Travel: China - Hong Kong
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I_belive:
Thank you so much for the detailed info.HK Disney land is quite small, one day is enough. My kids swam at Disney Hollywood hotel, so wasted a lot of time. Some rides we took 3 to 4 times. Do not take its train at entrance as you may expect a very very long q. We did so on the first day and my kids got so tired and we went back to hotel to swim. You may just walk in and take it at other stops if you want.
Macau I did not go.
ShenZhen I stayed one day only. I took MTR from HK to ShenZhen. It is about 60 mins from Disney. I took MTR to DongChung and bought some LaoPo bing there, did not need to go out of station and continue from there to Shenzhen.
Window of World is just so so, kids did not enjoy much. As for shopping wise, I did not go anywhere. ShenZhen MRT is almost same as SG MRT, many stores out of each station, you will feel at home.
6D5N should be fine, provided 1 day in Macau. We spent 4 days at HK, one day at Shenzhen.
You stayed in Shenzhen hotel for a night or you travel there in the morning and come back to HKG at night? -
I stayed at ShenZhen hotel for a night.
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I_belive:
I stayed at ShenZhen hotel for a night.
I see... is it worth it to go shenzhen for shopping?? I am pondering over this... hotel rates should be slightly cheaper in Shenzhen? -
Anyone knows is it safe to travel to HKG now? :?
Why I heard my frens around me saying there are a lot of diseases or virus there now? I know there is scarlet fever.. but I cant find other new other than that.. -
Have similar concerns regarding scarlet fever but seems to be under control?
Already booked a trip to go in july with parents and son (20 months). Will be staying at Kowloon hotel. -
alternateshift:
It is not so serious until the govt has to issue travel warning I think...Have similar concerns regarding scarlet fever but seems to be under control?
Already booked a trip to go in july with parents and son (20 months). Will be staying at Kowloon hotel.
Which hotel are you staying may I know? How many days will you be in HKG? -
Callie Tan:
I have just booked the Royal Plaza Hotel and Disney Hollywood Hotel in Aug - Sep.
It is not so serious until the govt has to issue travel warning I think...alternateshift:
Have similar concerns regarding scarlet fever but seems to be under control?
Already booked a trip to go in july with parents and son (20 months). Will be staying at Kowloon hotel.
Which hotel are you staying may I know? How many days will you be in HKG?
Hopefully by then the scarlet fever will be die down. -
mambobb:
Do try to observe the situation and maybe understand a bit more about the virus, like how it's been spread and the symptons... to play safe....I have just booked the Royal Plaza Hotel and Disney Hollywood Hotel in Aug - Sep.
Hopefully by then the scarlet fever will be die down. -
yeap … cos we booked the tics some time back already … so can only monitor and pray hard
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Callie Tan:
Oh may I know why?
here is why :
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/07/02/3259482.htm?section=justin
Tiger boss rejects safety risk claims
Posted 37 minutes ago
Tiger Airways chief executive Tony Davis says he is \"very disappointed\" the air safety regulator decided to ground the airline. (AFP: William West)
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The head of Tiger Airways has rejected the Civil Aviation Safety Authority's (CASA) claim that there is an immediate risk to air safety on the now grounded airline.
Today the air safety regulator CASA grounded all of Tiger Airways' domestic flights for a week, citing pilot training concerns and two cases of Tiger's planes flying below the lowest safe altitude.
It says allowing the airline to fly would pose a \"serious and immediate\" risk to air safety.
But Tiger Airways chief executive Tony Davis has this afternoon rejected the claims, saying he does not accept there are immediate risks to air safety.
\"We don't [accept there are immediate risks]. We've worked very closely with CASA,\" he said.
\"Clearly we want to make sure that our services are as safe as they possibly can be and clearly when CASA has concerns, we have to take those seriously.
\"But, we think that the specific issues that they've raised with us are still under investigation.\"
Mr Davis says he is \"very disappointed\" CASA decided to ground the airline.
He says the airline is determined to get back in the air soon and that it is working working with CASA to demonstrate the airline is safe.
\"We've worked very hard with CASA to make sure we address any issues that they identify, and we're committed to doing that going forward,\" he said.
Mr Davis says anyone who has been affected will be able to receive a full refund for their flight or credit towards future travel.
CASA first raised safety and pilot training concerns with the airline in March and last month two Tiger flights flew into Melbourne below the lowest safe altitude.
Today's action is the first time CASA has grounded an airline.
At a press conference CASA spokesman Peter Gibson said the safety regulator grounded Tiger because it simply could not ignore the growing safety concerns.
He said he understood some people's school holiday plans had been affected, but the air safety concerns were serious.
\"When we determined that there were serious and immediate safety risks from the operations of Tiger, we just couldn't sit back and say, 'Oh well, it's school holidays, so carry on.',\" he said.
Although Tiger's domestic flights are grounded, its international flights are still flying because they are operated by a separate business.
Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese says the grounding has affected over 30,000 passengers who are angry over the late cancellations of their flights and lack of information from Tiger.
Virgin Australia, Qantas and Jetstar are putting on additional services over the next week to accommodate affected Tiger Airways passengers.
Mr Albanese says Tiger could seek an injunction against the flight ban.
A CASA spokesman says the authority is considering whether it needs to go to the Federal Court to extend the grounding.
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