In keeping with the buzz on its streets, Hong Kong has a humming presence on the Web. The city's digital suburbs have many interesting drawcards - biting satire, an engaging community, investment advice with a twist, even pretty pictures.
Consider the following list of top Hong Kong websites as a public service, saving residents and visitors the hassle of wandering aimlessly around cyberspace. The sites featured below either have high online traffic or content that is engrossing, amusing, daring or that simply makes life easier. Bloggers are heavily represented in this list, thanks partly to volume. Jennifer McLean, a spokeswoman for the blog search engine site Technorati, says the internet hosts 2,000 Hong Kong-tagged English-language blogs.
Some detractors call Disneyland 'Mauschwitz', in a nod to the amusement park's intense aura of order. This site pitches the world's fifth Disneyland park, which opened in Hong Kong in 2005, as the place where dreams come true in a climate of 'infinite fun and non-stop action'. Believers can book their tickets directly through this portal. But beware, the site positively showers the visitor in fairy dust.
19. Mister Bijou (misterbijou.blogspot.com)
Bijou means 'jewel' in French. It's also the name of a gin-based cocktail. The reason for the site's quaint name must be its quirky content. Mister Bijou is light bedtime reading, or rather, viewing of 'a little island in the South China Sea'. This pictorial blog dishes up Hong Kong street-life vignettes, with subjects such as raindrops pinging into puddles.