Passport Hong Kong

Your Pocket Guide to Hong Kong Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Andrew Grzeskowiak

ISBN 1-885073-31-3
US$6.95
96 Pages
Passport Hong Kong contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in Hong Kong. International businesspeople will discover a wealth of hard-to-find information to help them break through cultural barriers and ease their fears about doing business in Hong Kong. The book is attractive, portable, easy to read, and short enough to digest in one sitting.

Table of Contents

Overview

Chapter 1: Doing Business Across Cultures

Chapter 2: Country Facts
Chapter 3: The People of Hong Kong
Chapter 4: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 5: Regional Differences

Business Environment

Chapter 6: Government & Business

Chapter 7: The Work Environment
Chapter 8: Women in Business
Chapter 9: Making Connections
Chapter 10: Strategies for Success
Chapter 11: Time
Chapter 12: Business Meetings
Chapter 13: Negotiating with Hong Kong Chinese
Chapter 14: Business Outside the Law

Customs & Etiquette

Chapter 15: Names & Greetings

Chapter 16: Communication Styles
Chapter 17: Customs
Chapter 18: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 19: Reading the Hong Kong Chinese
Chapter 20: Entertaining: The Banquet Tradition
Chapter 21: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 22: Basic Cantonese Phrases

Chapter 23: Correspondence
Chapter 24: Useful Numbers
Chapter 25: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Authors

Andrew Grzeskowiak is an educator and freelance writer who spent two years in Hong Kong, teaching at the American International School in Repulse Bay. In addition to writing Passport Hong Kong, he has contributed to other World Trade Press publications including The World Trade Almanac and The Country Business Guide series.