Students receive a slight discount to most museums in Hong Kong, but major attractions like Ocean Park do not offer discounts.

Before you leave home, you'd be wise to arm yourself with an International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which offers substantial savings on plane tickets and entrance fees. It also provides you with basic health and life insurance and a 24-hour help line. The card is available for $22 from STA Travel (tel. 800/781-4040 in North America; www.sta.com or www.statravel.com), the biggest student travel agency in the world. If you're no longer a student but are still under 26, you can get an International Youth Travel Card (IYTC) for the same price from the same people, which entitles you to some discounts (but not on museum admissions).

In Hong Kong, STA Travel, 1703 Silvercord Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui (tel. 852/2736 1618; www.1hkst.com/statravel), can help with cheap flights, accommodations, cruises, and rail passes to other destinations. It's open Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm and Saturday from 9am to 1pm.