Random Bits

Just thought I'd drop a few notes here:

• I didn't notice this until now. For all those Nikon SLR users, Nikon Hong Kong offers image sensor cleaning at its Service Centers. Unfortunately, it looked like it used to be free until the beginning of this month - it now costs 300 HKD or a 50% for Nikon products covered by a Nikon Hong Kong Ltd. warranty card.
• Oh, and lastly... a "double bed" = bed for two people to share while twin beds = small separate beds. But y0u knew that already, right?
• The Hong Kong subway system, the MTR, has a number of kiosks scattered around the city since 2002 that offers discounts on rides for Adult Octopus cards. They call it "Fare Saver" and it looks like the purpose of the kiosks it's to encourage people to walk around the city. A press release explicitly states that: "The objective is to encourage people who live or work farther away from MTR stations to walk there to use railway service." The locations as of this post are:

Location of MTR Fare Saver => Designated MTR Station
Kai Tak Garden Shopping Arcade => Wong Tai Sin [1250 steps]
China Resources Building => Wan Chai [1300 steps]
CC Wu Building => Wan Chai [600 steps] / Causeway Bay [860 steps]
Tai Wo Hau Shopping Centre 2 => Tai Wo Hau [850 steps]
Enterprise Square => Kowloon Bay [1500 steps]
Emperor Plaza => Tsuen Wan [760 steps]
Home World Provident Centre => North Point [820 steps] / Fortress Hill [860 steps]
Tsing Yi Garden Shopping Centre => Tsing Yi
[1100 steps]
Cheung Fat Shopping Centre => Tsing Yi [750 steps]
Prosperous Garden Shopping Arcade => Yau Ma Tei [450 steps]
Harbour City => Tsim Sha Tsui [809 steps]
Peninsula Centre => Tsim Sha Tsui [1080 steps] / East Tsim Sha Tsui
Sheung Tak Shopping Centre => Tseung Kwan O [830 steps]
Fu Ning Garden Commercial Complex => Hang Hau [1050 steps]
Central - Mid-Levels Escalators & Walkway System => Sheung Wan [1250 steps] / Central [1230 steps] / Hong Kong [1080 steps]
Broadway Computer City => Sheung Wan [675 steps]
The Household Center => Mei Foo [750 steps]
Tai Kok Tsui Municipal Services Building => Olympic [1038 steps] / Mong Kok [990 steps] / Prince Edward [1050 steps]
Kwai Chung Estate Shopping Centre => Tai Wo Hau [1099 steps]
Kwai Sing Centre => Kwai Hing [1173 steps]
Kwai Shing East Shopping Centre => Kwai Hing [715 steps]
Shatin Galleria => Fo Tan