Hong Kong

The Hong Kong site was created in 2010.

Note: CTY in Hong Kong has been held in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2010-2013, then changed to slightly more urban University of Hong Kong for HKG 14.1 Hong Kong only had one session in 2014 from 7/13 - 8/1, and in 2016, the dates will be from 7/10 - 7/29. Again for 2017, Hong Kong has only one session running from July 9 - July 28.

History

Needs research. Will be back.

Places

Buildings

• Dorms
  • Student Village Hall III - The only group of building where students live during the stay at HKU. There are different blocks and works like an apartment complex. Boys and girls may live on the same block, but different floors, and although there are 2 lifts, students are not allowed to use them to go to different floors at any point without supervision. Each floor is also shared by people outside of CTY living there, but students rarely come in contact with any. Each floor has a common room that is used for hall meetings and instant noodle making, but the latter is usually after lights out or right before, and without RA notice. Laundry is done every week in the second block on the 26th floor. Laundry is free and hassling. The only way to reach the Village Hall is by shuttle bus (or students can choose to hike over a hill) during 7 AM and 8-8:30 PM.
• Buildings where various classes are held
  • Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre - Most classes held here (14.1 Chemistry in Society, Fast-paced High School Chemistry, Crafting the Essay, Mathematics and Money, Mathematical Modelling, various YS classes)
  • Arts Building - Computer Science
• Buildings/places where various activities are held
  • Brick Wall - Outdoor place with a grassy area and yes, a (brick) wall between the stairs to the grassy area. Activities held in 14.1 included Tie-dyeing, Speed-friending, Obstacle courses, Picnic with Anne (4th place prize of Casino Night ), Drip Drip Drop (14.1 girls wore white shirts to the happiness of the guys)
  • Centennial - The place where students are gathered right before activities, and also gathered to the shuttle buses back to dorms. Location of all-site meetings. Games like Ninja, Splat and violent Frisbee throwing are held here.
  • University gift shop - The studio behind the gift shop was used for Talent Show practicing and other activities.
  • Building next to the gift shop - Used for many activities (Watching movies, Back to Nursery)
  • Pacific Coffee - Mafia and Disney Sing Along
  • Flora Ho Sports Centre - A walk from the main campus, activities like Basketball are held here.

Quads

• Main Quad - The Hong Kong site has no actual grass "Quad", but students have occasional free time in the area that connects all the dorm buildings. (HKG 14.1 After very early dinner on the first Saturday which consisted of sandwiches, Myles' Hall decided to order pizza delivery instead of stomaching sandwiches. US $90 (about HKD 700) worth. ("The only condition is you give me a slice" - Myles) Carrying the pizza boxes past the crowd of students was the epitome of badassery.

Restaurants

Different from cafeterias, HKG has various restaurants, and the site provided the students with prepaid meal coupons to buy meals. Most restaurants such as Union and Maxim's served Hong Kong styled fast cuisine, and international CTYers could finally try the famous milk tea.

• Maxim's - Furthest place from the Centennial Centre (CC), and is least favorable to every student. Restaurants were not safe zones, so quite a few blammoings took place there. The meal time generally coincides with active university students who stayed over the summer (God knows why), so there is always a mad dash to the line.
• Union - Similar to Maxim's, but way closer to the CC than it's sister-restaurant. Serves the same types of food, but is slightly more enjoyable and is right outside the shuttle bus drop off (convenient in the mornings)
• The Grove - Possibly the most classy restaurant of them all, the Grove provides Western cuisine as well as local cuisine, and is very much favored by CTYers. (Rum Raisin ice-cream most probably had a shitload of rum. Famous for their very Chinglish intercom speaker when they call for the ticket 222. Sounds like choo choo choo)
• Cafe 330 - Expensive, and CTYers rarely go there to eat. Offers vegetarian options.
• 一粥面 - Literally "One Congee Noodles", although this place sounds bland, it has one of the best meals in the campus. The congee there is amazing.

Traditions

As the Hong Kong site is relatively new (opened in 2010), there are significantly fewer traditions compared to the more tradition-heavy sites in the U.S.

• Blammo
  • Almost everyone took part in the 14.1 BLAMMO, even the RAs, much to the surprise of TAs and the more Hong Kong-cultured students. It was a new concept for many that weren't used to CTY.
  • Bathrooms, showers, own dorms, classes, and activities were safe zones, though one could be technically be blammoed at 15:01.
  • Callista Huang was infamously rumored to have SEVEN decoy plastic spoons in her bag. Not sure how someone could use that many.
• Casino Night
  • Prizes were picked by halls in accordance with their place after Casino Night. One of the prizes included Moongazing with Ian(RA), which essentially was running from the 4th floor all the way to the 25th floor of the dorm buildings up the stairs. Enjoyable. Another was choosing which color Myles would dye his hair for the 3rd week.
• Passionfruit
  • Passionfruit 14.1 was held in the outdoor area that joined all dorm buildings together at 6AM. Not only did nevermores speak, but first-year, second-year students all talked about their experience. While actual passion fruit juice is scarce in HKG, the RAs purchased sports drinks and various berry drinks, and piled them all in the center. No one actually prepared much of a speech, but many stood up to talk.
• Twin day
  • Myles Nuzzi outdid everyone by bleaching his hair overnight to match Ian Shank's natural blonde hair, and in the process surprised his hall in the morning.
• Liquid Nitrogen
  • (Only for Chem in Society) The CHMS group brought in liquid nitrogen and proceeded to dump it into other course classrooms. (14.1 kind of failed)
  • The same class destroyed an overhead projector during the first week while presenting their course to the site. A reaction of boiling water with liquid nitrogen engulfed everything in vapor.