Hong Kong Weather in May: Summer begins, with rainfall increasing greatly, and warm weather turning hot. About half of the month is rainy and wet with the average low and high temperatures at 24 °C (75 °F) and 31 °C (87 °F).

Remember to bring your rain coat or umbrella with you. Limited number of umbrella is available at conference hotel.

For more information, please visit the website of Hong Kong Observatory.

Time used in Hong Kong is Beijing standard time, which is UTC/GMT +8 hours. To check Time zone difference from Hong Kong, please click here.

The currency used in Hong Kong is the Hong Kong dollar (HKD), which is pegged to the US dollar at a rate of about 7.80 HKD to 1 USD. For more information about the currency in Hong Kong, please click here.

Once you arrived Hong Kong Airport, we strongly recommend you get an Octopus card in the Hong Kong Airport. It is also available for purchase in every station of the Mass Transit Railway system. Octopus card is a smart electronic money payment system, that provide an alternative to the traditional banknotes and coins. The Octopus card is a non-touch payment system which allows payment not only for public transport (such as trains, buses, trams, ferries and minibuses), but also at parking meters, convenience stores, supermarkets, fast-food restaurants and most vending machines.

In MTR stations, enquiry machines can be found where cardholders can place their Octopus cards on the machines and the machines will display the balance along with a history of last ten usages.

Money can be credited to the card through a number of ways. "Add Value Machines", located at MTR stations, can be used to top up the balance of the cards. The machines accept cash, and selected machines are also able to accept the electronic transfer of funds. Alternatively, cards may be topped up with cash at authorised service providers such as PARKnSHOP, Wellcome, Watsons, 7-Eleven, Circle K, and Café de Coral, and also at customer service centres and ticketing offices at other transport stations.

An Octopus card may be returned to any MTR Customer Service Centre for a refund of the remaining credit stored on it. A handling fee may be charged for the refund — HK$7 for an anonymous On-Loan card that had been in use for fewer than three months. If a damaged card is returned for refund, a HK$30 levy would be charged to the cardholder.

The system now includes 218.2 km (135.6 mi) of rail with 155 stations, including 87 railway stations and 68 light rail stops. The rail lines include the East Rail, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, West Island, Tung Chung, Tseung Kwan O, West Rail, Ma On Shan, the Airport Express and the Disneyland Resort lines. Eight of the lines provide general metro services, whereas the Airport Express provides a direct link from the Hong Kong International Airport into the city centre, while the Disneyland Resort Line exclusively takes passengers to Hong Kong Disneyland.

And for the conference please take off at the University Station, the University Station located in the East Rail line.

Voltage: 220 V
Frequency: 50 Hz
Power sockets: type G

The standard voltage in Hong Kong is 220 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz. The power sockets used here are of type G.