Talk:Hong Kong International Airport

Currency decimal place

I realize the HKD doesn't have coins smaller than $0.10, but does it strike anyone else as rather odd to see prices listed to only one decimal place, e.g. $9.8 ? Texugo (talk) 13:16, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I've lived in HK for about 2 years now, and really it seems very normal to me. As you say, there wouldn't be any purpose for the extra decimal, and literally everything here is price labeled this way --Andrewssi2 (talk) 14:36, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I have never seen it before. I can understand that it may be done that way when writing in chinese or whatever, but I do think it looks very weird to see it in English that way. Am I alone here? Texugo (talk) 14:50, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I confess, it does look a little odd to my eyes, but I'm not particularly au fait with Hong Kong, having never visited. --Nick ^talk 15:24, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I think it's because in English we would still be inclined to say $9.8 as "nine-eighty" or "nine-dollars and eighty cents" rather than "nine point eight dollars" or "nine dollars and eight tenths". Texugo (talk) 15:33, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I think you need to place in context of WikiVoyage which is a site for travelers. If you come to HK and say "nine-dollars and eighty cents" to a local person, then they may not understand you (seriously). Local convention is "nine point eight dollar" (without the 's') --Andrewssi2 (talk) 23:21, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

If what you say it true, then we are lacking a highly visible warning about that both here in and the main Hong Kong article. I'm still a little skeptical, personally. The main Hong Kong article uses the normal convention with both decimal places ($9.80). We need to at the very least be consistent and use the same in both articles. Texugo (talk) 11:35, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Honestly, I have never thought about this subject, nor discussed with anyone. Anyhow, I submit the following evidence from last night :)

MTR Prices

MTR uses HKD $ x.x

7Eleven Prices

7Eleven items use HKD $ x.xx

7Eleven Cashier

7Eleven cashieruse HKD $ x.x

As you see, both conventions are used. The MTR prices are official government communication. So I think you can safely conclude that both 1 and 2 decimal conventions are used in Hong Kong. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 02:01, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

In that case, it shouldn't hurt to add the second decimal place back into this article to match the main HK article (and the expectations of the average reader), correct? Texugo (talk) 02:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

No, I disagree. Look at the text from the main article with which you have concern "Tung Chung Line, which costs in total $71.8". MTR prices are officially in single digits, therefore it makes sense to reflect that here. I will move this discussion to the main Hong Kong Talk page. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 04:14, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Created discussion: Talk:Hong_Kong#Currency_Decimal_Place --Andrewssi2 (talk) 13:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Restricted entry because of protests

@廣九直通車: I recall that because of the 2019 protests, where the protesters managed to shut down the airport, they implemented a rule where only passengers with a confirmed ticket departing in the next 24 hours may enter the terminal building. Is that rule still in place, or can anyone enter the terminal now? The dog2 (talk) 22:57, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

It appears the rule is still in place, see this airport notice dated 2022-07-11: "Until further notice, authorised airport staff may refuse admission to any person who is not a proper user of the airport." AlasdairW (talk) 17:57, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Duty-free

The article currently says, "Hong Kong has no duty on most goods besides alcohol, therefore the concept of duty-free in the airport is rather meaningless." Considering that in most of the world, alcoholic beverages are a major component of duty-free shop sales, why would the concept be meaningless? I would have expected in that case that the HKIA duty free shops would concentrate on selling liquor with less of an emphasis on cigarettes and cosmetics. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:48, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

I think it could be better phrased: "Hong Kong has no duty on most goods besides alcohol, therefore there is less value in buying luxury goods duty-free." It is about five years since I last used the airport, but I recall seeing a similar selection of luxury good to other airports - I don't know how the prices compared with downtown or other airports. AlasdairW (talk) 19:49, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Metropolitan90, the point is, if you don't pay on duty for alcohol regardless of where you buy it in Hong Kong, why would you buy it in the airport, where it would presumably be more expensive? Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:10, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

No, it is the other way around. You do pay duty on alcohol in Hong Kong shops, but other goods are tax free, so why buy your luxury watch at the airport? AlasdairW (talk) 21:12, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Oh, I see. So I agree with Metropolitan90, then. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:31, 31 May 2023 (UTC)