www.english.hongkong.com An easy-to-use, concise site with handy snippets of information on everything in Hong Kong, from lifestyle through entertainment, travel and banking.

www.scmp.com The online edition of The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s English-language daily, with a useful careers page, classified listings and news rundown. However, you can’t read more than a snippet of the articles unless you subscribe.

www.ypmap.com/eng Hong Kong’s Yellow Pages site is excellent for finding anything from cinemas to shops and restaurants. You can search by street, business or building name, and it also lets you zoom in and search for bus and minibus routes.