Hong Kong

1 day conference

The 1 day conference can be hosted in one of the universities in Hong Kong.

5 days Hackfest

Option 1

It's suggested to rent a few guest houses for 5 days (usually 5 to 10 persons / house) in separate islands. We can pick the ones with wifi access and next to the beach.

There are three separate islands in Hong Kong.

1. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong

2. Lamma Island, Hong Kong

3. Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Transportation

• Lantau Island is the closest to the airport, 1 hour drive from the airport.
• All the three islands are accessible by ferries from Kowloon or Hong Kong Island. Duration: 1 hour. It will take around 2 hours (train plus ferry) to go to the other two islands from the airport.

Guest house price

1. Weekday: range from USD 40 to 110 / person (2 stars to 4 stars)
2. Weekend (holidays): range from USD 70 - 140 / person (2 stars to 4 stars)

3. Concerto Inn in Lamma Island

4. Guest house in Cheung Chau

5. Silvermine beach hotel in Lantau Island

Remarks:

• Exchange rate: 1 USD to ~7.75 HKD.
• We also need to check and bargain for wifi access. need to also test for the speed...

Food

1. There are a lot of sea food restaurants in islands
2. We can also go to supermarket to buy stuff to bbq outside of our guest house
3. Otherwise, there are also a lot of local restaurants for noodles, sandwiches or fried rice

Option 2

2nd option will be to find a hotel / resort in rather remote area that can offer affordable package to accommodate 50 to 70 hackers for 5 days.

• Gold Coast Hotel - Holiday Inn in the new territories, next to the sea as well. Since it's quite remote area, so it's rather cheap but high quality.

• Price: ~50 USD / person, two persons per room

• Meeting rooms + Lunch + 2 times coffee break 60 USD / day / person
• Asking the hotel to provide a package price for 50-70 people including bed rooms with free wifi access, 3 to 6 meeting rooms with free wifi access, food included as a total package. Will keep you posted here.
• Transportation: 1.5 hours from the airport

Option 3

To work with non-profit organization in Hong Kong to get a free or very low price venue.

• Breakthrough Youth village

Option 4

YMCA Hotel in Kowloon recommended by Sammy from OpenSource.hk community. More details will be provided later. (but this area / location is rather expensive, so we will see if Sammy can get a good package...)