Movng to HK as pilot & teacher

[toojoon]

As a teacher do you think you will work in Primary/Secondary school? Private? University? Language schools? There are many options but each will greatly influence where you may end up working. How much travel time are you and your husband each prepared to tolerate so you can live in the greenery and nature you want? Hong Kong is primarily an URBAN CITY. True HK does have islands, and country parks and green places, but sometimes living there has drawbacks....e.g. living with other expats trying to get away from the city, cost etc.
One of my associates moved to the sheltered "Green place" for better air quality, but says that in the last 5 years things have deteriorated and the air is no longer as good as it was.

[toojoon]

Originally Posted by Mtrliving

Another popular place for pilot is Tsing Yi. It is 13 minutes to the airport and well connected to therest of the city. As a teacher you may not find a school just around the block from where you live, so it's best to stay near the MTR so that you have more choices of where you can work. Google MTR rental and find the link to the apartment rental in Tsing Yi. It should be on the first result page, or use the link below. You need to remove the extra spaces between the letter.

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It's sensible advice about being near the MTR, BUT beware that at peak times the MTR is very crowded. In some central stations there are bottle necks and delays every day due to overcrowding! Generally the MTR service is reliable and efficient.
For travel to some locations a mini-bus cuts travel times by half or more (unless it's raining). Be sure to have accident/health/travel insurance as some of the drivers aren't the best and accidents DO happen all too frequently. Many ex-pats just opt to use a taxi as they are comparatively cheap to use......but the cost of hiring a taxi keeps on increasing due to fuel charges, and wage rises.

[hkexpat]

Hi, if it helps any we are Saffa's too, although we have lived in the UK for 13 years. We have been in HK nearly a year.
There's a growing SA community in HK - who meet regularly.
We also like open spaces, trees & grass!
So we have chosen to live in Sui Sai Wan. Which is on the eastern side of HK island. It's 30 minutes to central. We have 3 children. So it's ideally located for schools.
There's also an airport bus from here, there are quite a few airline staff that live here I've noticed.
We live next door to Big Wave Bay, which we walk to...it's a great beach & also has waves if you like surfing.

[elixir.sg]

Originally Posted by hkexpat

Hi, if it helps any we are Saffa's too, although we have lived in the UK for 13 years. We have been in HK nearly a year.
There's a growing SA community in HK - who meet regularly.
We also like open spaces, trees & grass!
So we have chosen to live in Sui Sai Wan. Which is on the eastern side of HK island. It's 30 minutes to central. We have 3 children. So it's ideally located for schools.
There's also an airport bus from here, there are quite a few airline staff that live here I've noticed.
We live next door to Big Wave Bay, which we walk to...it's a great beach & also has waves if you like surfing.

Hello hkexpat,

I see that you too have 3 kids. I have 6 yr old and we are moving to HK in 2 months approx. I am looking for area where there are more families with kids and parks etc, so NT & Sui Sui Wan is what I m targetting at right now. I was wondering if you can give me some pointers for primary school near Sui Sui Wan area? Appreciate your help.
TIA