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General Information

Directions to CUHK and Hotels

Directions to Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Our department office is located in Room 107, Science Centre North Block, CUHK, Shatin (phone number: 852-26096339). Please refer to campus map.
- From the airport
- Via Lo Wu (Shenzhen) or via Southbound Direct Train from Mainland

Directions to NTT International House (吳多泰博士國際中心)
NTT International House is located in Baptist University Road Campus (浸會大學道校園) (please refer to map) of the Hong Kong Baptish University (HKBU) (浸會大學), 32 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong (九龍塘聯福道 32 號). Its phone number is 852-23012301.
- From the airport
- Via Lo Wu (Shenzhen) or via Southbound Direct Train from Mainland

Directions to Regal Riverside Hotel (麗豪酒店)
Regal Riverside Hotel is located in 34-36 Tai Chung Kiu Road (大涌橋路 34-36 號), Shatin (沙田). Its phone number is 852-26497878 and e-mail is rrh.rsvn@regalhotel.com.
- From the airport
- Via Lo Wu (Shenzhen) or via Southbound Direct Train from Mainland

Directions to Royal Park Hotel (帝都酒店)
Royal Park Hotel is located in 8 Pak Hok Ting Street (白鶴汀街 8 號), Shatin (沙田). Its phone number is 852-26012111 and e-mail is inquiry@royalpark.com.hk.
- From the airport
- Via Lo Wu (Shenzhen) or via Southbound Direct Train from Mainland

The City

Hong Kong, known as the Pearl of the Orient, is one of the most exciting and beautiful cosmopolitan cities in the world. It is situated on the southern coast of China and is geographically the center of East Asia. Occupying an area of slightly over 1,000 sq. km, it has a population of around 7 million people. There are 9 universities and colleges in the territory, of which 6 offer programs in physics and/or applied physics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Conference Site

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (香港中文大學) sits on a hill in the northeast part of the New Territories, occupying an area of over 130 hectares and commanding a scenic view of Tolo Harbor. It has a Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) (九廣鐵路列車) station so that it makes the traffic to the nearby Shatin (沙田) and the downtown very convenient. Since its inception, it has adopted bilingualism and biculturalism as the basis of its teaching, emphasizing both Chinese and English languages and Eastern and Western cultures. It is a comprehensive university of 7 faculties, with a staff body of over 2 thousands and a student population of around 17 thousands, of which about 45% are graduate students. To know more about the culture of this University, simply click on the link and take the "CU Culture Trail" guided tour.

Conference Venue

Lecture Theatre L3, Science Centre (科學館). Please refer to the campus map for the location.

Department Facilities

The general office of the Physics Department is located in Room 107, Science Centre North Block, is about 20 meters apart from the conference venue. Please refer to the campus map for the location. Facilities for photocopying or transparency making are available for use at nominal charges.

E-mail room is located in Room G25 and Room 216, Science Centre (North Block). Please be advised that not to exceed 15 minutes for each use.

Reading room is located in Room 126, Science Centre (North Block) provides space for a short rest, discussions or reading magazines/newspapers.

Bank, Bookstore and Supermarket

The Hang Seng Bank, the University Book Store and the Park'n Shop Supermarket are located at the John Fulton Centre (富爾敦樓) near to the Benjamin Franklin Centre (范克廉樓). Please refer to the campus map.

Poster Sessions

Authors are reminded to put the materials on the poster boards between 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on December 7 (for Poster Session I) and between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on December 9 (for Poster Session II). Each poster board is of an area of 86cm ´ 120cm, enough for 16 sheets of paper of the A4 size.

Banquet

Banquet will be held on Saturday evening at the Star Seafood Restaurant (明星海鮮舫) in Shatin (沙田). At there you can enjoy the magnificent view of Shing Mun River. Coaches will be arranged to take participants from the CUHK to the restaurant. Accompanying people are welcome to join the banquet at a price of HK$300 per person.

Meals

There are several eating places on campus. The two nearest ones are the canteen in the Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building (李卓敏基本醫學大樓) and the restaurant complex in Benjamin Franklin Centre (范克廉樓). Please refer to the campus map for the locations. We will provide light breakfasts and lunches to the participants during the conference dates.

Payment Methods

For payment of room charges in the NTT International House, cash (in HKD only) and credit cards are acceptable. Regal Riverside Hotel and Royal Park Hotel accept cash (in any currency) and credit cards. Canteens in CUHK campus accept cash in HKD only. (Personal cheques are generally not acceptable.)

Sight-Seeing

One-day Hong Kong tours will be arranged with the China Travel Service (H.K.) Ltd. on December 11. This tour is exclusively for the ASI participants and their accompanying relatives. The tentative itinerary is as follows: Stanley Market - Victoria Peak - Hong Kong WinterFest in Central - Avenue of Stars in Tsimshatsui. Cantonese style lunch will be served. The tour fee is ~HKD140 (subject to moderate adjustment for possible change of itinerary) per person (excluding tip). The suggested tip to each tour guide is HKD20 per person. Departure is based on 20 participants at the least. To make reservation, please send email to Miss P.Y. Ho stating the number of tickets you want no later than November 26. We will collect the fee (we accept cash and cheque only) during registration.

You can browse this website for more information on many other attractive sights to arrange your own tour.

Local Transportation

1. Coaches are arranged to take participants from the hotels to the CUHK during conference dates.
   1. NTT International House ® CUHK
      - 08:00 departing from NTT International House
      CUHK ® NTT International House (Departure time to be announced.)
   2. Royal Park Hotel ® Regal Riverside Hotel ® CUHK
      - 08:00 departing from Royal Park Hotel, then 08:15 departing from Regal Riverside Hotel
      CUHK ® Regal Riverside Hotel ® Royal Park Hotel (Departure time to be announced.)