Checklist for participants
Presentation of papers
Please limit your paper presentation to 15 minutes. Each of the conference
rooms is equipped with an overhead projector, an online PC (not Macintosh) with
Windows XP for English and traditional Chinese, and WIN98 for simplified Chinese. Powerpoint
is also loaded. Please save your presentation file in the appropriate version. If you need
any other audio-visual equipment for your presentation, please e-mail 03414213@hkbu.edu.hk not
later than December 7.
Registration
Please complete your conference registration and payment before you leave
for Hong Kong. If you have difficulty registering, you can do so at
the conference counter in the lobby of NTT International House on December
10 from 1900 to 2100. Please do your best
to avoid registering late. Please also pick up your name tag, registration
receipt and dinner coupon at the counter the same evening.
Arrival
at Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport
If you are flying into
Hong Kong, there are three options for getting to
HKBU:
a) take a taxi into the city centre (about HK$350);
b) bus E22 (single trip adult fare HK$18) brings your directly to HKBU.
Please note that this is not the last stop of the route, so ask the driver
to tell you to get off. NTT International House is five minutes away
from the bus stop; or
c) take the Airport Express train (HK$90) and get off at Kowloon station
and take a taxi (about HK$60). Since many drivers only speak Cantonese,
please show them the Chinese characters for HKBU(浸會大學).
Accommodation
If you
are booked at NTT International House, please make sure you have received
confirmation from us. The address is Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong (浸會大學吳多泰
- 九龍塘聯褔道).
Telephone number: (852) 2301-2301. Fax:
(852) 2191-9333.
E-mail address: nttbook@hkbu.edu.hk.
Getting around (see attached map)
Hong Kong Baptist University is on the Kowloon peninsula only ten minutes
away from the busiest part of Kowloon. It takes less than half an
hour by underground train (MTR) to Central on Hong Kong Island. The
nearest
MTR station is Kowloon Tong (九龍塘),
which is ten minutes walk from NTT. You can also take minibus 25M
between NTT
and the station (fare: HK$4).
Conference
venue (see attached map)
The University has two campuses: the Ho Sin Hang Campus (善衡校園) on
Waterloo Road and the Shaw Campus 逸夫校園) on
Renfrew Road. They are separated by the Junction Road (聯合道).
The conference will be conducted on the Shaw Campus. The opening
ceremony will be held in Room WLB204 at Lam Woo International
Conference Centre (林護國際會議中心).
Other sessions of the conference will be held on the first and second floor of Jockey Club Academic Community Centre (賽馬會師生活動大樓).
Shops
There are no shops on the campus, other than a bookshop. For daily needs,
you can take minibus 25M (direction: Kowloon
Tong) to Festival Walk, a shopping plaza
next to Kowloon Tong station containing a supermarket. Alternatively
there is a supermarket at the Lok Fu Shopping Centre, a 15-minute
walk from NTT
International House.
Meals
There will be a welcoming dinner. It will be held in the Riverside
Restaurant (see attached map). Please make sure you collect your
dinner coupon at the conference
counter in the lobby of NTT International House on the 10th of Dec. For
other meals, you can choose from restaurants on and around the
campus (see attached map). There is also
a wide variety of choices in Festival Walk and Lok Fu. In the Kowloon
City district, a short bus ride away, there are restaurants catering
for particular requirements such as vegetarian
or Muslim meals. Minibus 25M (direction: Kowloon City) outside NTT House can take you
there.
Internet
The rooms at NTT International House have Internet connections. Hong
Kong power sockets accept plugs with three square pins, of the type
used in the United Kingdom. NTT also provides two computer terminals
in its cafè for patrons to access their e-mails.
Exchange Rate: US$1 = HKD7.8 (approx)
Enquiries
after arrival Tel: 3411-5160
Tel: 3411-7467
