, accommodation, restaurants and useful travel tips as well as a street atlas, district and regional maps, MTR system map and much more. The guide also includes chapters on neighbouring Macau and the Pearl River Delta cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
THE COMPETITION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS;
1. At which tourist destination can you find the body of its founder displayed in a glass case?
a) Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Sha Tin
2. What is the name of Hong Kong’s third longest bridge, entirely within the Hong Kong SAR boundary?
a) Ting Kau Bridge
3. Where, in one of Hong Kong’s most popular tourist towns, can visitors view a mock gallows?
a) Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum, Stanley
4. Which of Hong Kong’s hotels currently has the largest number of rooms?
a) L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre, Tsuen Wan
5. Where can you find unique hexagonal volcanic rock columns a 25-minute taxi ride from a New Territories town?
a) High Island Geo Area, Sai Kung East Country Park
6. What is the name of the first walled village to be built by the Tang Clan?
a) Lo Wai
7. Which four-storey, 15,000 square-metre building, closed since 2003, is to be transformed into a “Green Oasis”?
a) Central Market
8. What changes to Hong Kong’s trams provoked a public outcry in the year 2000?
a) "Ding-Ding" bells were replaced by a beeper (the public outcry led to bells being reintroduced.
9. Where, in the New Territories, can you find a French-themed arts fair every Saturday and Sunday?
a) Golden Beach, Gold Coast Resort, Tuen Mun
10. Where can you find a “vertical garden” whilst shopping?
a) Citywalk shopping mall, Tsuen Wan
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ROLL OF HONOUR ! (PREVIOUS WINNING ENTRANTS)
2010 - Amanda Biddle, South Australia, Tan Khoon Bee, Penang, Malaysia and Erica Law, Penang, Malaysia
2009 – Crystal Lim from Selangor, Malaysia and Han Wei Lin from Singapore
2008– Ramil David from Kalookan City, Philippines and Reda David of Bulacan, Philippines
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